Momma Always Told Me To "Wrap it Up" - January '11
Monday, January 31, 2011 at 10:00AM | 7 Comments Shout-out this month to: People who hate me on twitter, but still follow me and @reply me how much they hate me and how much I suck at writing.
This is the beginning of a new monthly segment I'm going to do where I break down all of the incredibly interesting things I've been doing this month when I wasn't blogging full time. It's more for my recollection, to prove to the haters that I'm actually doing something with my life, and to show gratitude, where gratitude is deserved. For those of you who bitch that I don't @reply and thank you every time you RT me... here's your f-ing @ reply. And btw, so you know, I have an actual sheet of paper with everyone's twitter names and tally's for each time you @ reply me and I ALWAYS @ reply you or RT an article of yours back for EVERY GD tally mark on my paper. I swurr. So stop bitching already. If you think I suck to much, why don't you just unfollow me already. I promise, I wasn't ever going to DM you anyway.
Summary of my month: I woke up on New Years Day, hungover as all hell and disappointed in the inevitable bad luck I'd brought upon myself having not made out with anyone at midnight (or any time during the night, for that matter), after consoling and the obligatory eating of black eyed peas, cabbage and pork, Jennifer and I went out only to realize that I hadn't in fact, jinxed myself, and had made out with two boys during the evening, both of whom remembered the events vividly and were happy to recount for me. If that is a large metaphor for my lovelife in 2011, basically, I will get lots of action, I just won't remember any of it. Score! After I woke up from New Years Day Eve on January 11, I did absolutely nothing productive. I went to Houston for Emmy Lee's birthday, spent a couple days in Fort Worth and then flew to New York to work last week. My resolution for February is to do everything I promised I would do in January, but didn't do, which unfortunately is a whole lot. Oh ya, and don't forget that AWESOME typo I put in my blog title for Friday. That rocked.
Here's a list of some of the stuff I did this month when I wasn't blogging here.
- Began the 1000-1000 Blog Challenge
- Setting up The Daily Chicken - a newspaper based subscription on paper.li where you can check in to all of my favorite travel articles on a daily basis.
- Writing a Guest Post for GotSaga.com: An American Ex-Pat in Spain
- Writing the Travel Page for Spain on IndieTravelPodcast.com
And check out where I got mentioned this month!
- A couple of paper.li's including The Book Review Daily & Travel Tips and Inspiration
Places I went this month...
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Ft. Worth, Texas, USA
- Orlando, Florida, USA
- New York, NY, USA
Finally, thanks so much to the following travel people for their twitter mentions and retweets.
@journik @hackingtravel @backpackingmatt @driftingkiwi @dtravelsround @theaussienomad @abbytegnelia @mobilelawyer @adventuresoftnt @magicant @camorose @thetripchicks @foxnomad @YUshouldtravel @nomadicchick @jm_deluxe @lifescoop @brookeschoenman @Activitourist @toddwassel @GotSaga @PatriciaVance @PinnacleAirline @velvetescape @TravelIndustry @GotSagaLatino @craig_martin @christinenspain @20sTravel @ITravelBIG @Tips4Trips @FOGGodyssey @KatrinaMauro @Travelexonline @leslietravel @hostelworld @BudgetTraveller @CityDotComBK @MemDiva @JacknJillTravel @rebecca_arnold @BackpackerBoy
See you next month! AKA: tomorrow.
Reader Comments (7)
I love you.
That is all.
I can't believe people get mad at you for not replying, etc. it's not high school.
On another note, I also accomplished abso-friggin-lutely nothing in January so I'll join you on the February resolutions initiative. And I've ALMOST been productive today. :)
@Candice - OMG! This is so weird. But I love you too. Can't believe we just had that moment. Special times here in blogland... special times.
@Annie - I'm so glad I'm not alone. Sometimes I think I'm the only person in Blogland with zero twitter etiquette. I maybe yelled at someone one time in a DM message. It was a low point in my life. Also... let me tell you a little something about my day... Feb 1. I woke up slightly before noon. Ate. Shoveled a poop trail in the snow for my dog. Watched over 6 hours of DVR. Ate. Drank beer. OH! and I started a fire in my gas fireplace. Which requires no actual logs. That was a difficult moment. So, the fact that you were at least looking at other people's blogs and commenting on them? That's amazing. I admire you.
bahaha I laughed, then I realized I should tell you it's officially Feb 3 here in Italy... still got nothing....
@Annie - Hahahah nice, well. Then we're both in the dog house I guess. Let's both do something productive.... tomorrow :)
I absolutely love all the profanity and cursing in this blog post. I should read your posts more often and I just went through your flickr photographs. I guess allot of people send you replies on twitter!
@Rafael - I feel like hugging you. And putting your comment as the Number 1 comment of all time forever. HEY MOM, LOOK! I TOLD YOU PEOPLE LIKE IT WHEN I USE DIRTY WORDS. I saw all the comments you left on my flickr photos and I promise I'll get to them tomorrow. For now, I have a date with a beer and David Letterman. Thanks again for the comment and glad you stuck around after all the bitching and whining above!