deathboy may have first to announce our engagement on LiveJournal, but I'm FIRST to announce our marriage!
Yes, I'm absolutely marrying deathboy
...who posted the news on here faster than I could because LastPass wouldn't remember my password and I had to reset it.
I absolutely love Scott to pieces, more than words can say, and since we met via LiveJournal, it seemed only right to announce it on here--months after we announced it to the rest of the world.
But HURRAY! I love this man and we will be together as soon as the Home Office allows!
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At 7:00 PM tonight, October 5, 2010, I’ll be one of two presenters (the other being the Queen of Digg and all things bacon, Amy Vernon) speaking about Foursquare at the Princeton Public Library as part of their Tuesday Technology Talks series.
Even if you already know the basics, which I’ll be covering, stop in tonight to hear the second half of my presentation, in which I put the smackdown on the Agony Aunts and Helen Lovejoys of the world who are afraid that you will ruin your life if you use social media.
Hope to see you there!
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For reference, the top 100 banned or challenged books of the last decade are listed below. I crossed out the ones I've read all the way to completion (unlike, for example, Catcher in the Rye, which I've attempted to read several times but hate Holden Caufield so much, I never manage to complete it.)
I totally encourage everyone reading this to attempt your own Banned Books reading challenge this year as well. Also, go to your local library and see if it stocks all 100 books listed below. If they don't have a title, as why.
Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
1 Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling
2 Alice series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
3 The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
4 And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell
6 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
7 Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
8 His Dark Materials (series), by Philip Pullman
9 TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series), by Myracle, Lauren
11 Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
12 It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
13 Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey
14 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
15 The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
16 Forever, by Judy Blume
17 The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
18 Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
19 Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
20 King and King, by Linda de Haan
22 Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily von Ziegesar
23 The Giver, by Lois Lowry
24 In the Night Kitchen, by Maurice Sendak
26 Beloved, by Toni Morrison
27 My Brother Sam Is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier
28 Bridge To Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
29 The Face on the Milk Carton, by Caroline B. Cooney
30 We All Fall Down, by Robert Cormier
31 What My Mother Doesn’t Know, by Sonya Sones
32 Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
33 Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson
34 The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler
35 Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging, by Louise Rennison
36 Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
37 It’s So Amazing, by Robie Harris
38 Arming America, by Michael Bellasiles
39 Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane
40 Life is Funny, by E.R. Frank
41 Whale Talk, by Chris Crutcher
42 The Fighting Ground, by Avi
43 Blubber, by Judy Blume
44 Athletic Shorts, by Chris Crutcher
45 Crazy Lady, by Jane Leslie Conly
47 The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby, by George Beard
48 Rainbow Boys, by Alex Sanchez
49 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey
50 The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
51 Daughters of Eve, by Lois Duncan
52 The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson
53 You Hear Me?, by Betsy Franco
54 The Facts Speak for Themselves, by Brock Cole
55 Summer of My German Soldier, by Bette Green
56 When Dad Killed Mom, by Julius Lester
57 Blood and Chocolate, by Annette Curtis Klause
58 Fat Kid Rules the World, by K.L. Going
59 Olive’s Ocean, by Kevin Henkes
60 Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
61 Draw Me A Star, by Eric Carle
62 The Stupids (series), by Harry Allard
63 The Terrorist, by Caroline B. Cooney
64 Mick Harte Was Here, by Barbara Park
65 The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien
66 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred Taylor
67 A Time to Kill, by John Grisham
68 Always Running, by Luis Rodriguez
70 Harris and Me, by Gary Paulsen
71 Junie B. Jones (series), by Barbara Park
72 Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
73 What’s Happening to My Body Book, by Lynda Madaras
74 The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold
75 Anastasia (series), by Lois Lowry
76 A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving
77 Crazy: A Novel, by Benjamin Lebert
78 The Joy of Gay Sex, by Dr. Charles Silverstein
79 The Upstairs Room, by Johanna Reiss
80 A Day No Pigs Would Die, by Robert Newton Peck
81 Black Boy, by Richard Wright
82 Deal With It!, by Esther Drill
83 Detour for Emmy, by Marilyn Reynolds
84 So Far From the Bamboo Grove, by Yoko Watkins
85 Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, by Chris Crutcher
86 Cut, by Patricia McCormick
87 Tiger Eyes, by Judy Blume
88 The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
89 Friday Night Lights, by H.G. Bissenger
91 Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Graighead George
92 The Boy Who Lost His Face, by Louis Sachar
93 Bumps in the Night, by Harry Allard
94 Goosebumps (series), by R.L. Stine
95 Shade’s Children, by Garth Nix
96 Grendel, by John Gardner
97 The House of the Spirits, by Isabel Allende
98 I Saw Esau, by Iona Opte
100 America: A Novel, by Frank, E.R.
In 1999, a young girl was voted by her classmates “Most Likely to Brainwash America and Take Over the World” for her senior yearbook Who’s Who. Eleven years later, she’s working on the world domination part via the medium of social media.
Her degree in psychology from Rutgers University may come in handy later when she begins work on the brainwashing.
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Bad idea.
I do intend to return to the book, but in the meantime, bad news. Since January, I've put on 14 of the 17 lbs I lost last year, five of those in the last month.
I also, in the intervening half a year, read a hysterically funny blog post by an author trying to follow the lifestyle tips of Gwyneth Paltrow's "GOOP" newsletter for a month.
Suddenly, something clicked. That, I can tell you, happened last Wednesday when my copy of 30-Day Method by Tracy Anderson (exercise guru to Gwyneth) arrived in the mail from Amazon.com--a book I ordered because it was recommended to me as someone who liked other weight loss DVDs by other failed gurus (Jillian Michaels, kiss my fat ass.)
So, the book arrived, and I realized this was my time to get a bit loopy and Goopy. From now until December, in addition to going back and trying to restart "This Book Will Change Your Life" from where I left off, I'm also going to read the archives of GOOP. I'm going to subscribe to the newsletter. For thirty days, the 30-Day Method is going to be my Bible: I'm going to exercise when Tracy tells me to, eat what she tells me to on the days she tells me to, and I'm not going to do any other exercises or eat any other foods.
And I'm going to blog it all. Right here.
Current waist: 39"
Current weight: 171.5 (according to Wii Fit)
Tracy promises I'll drop 14" (overall, natch) and 20 lbs in the first month.
You're on, bitch.
- Current Mood:
bitchy
On July 27, 2010 I addressed the Social Media Club of North Jersey on the Individual and Business user experience within Foursquare. There’s a recap of the event (along with a photo that has shamed me into rejoining Weight Watchers) available at the Axiom Media Service blog.
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Dreamhost, our webhost, completed a database upgrade a few months ago, which means that I cannot upload files using WordPress among other WordPress oddities due to the database change. So, I’m going to attempt to install WordPress and hope that these entries remain intact afterwards. If not, there is (of course!) a backup, but the site may be down for sometime while I restore from the backup.
Thanks for reading!
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I didn’t really want a Frappuccino; I didn’t even want coffee. All I really wanted to do was go home, get a shower, and curl up with a nice bottle of wine and watch the 9th Doctor take on the baddies on DVD. (Yes, I’m a nerd.) So why was I queuing in a Starbucks, playing with my iPod Touch, about to spend four dollars I didn’t have on a drink I didn’t really want instead of racing home to end a rather rough day?
Foursquare.
You see, eight hours ago on an otherwise unremarkable morning, I’d stopped into my local Starbucks for a cup of tea, having run out at home. I don’t usually stop at Starbucks when I’m in a hurry for a cup of something hot on the go – Dunkin Donuts is cheaper and WaWa is better – but on this particular morning, Dunkin Donuts was offering a free iced coffee, resulting in queues around the block and WaWa was well out of my way. Neither of these things would usually be a deterrent except for one key factor leading up to a perfect storm of coincidence, social media, and marketing savvy: I was running late.
So, I pulled into the Starbucks I’ve passed a million times but only occasionally visited and queued up.
The line was moving fairly quickly, but I’m practically ADHD and immediately felt my mind slowing down to something less than 5000 RMP. My hand, which seems to suffer from Alien Hand Syndrome in these situations, had whipped out my iPod Touch and logged onto the Starbucks network before I even realized what was happening to me.
It was while on Twitter that I noticed a friend of mine had signed into Foursquare only a few minutes prior at this same Starbucks. A quick glance around the room, however, revealed that she was no where to be found, but on the off chance that she was in the bathroom or had moved to another store in the strip mall, I logged in.
“Special HERE!” Foursquare said.
Curious, I clicked.
“As mayor of this store, enjoy $1 off a NEW however-you-want-it Frappuccino blended beverage. Any size, any flavor. Offer valid until 6/28.”
I shrugged, ordered my tea, and carried on with my day.
My curiosity, however, was peaked. When I arrived at my destination, I logged into the Wi-Fi network and jumped onto Foursquare’s website, curious to see how close I was to being the mayor of Foursquare, especially since I was one mayorship away from the “Super Mayor” badge that I’ve been trying to win for so long.
Current Mayor: Priscilla J.
Number of Visits: 5
My visits: 5
I was one visit away from becoming the mayor of Starbucks and getting that “Super Mayor” badge!
All day, all I could think about was logging in on the way home to get the badge. “It seems so stupid,” I kept telling myself, trying to talk myself out of spending more money, “but I could just get, like, a scone or something. They have those little mini donuts that are seventy-five cents or something. I could just get one of those.” (Honestly, I could have just walked in, logged in, and walked out, but that’s so not in the spirit of the game.)
Convinced that I’d merely spend the smallest amount possible on the cheapest item on the menu, I pulled into the parking lot at 5:30pm that evening. There was only one person ahead of me in line, so I logged in as quickly as I could.
“You just ousted @cillajenkins as the mayor of Starbucks Coffee on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/aPC4sa” said the first message, immediately followed by the more important, “Congratulations! You just unlocked the “Super Mayor” badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/cejdqs”
And then the Special popped up again.
“As mayor of this store, enjoy $1 off a NEW however-you-want-it Frappuccino blended beverage. Any size, any flavor. Offer valid until 6/28.”
“Can I help you?” said the friendly guy behind the counter who looked all of fifteen years old.
“Um…” I said, the message staring at me. “What kind of Frappuccino is good?”
“You can now get a Frappuccino however you want it!” he said, “but most people like mocha.”
“Um, okay then, I’ll take a Mocha Frappuccino and, uh, can I have my Mayor’s discount?”
He looked down at my phone.
“Awesome!” he said. “I just found out about this when I checked in for my shift!”
“I found out about it when I checked in for tea!” I replied.
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