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Social Networks seem to be the new thing. All of sudden the whole word is crazy with twitter. Even though twitter isn’t really that new. My friends and I have been using twitter since ‘07. Ya know, before it was the cool thing.But just like Myspace and Facebook the more the merrier. The past few days I’ve been having fun following my friends and tons of strangers. The best feature has to be the way news can travel so fast through twitter. In the midst of this Swine Flu thing, I’ve been completely updated, although nothing major really seems to be happening. Twitter is making the world even smaller. Last night there was an earthquake in California, I knew probably before google, from the loads of people twittering. While watching American Idol, by simply searching #idol I could see everyone else’s reaction to Adam being in the bottom two. (Yes I’m an American Idol fan. Go Gokey!) I even enjoy reading Ryan Secreast’s twitters before the show. Speaking of celebrity’s, even the WhiteHouse is on Twitter.

I use about three different apps to twitter aside from the actual website. TweetDeck for my computer, Twitterrific for my iTouch, and Twitterberry for my blackberry. Sometimes I use just regular SMS text messaging if I’m in a hurry.  Now that I’ve typed all that out, I’m wondering WHY do I need so many apps to twitter LOL! Well let me explain. TweetDeck shows both Facebook and Twitter status updates, and it makes RT (retweet) and replying easier. Obviously I’m in love with iTouch and it wouldn’t be complete without a Twitter app. I downloaded Twitterberry recently so I can send mobile twitpics. 

Well enough about Twitter, even though its no longer #followfriday here’s a couple of peeps I want to recommend:  Sister_LoLo, MsMikkole, MyOfficalPage

Oh and don’t forget to follow me!

I’ve never been a big fan of  e-book reading. There’s just something about the old fashioned paper back that I can’t seem to give up. I love going to the book store, flipping through pages, and even the smell of books. My mom on the other hand is a big advocate of e-book technology. If it was up to her there would be no more paper books AT ALL. She calls it her way of “going green.”

Because of her influence I have read a few ebooks and tested out a few ebook readers. It always seems that I would like reading on the devices that weren’t made just for ebook reading. For example the Nokia 770. Just recently my dad bought me an iTouch. (Thanks Kirk!) As of today the Amazon Kindle has an iPhone application that allows you to read Kindle books, and purchase their books off of Amazon.  I downloaded the app and bought the book “Sundays at Tiffany’s” by James Patterson. Surprisingly, I actually really enjoy reading on the iTouch. Some people complain that the size of the screen is to small to read on. I would understand that if I didn’t feel like the whole point is convenience.  With the iPod or iPhone you can carry your library everywhere and read at anytime. Great for me. As a teacher I already have a lot of papers, books, and materials with me. Adding another book or large electronic device to my list of things to bring everyday is not what I’m looking for. I keep my Itouch in my purse anyways.

Along with size, another great feature is the one click buy and Wispersync. Within seconds I had purchased my book and it was sent straight to my iPod. Also for anyone into ebooks, you know that they can get expensive. Well all Kindle books are 9.99 or less. Great price, size, and reading!

For once since I’ve graduated, my life has actually been busy!

Last week my brothers stayed with me while our parents went on a cruise. (yeah they’re copycats) We had a pretty good time. Among other activites we went to the movies twice. Saw Wal-E and Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D. Wal-E was way better.

Besides having adorable cartoon characters, the movie actually had a message. The basic plot of the movie was that humans had basically trashed the earth and took a “five year” space cruise while little robots cleaned up their mess. Well was supposed to be five years turned into 700. Robots did everything and people did nothing besides get fat and lazy. Sounds like something that could actually happen right? The cute little white robot named Eve was sent to Earth to find out if the plant could sustain life again. She meets Wal-E and they have a robot romance LOL! She also finds a plant. Well to make a long story short, the chubby humans come back to Earth and realize that they actually have to take care of the planet. I thought the movie was very entertaining for both kids and adults!

Journey to the Center of the Earth was actually disappointing. After having to hunt down a theater that actually was showing the movie in 3D I realized the anticipation was for nothing. The only good thing about it was the 3D effects. Other than that it was pretty lame. I was expecting more dinosaurs and run-ins with wild creatures and more adventurous suspense. Instead I got one dinosaur on the screen for about fiveminutes and a sappy story line about a boy and his uncle trying to find his father who vanished a year a go in the center of the Earth. Then they threw in a unbelievable love connection. Not my kind of movie, and I wouldn’t recomend it to anyone unless they just want to experience the whole 3D movie thing.