twitter went down hard this afternoon. not even the adorable error message with the dead bird on it, just ... nothing. it was a rough couple of hours because, at work, twitter is my best connection to the world. i get my news, my politics, my entertainment - and i get it in the tiny twhirl window which i can sneak peek at, whereas whole browser windows are just like begging to get the yelling.
but anyway. it's not the usefulness, or even the fun. it's something beyond that and it's a little odd because, as recently as four months ago, twitter was a thing i'd heard of but not gotten around to. and now, i wonder how i could live without it.
just this morning, when i was indulging in my usual, 'what if i could go back and start my life over, say 1976 but with knowing what i know now' which is how i keep my mind occupied on the drive to work. (sigh) it's a complicated thing in which i try to imagine doing only what i'd need to do to keep the things i don't regret, while changing all the things i do. of course this is even more impossible than just the going back part, but anyway. this morning it hit me -- "shit. what about twitter?" seriously, how would i go back knowing what i know and realizing it would be three decades until twitter?
yeah none of this is rational. basically i'm just flexing my blogging muscles, it's been a few years. i'll get better at this, i promise (translation: if you are here now, please don't go away, it won't always be so awkward).
(sigh)
but anyway. it's not the usefulness, or even the fun. it's something beyond that and it's a little odd because, as recently as four months ago, twitter was a thing i'd heard of but not gotten around to. and now, i wonder how i could live without it.
just this morning, when i was indulging in my usual, 'what if i could go back and start my life over, say 1976 but with knowing what i know now' which is how i keep my mind occupied on the drive to work. (sigh) it's a complicated thing in which i try to imagine doing only what i'd need to do to keep the things i don't regret, while changing all the things i do. of course this is even more impossible than just the going back part, but anyway. this morning it hit me -- "shit. what about twitter?" seriously, how would i go back knowing what i know and realizing it would be three decades until twitter?
yeah none of this is rational. basically i'm just flexing my blogging muscles, it's been a few years. i'll get better at this, i promise (translation: if you are here now, please don't go away, it won't always be so awkward).
(sigh)
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