While browsing twitter today, I came across a link for this article about Myspace losing it’s grip as the dominant social media outlet. One particluar statement that caught my eye was, “MySpace suffered a drop in visitor traffic last month and is now less than half the size of its younger rival, Facebook.”
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Basketball Diaries from Planet Orange
Occasionally, it dawns on me that a lot of people I know aren’t on Twitter and haven’t seen my frequent (and some might say incessant) updates from the last week. As a result, I’m writing this blog as a continuation of my first “Basketball Diaries” post–which has nothing to do with Jim Carroll, Leonardo DiCaprio, or heroin–to detail the action, intrigue and adventure during my most recent trip out to the desert to spend some time with the Phoenix Suns….
Twitter Mosaic
So, it’s no secret that I am fully addicted to all things Twitter. I’ve been pushing it like a drug dealer to all my friends, family members (@psgentry and @AlvinGentry) and most people I meet. I was browsing some of my friend’s tweets when I saw a link to Twitter Mosaic, which a handy dandy little picture quilt of your Twitter followers. I know I’m a total geek, but things like this amuse me.
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Suns vs Clippers
Last night was my dad’s first game as Head Coach of the Phoenix Suns. Apparently, it was one of the most exciting games of the season. I say “apparently” because I don’t have NBA League Pass and couldn’t watch the game in its entirety. I did follow live updates on the Suns Twitter, and caught the highlights on Sports Center last night. One of the craziest moments was this one…
That’s right. That’s Zach Randolph of the Clippers punching Lou Amundson of the Suns in the face. Amundson was just fine and proved it with a sick dunk that had the guys on the bench out of their seats.
I’ve seen quite a few basketball fights in my day, including one that left my dad with a broken wrist, but this one was extra exciting. I just kept thinking, “I wish I had flown back from Phoenix on Wednesday instead of Monday!”
In the end, the Suns emerged victorious, winning 140-100, the largest margin of victory after a coaching change in NBA history!
Congrats to the Suns and to my dad, Alvin Gentry, on the win!
Maybe I should think twice about not getting that NBA League Pass.
Twittering about the American Idol auditions
While I just can’t bring myself to write a full story about American Idol, I have been microblogging about the show on the Trashwire Twitter. You can check out my live tweets on the sidebar during the show or head on over to twitter.com/trashwire to follow the posts and reply.
Here’s a few quotes from what I had to say about last night’s contestants:
Ah, Simon never disappoints. “So you’re truning your back on your band?”
Elijah Scarlett sounded like the distorted effect they put on anonymous witnesses on Dateline.
Now I’m worried we’ll find Leah Marie dead in her car outside Kara’s house.
This dude actually thought it was a good idea to go to a shop and pay money for a tattoo that says “Sexual Chacolate”
Cody Sheldon is like Sanjaya only with over-tweezed eyebrows.
I think that one dude was a frightened homeless rabbi
It might be hard to express yourself in 140 characters, but it seems roomy when describing these so-bad-they’re-good contestants. Besides, who wants to watch after the first few episodes when the only people left are those who have actual talent?