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tags of the qwerty kind: nearest book, page 123
Posted by Ms. Herr in blogging, randomness on March 3, 2008
I’m home. I’ve changed into my favorite pair of baggy a**, well-worn UNM track sweats and a sports tank, plugged in the power supply, and settled into the dip in the couch for an intimate paper lamp-lit evening with my aging laptop. I’ve checked my email to find, among other things, a Google Alert for “Ms. Herr”.
Turns out I’ve been tagged, linked to, and commented on (not necessarily in that order) by Spectagirl. Yes, when we adults play tag, we touch each other vicariously via subtle strokes of the qwerty-kind.
Bacon chains aside, this is not the first time I’ve been tagged, and it may not be the only tag game I perpetuate, but it is the first one I’m following through on (I have one from over a year ago still on my 2do list where it will likely remain indefinitely). Why this one? Cause I like the randomness of the first four rules.
- Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
- Open the book to page 123.
- Find the fifth sentence.
- Post the next three sentences (sentences 6-9).
- Tag five people.
The book closest to me happens to be both the last book I read and the one that I want to read the next time I find myself with a free weekend, a sunlit window, and my papasan chair.
From that day on, the desert would represent only one thing to her: the hope for his return.
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“Don’t think about what you’ve left behind,” the alchemist said to the boy as they began to ride across the sands of the desert. “Everything is written in the Soul of the World, and there it will stay forever.”
So who’s next? Who are the peeps and tweeps I want to hear from [and why]?
1. @CTri17 [ain’t no time like roomie time]
2. @soul4real / Alisa Cooper [my first tweet from The Alchemist is the one, I believe, that became the catalyst for our conversations]
3. @dykc / Clarence Smith, Jr. [a stretch goal as we don’t know each other IRL and hardly conversed via Twitter, but who oft asks “marinate”]
4. Santiago Martinez [a pleasure knowing: St. Santiago]
5. @brianshaler / Brian Shaler [for old time’s sake, despite my suspicion that he’s/you’re the least likely to respond]
6. Yadira Pagan [out of sight and out of correspondence doesn’t mean out of mind]
7. @sunnythaper / Sunny Thaper [triangulated somewhere between wild hair up my a**, comic relief, and introduction of an unknown variable]
OK, so I listed (in no particular order) seven peeps and tweeps, but it’s cause I’m doubtful the first five I thought of will come out and play. For those who do, please feel free add your excerpt as a comment here. Or blog it and provide the link.
I’m lookin’ forward to watching this one unfold. Happy excerpting. 🙂
see, I'm not the only one
Posted by Ms. Herr in randomness on February 18, 2008
Back in May of 2007, one Ms. Carrie B was in town visiting, so five or six of us were goin’ out to the clubs. While I was gettin’ all dolled up, I had a moment of indecision about what shoes to wear so I tried one of each on, looked in the mirror, selected the navy blue ones, and proceeded to finish gettin’ ready. As usual, we all rallied at one girl’s apartment before heading to Scottsdale. Moments after arriving, while alone in the living room, I happened to look straight down. I inhaled sharply…you know, the kind of inhale that moves through the voice box and makes a sort of weird scream. The girls rushed into the room to see what was amiss. I pointed down. What ensued went way beyond LOL and LMAO to ROFL.
Yup, I somehow managed to walk out my apartment stylin’…
But… tweet tweet by bushidocedar The guy who was gassing up his corolla in front of me today had 1 dress shoe and one tennis shoe and a fanny pack. Thats my kind of cuckoo
See, I’m not the only one!!!
Refresh and the restroom
Posted by Ms. Herr in randomness, social networks on February 6, 2008
Last night I attended my 2nd Refresh Phoenix meeting. And of course the after party, where there occurred, among other things, a rather odd moment…
tweet tweet “sittin in Ling & Louie’s when a man walks thru the dining room carryin a toilet. how bizzare!”
Of course much bathroom related commentary and humor ensued. But also reminded me of this:
Fellas, how’d ya like to use this bathroom? Would it boost your ego? Or make you self-conscious? I tend to like bathrooms, at least the cool and unusual ones. And I find the concept rather amusing. 😉
Now, fun stuff aside, I’d be remiss if I didn’t actually talk about Refresh, especially as it was demo night and there were some interesting, and fun (yes, more fun) stuff presented. As I was late, I only caught a few. Of particular interest (to me of course):
1) Erica Lucci (@EricaLucci) of Integrum Technologies presented Read Phoenix, an aggregator of blogs and bloggers in the Phoenix. (I’ll add myself one day, i.e. when I’m blogging with more frequency and value…perhaps when I publish a draft of a time map project that’s been incubating for two weeks.)
2) Brian Shaler (@brianshaler) presented XID, a tool for locating and engaging friends on multiple platforms by creating a linked list of a user’s web presence. XID is still in development, but Brian regularly provides updates on the XID Development Blog. (Def excited…can’t wait for launch.)
3) Matt Gist (@aparticularpath) and Matt Heidemann (@heidmotron) presented nehmehyeh, an app that allows users to record their moods everyday of the year. It’s a different spin on Flicker365 and other apps and groups centered around self-portraiture. (This may find it’s way into my time map project.)
There were doubtlessly other great ideas and projects demoed (check out the list on the Refresh site). I’ve heard a bit about DurtBagz and am disappointed I missed their presentation.
*If anyone can has other links I can attach to any of these folks, holla.
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