You do not need to take a breath, your breathing is your blogs!
Social Media is here to stay, so ride it Cuzzo till the wheels fall off!

That’s why the initial experience was “odd” to me, because I had to start rattling off information to my friend about who her best friend was in Elementary, etc. The other thing that was funny was that she had actually run my name by another gal that was in school with us and SHE was like “I don’t know who that is”! hahaha

It’s all about projection. The fact that I remembered both of them so clearly and will probably recognize their names until I croak blinded me to the fact that it might not be the same in the other direction. The fact that I can pull out my Elementary School graduation book RIGHT NOW and show them where they signed it doesn’t mean that THEY still have their books, have ever looked in them or care at all.

On top of that.. Just because I had a BLAST in Elementary and JHS doesn’t mean that everyone else did. I became reacquainted with one friend of mine that I have pictures of right here, and he was like he doesn’t like to think about that time of our lives, because he was always picked on. I may very well have contributed to that “picking-on”, and I may not have. I don’t remember. All I know is that when I saw his name on a video on NYC Public Access, I looked him up immediately and reached out to him.

As far as the hustle, it’s necessary if you want to stay on top of your game. The REAL point I was trying to get to is that there are a lot of people giving credit to a lot of other people that are currently irrelevant and then following them down the “wrong” path. There are people who claim to be gurus due to past glory, but their websites SUCK, their articles SUCK, their live shows SUCK, their text chats SUCK, their videos SUCK, their Ning communities SUCK, their podcasts SUCK and STILLLLL people follow them around like as if these people have the answer.

Technology’s changing too fast for people to retain props from past glory other than “Hall of Fame”, “I remember when” props. In most cases, the knowledge isn’t transferrable. The opportunity that Social Media offers us is that if you’re willing to put in the Trial & Error work, YOU can be just as much of a star as someone who WAS a star 10 years ago and has been sailing through the years on their past glory instead of diligently remaining current and relevant.

I have two things very much in my favor. a) I live in New York City and there’s always something happening and something to talk about or film:

b) When a concept comes to me, it flows pretty easily for me into an article written from my stream of consciousness. I never really TRY to post articles… They just occur to me and I type what I’m already thinking, as if I were having a conversation with someone about that topic.

I’m pretty sure this is an addiction, but it’s also FUN AS ALL GET-OUT!!! :D