tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33589217751831652952024-03-13T05:03:36.613-07:00True Life: Jaymee Makes Her First BlogJaymee Frankelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07111385988940720733noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3358921775183165295.post-89527960134065046042010-01-26T17:25:00.000-08:002010-01-26T18:19:46.062-08:00I hope the title goes here!So here it is. My very first post on my very first blog. I must say, I am extremely excited to get my Personal Learning Network up and running. I am still a little unsure of what exactly I am doing, as it feels like I am just signing my life away to websites I know very little of (Jason Whitney -- I am sure there is a lot more to it than that.) <div><br /></div><div> I have always wanted to create a blog but just needed a little push to do so (story of my life.) So thank you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">LLED</span> 420 for giving me that push. While I sit at my computer I am contemplating what exactly I plan on writing about to make the future of this blog successful. My friend <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">KSal</span> keeps walking in and asking me the same question. She wants to know how "open" this blog can be and if I can include my social life in it. She may or may not be a little jealous that I have a blog now, while she remains <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">blogless</span> (is that a word?) </div><div><br /></div><div>Hopefully this blog can be flexible and open, because it really does feel good to just write what I am thinking. I spend too much of my day in my head and being able to let everything (well maybe not everything) out, seems refreshing. I do plan on sharing links to my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">youtube</span> videos (I need at least one plug) so hopefully things like that are allowed. </div><div><br /></div><div>Like I said earlier, I am a little unsure of what I am doing regarding this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">PLN</span>. I have followed the step by step instructions and have made a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Wikispace</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Brightfuse</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Linkedin</span>, and *welling up as I prepare to write this*: Twitter account. Now here's my deal with Twitter. A couple of months ago, I surrendered to the Twitter craze and decided to sign up. After all, I was a late <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Facebook</span> bloomer and after much persuading from friends, became addicted. With some hope that I might have the same reaction, I tried it. Besides being utterly confused with all of the tweeting and following, I just did not see the point. I made it as far as "following" Justin <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Timberlake</span>, Ryan <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Seacrest</span>, and one friend from Penn State and sharing one very pathetic post or "tweet." After a couple of days the e-mails from Twitter flooded my inbox and I decided I had had enough. I went to delete my account and after being threatened by the Twitter Police that I could never sign up for Twitter again under my e-mail address, I made my final decision. I thought to myself, "WELL GOOD! I WOULD NEVER TRY TO SIGN UP FOR THIS STUPID SITE AGAIN ANYWAY!"</div><div><br /></div><div>..and then I took <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">LLED</span>420. </div><div><br /></div><div>Thinking I could trick the system, I attempted to re-sign up with my e-mail address only to find the Twitter Police back again. I then had to create a new e-mail address on Yahoo, and sign up that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">way</span>. A lot of work for a site that I "strongly dislike." But I will try to be <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">optimistic</span> and pretend to care that my Aunt just walked her dog, and that Justin Bieber loves his life. Who knows maybe this whole Twitter thing isn't so bad. </div><div><br /></div><div>I think that's it for now, I must continue signing my life away.</div>Jaymee Frankelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07111385988940720733noreply@blogger.com3