Do you Tweet? Wanna Be My Friend?

Social networking isn't just the "buzzword" of the day.  It has become a part of our culture - if you are hip anyway.

I'm pretty hip.  I think.

Only, I don't get Twitter. I have an account but haven't really become a nittwit, or whatever those who tweet call themselves. 

It isn't just for the teenybopper/college/yuppy crowd either. I love Facebook and I'm a married with children mid-to-late-thirty-something.

I think Facebook will go down as one of the most influential creations of this decade.  And if you haven't joined yet get to it because you are really missin' out!

I became a Facebook addict several months ago. What a time suck. I obsessively played all the word games until I was number one in all categories. I pray every night that nobody beats my scores because I certainly don't have time to spend becoming number one again.

I have reconnected with people from every stage of my life! My high school Chem teacher (yo, shout out to Mr Randall, or as I'm allowed to call you now, Jack), my mom, my high school and college friends, my violin teacher, my sister-in-law Jen and her totally fun cousin Kelly, my cousins in England, whom I haven't seen in about 8 years now - just a few of my 264 "friends".  

I even IM'd parenting advice to the boy next door last night. You know, the boy next door?  The one I knew from diapers but haven't seen since my family moved to NH in the 5th grade. The one that got a woopin' for throwing a boulder at, and denting, his mom's orange Chevy Nova with the black and orange print fabric seats. Yup, that guy. 

Go figure.  After thirty some odd years he remembered that I know everything about everything!  (Smart guy if you ask me.)

I get Facebook.  Facebook doesn't scare me.

Twitter though?  I'm intimidated by it.  Don't know how to do it.  Not sure I want people in my head that way.  

But, I strive to be hip, to be connected and social.  I won't back down from this, it can't be that complicated. 

Soooo....

I am going to face my fears, and I am going to explore the bird. There must be something there if millions of folk are twittering each day.

I go forth with trepidation.. wish me luck.  Follow me as I begin my journey.....  Follow me  (banteringblonde) on Twitter!

Oh, and thank you to Jane at Kidzarama for inspiring this post and for her blog entry that helped me with the little birdie and link to my Twit world.