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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

SOCIAL NETWORKING VS. REAL LIFE


As we all know, most of us have some kind of "Social Networking" sight, and some of us have more than one. Weather it's Facebook, Myspace or, Twitter we all have a way to connect with friends and family. Then there are those people who like to "Facebook stalk". To me looking at other people's profiles are not big deal, but don't get pissed at what you see. I do love to check my Facebook and Twitter, and I also like to look at other peoples, just to see what is going on in their live or what they have to say about life. But why should I get mad when I go onto someones sight to see they do not like me or they talk shit about me. I shouldn't get mad, I should have minded my own business, (that has never happened, I was just using myself as an example). I hate it when people expect you to be one way when you are not. Some of us do "censor" ourselves when we tweet or facebook, some of us do not. Don't get your feelings hurt when that one person you thought was soooo great, isn't as great as you thought. I guess what I am trying to say is most of us at least have a little bit of a fake side, or a more proper/respectful side. We try to censor ourselves in front of our families (parents, grandparents, aunt, uncles and elders) but when we get around our friends we are different. Which isn't a bad thing.....well sometimes it isn't a bad thing. If you are out smoking heroin and your family has no idea, then yea, that's bad, but if you cuss like a sailor, then that's NOT as bad as being a drunken crack head. I certainly didn't like it when one of my facebook friends tried to call me and my cousin out for "liking" something with a cuss word in it. I can understand being respectful, but don't get pissed over one word! I grew up in church so, don't think I cuss like a sailor and I am some bad ass who drinks and parties all of the time. My husband and I are self sufficient, we own a house and pay our own bills. We do not live beyond our means. We do not have any credit cards and our only debts our our house and my car. I do not need someone preaching at me if I do one minor thing wrong. I know what I do wrong, I do not need reminders. If you see me going off my path, (i.e doing drugs, drinking heavily or doing wrong towards my husband and family) then say something, but please don't JUDGE!!

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Life isn't fair, get use to it!

Love him or hate him , he sure hits the nail on the head with this!
Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault , so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Twitter


We all know that I love the "social network". I am the one who always wants to know what's going on in people's lives. I started a twitter thinking I wouldn't like it, but I love it! The way twitter works is you can "follow" people. Meaning every time they tweet, it will come up on your home page.....Like facebook. When you "follow" someone it isn't a friend request because they do not follow you back. Some people have private pages, so they do have to confirm you following them. When your page is private it cuts down all of the spam. I enjoy keeping up with certain celebrities and the whole pop culture. For example, I follow the backstreet boys then each individual one. The Backstreet Boys twitter account talk about what they are doing as a group, but each individual one talks about their personal life. You can tweet as much or as little as you'd like, (it's more fun if you tweet more). You can also promote your business/company with twitter. It's also fun to see what's going on in other peoples lives, (the nice way to say be nosy, lol). There are a few accounts that are just funny to read. Like Dump that dude, which is a account talking about why you should dump a boyfriend. It's just someone putting silly post on the internet. There is also one that gives you facts about your horoscope sign. There are also a lot of people who like the website TMZ well there is a tmz accout as well!! Here are a few accounts I follow that I enjoy reading:

@zodiacfacts
@dumpthatdude
@perezhilton
@tfln (text from last night)
@fmlmoments
@popeater
@g105radio
@peopleofwalmart
@carolinaliar
@iheartquotes
@jesus_
@awkwardfamily
@ew (entertainment weekly)
@extratv
@usweekly
@fayobserver
@fayettenews
@tmz_fans
@peoplemag
@thesoup
@ryanseacrest
@Lindsey_2 (ME!!!!)

I recommend people who like to talk a lot or people who post a lot of facebook to do this. You can only use 140 characters in your tweet, but if you have more to say you can use the site www.twitlonger.com on that site you can use as many characters as you'd like. You can also share photos if you would like. You can not make a photo album but you can use the site www.twitpic.com and people can look at your current and past photos. If you ever join....follow me and keep up with all of my random thoughts....lol www.twitter.com/lindsey_2

Xoxo,
Lindsey

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Two years!!

So Monday is mine and Shawn's 2 year wedding anniversary!! I can't believe how time flies!! I just wanted to let everyone know I have the most wonderful patient husband in the whole world!! You should be jealous ;) I love him so much