Twitter Rehab
I am writing this from the Taylor the Teacher Twitter Rehabilitation Clinic. I am allowed one supervised trip on the Internet a day. My counselor (Kate) is sitting right here (in case I have a moment of weakness). I checked myself in after my one thousandth tweet. Just so we have the story straight-I recognized the problem on my own. I hear McTeachand garageflowers might be heading here too. It would be nice to have some company.
I thought about what my 1000 tweet should be- to whom would I write(@) it? No one cared about my first tweet….. is the 1000th really important? Had I really said 1k <140 character pronouncements? I decided to be more succinct. I used my milestone tweet to do the routine Spanish Tweet of the Day.
Many of you have a higher tolerance for massive tweet sessions. I am obsessive and maniacal. It is seductive to lurk and see if anyone responds an @me.
This weekend also increased my followers by some insane amount due to a DEN fiesta in Tennessee. The pressure to produce high quality entertaining twitter action for my new audience also attributed to my self-confinement. I hear next weekend is “Visitors Weekend. “ If anyone sees Diane Cordell-tell her I am jonesin’ and bring her cell. I plan on using it to text a few in…..
April 28th, 2008 at 9:59 am
WTFFW!! Way too funny for words! And so true for so many of us. Que sigas escribiendo y compartiendo. ¡Mil gracias!
April 28th, 2008 at 10:53 am
I once met with Alfred Hitchcock to brainstorm for his show, “The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.” I told him of an asylum run by a former doctor who fooled everyone into giving him control of the (remote) mental institution.
It was based on my life, and the “Taylor the Teacher Rehabilitation Clinic.”
Alfred loved the story. Before I killed & ate him……
Made for great Twitter banter.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
It’s like gaining weight. How did this happen? I was doing so well! I just took a little taste? Then I started tweeting while I was watching TV and tweeting while doing other things, even though the big birds recommending tweeting in small portions. “Who are they?” I say… I can control myself! I don’t need no stinkin’ TweetWatchers! Next thing you know, I’m up to 50 tweets, then 100 tweets and my friends are whispering about me behind my back about how much tweet I’ve gained. Now, I’m ready to admit, I’ve gained 1400 tweets, not that you can’t tell by looking at my profile! I’m the same person, I tell you. I’m in danger of becoming a closet tweeter. Sometimes, I’d just rather tweet alone. It’s a comfort thing, really. Don’t judge me because I tweet, love me for admitting it.
April 28th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
You know I love your sardonic humor, and I think your writing succintly shines. I bet it is all the Twitter 140char practice;D Hee!
April 28th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
I can quit ANY TIME I WANT TO.
ANY TIME, I SAY.
(was that under 140 characters?)
April 28th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Wow, not many people can use “obsessive”, “maniacal”, and “seductive” all in the same paragraph.
Now, about my, um, reservations at the, er, clinic…I’d just like to confirm that there will in fact be tiddly-wink tournaments there. During my last, um, visit they canceled all tournaments because the inmates…excuse me, “guests”, were eating the winks. It was NOT my fault! Just because I mentioned that they looked like Necco candies…not my fault!
Wait…what were we talking about?
Karen, aka McTeach (progress reports have sent me over the edge…I swear!)
April 28th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Wait just a second…why did I have to do basic math to send in my comment? What if I couldn’t add nine and zero…I am, after all, an English teacher!
April 29th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Ahem, Miss Linda, you missed your 5 a.m. run yesterday, where WERE you? teehee
for the record, I’m a twit addict and proud of it - as long as I get all my work done, no TA meetings for me! Thanks for making me your counselor, I’ll whip you into shape!
April 29th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
[Didn’t the file in the chocolate cake work? Drat! …and don’t tell anyone that Kate & I hit 6,000 tweets today…]
April 29th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
@Karen - I’m with you on the math. My palms sweat every time I get the equation. I’m just so glad that if you get it wrong, you get another one… er, did anyone else already know that?
April 30th, 2008 at 10:46 am
I not only love this blog and you Tweets, but I really love the picture! And I’m sorry about the influx of followers from our TN DEN event. We were all sitting around the campfire singing Rocky Top, and the next thing you know we were attacked by a giant Twitter Bug!
April 30th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Thanks for visiting my blog. I appreciate your kind words. Congrats on the 1000th tweet! It is nice to have a new Twitter friend.
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:44 pm
This cracked me up and is so nicely done… right from the picture on down!
Totally going to go follow you up!
@butwait
May 8th, 2008 at 5:54 am
Having a good laugh first thing in the morning is a great way to start the day! I’m far from my 1000th Tweet but feel I may be joining you soon due to the amount of time I lurk-like just this week I’ve starting reading Tweets before heading off to work. I guess it’s a good thing it’s blocked at school!
June 14th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
How dare you call me an addict? If you want to tell me why, I will be on Twitter from now (1 p.m.) until 3 a.m. Or, if you happen to Tweet while I am sleeping for please DM me and I will get back to you the second my eyes open in the morning!
Thanks for this post! It was great and needed! Though I am only at 660 Tweets, so I have much less of a problem than SOME people :+)
July 29th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Wait, I was supposed to check myself into TwitterRehab after 1,000 tweets? Well, at 3,600 tweets and counting, I suppose I may as well keep on going. There’s nothing that can be done for me now….I’m a lost cause.
I seriously think that twitter needs to very soon, STOP showing total number of tweets (who cares anyway?) and instead show something meaningful like average number of tweets per time period (like month or year). Yes, I’m at 3600, but I’ve been on for nearly a year. That’s around 10 tweets per day. I’m okay with that. Really, I am. Now if I’d been on for only 3 months and had tweeted that much, that’d be a whole different story. I like my idea so much, I think I’ll start a petition.