I am. Losing.
My edge. To
better looking exhibits,
with blinking lights,
and ironic, interactivity.
From the NYC Natural History Museum’s blue whale Twitter stream, 30 July 2010. By Marika Rose.
Category: social media
When I Saw It
I enjoyed this film when I saw it,
but it didn’t last.
It didn’t last…
need to cry,
don’t know why
when will the melancholy lift?
Two tweets combined from @drgonzolives, submitted by Liz.
Tom Hobson
Tom Hobson suggested
you become
a fan of Tom Hobson.
Tom became
a fan of Tom Hobson
on Facebook
and suggested
you become a fan too.
The subject line and text from a Facebook email.
Called Out
LIFE IS VERY SIMPLE REALLY
!!!!
BUT SOME OF US HUMANS
MAKE A MESS OF IT
…
REMEMBER
AM JUST HERE
TO HAVE FUN
PARTEEEEEEE.
Fugitive Maxi Sopo’s Facebook status, shortly before investigators arrested him in Mexico having traced him through Facebook, 21 June 09.
Alfrot Muses
Today, a fishmonger
On the central line.
With gills.
(Sigh.)
Reality:
Despot, magistrate,
Mother. Never colludes
In my defiant fantasies.
Another tweet from @alfrot, 7 September 2009. Submitted by John Whittaker.
Who Are You Looking For?
Who are you looking for?
Penelope Twee –
Search for a username,
first or last name.
Did you mean Penelope Tree?
We
couldn’t find anyone named
Penelope Twee.
Who are you looking for?
Gilbert Same –
Search for a username,
first or last name.
Did you mean Gilbert Lee?
We
couldn’t find anyone named
Gilbert Same.
Who are you looking for?
John Bob Bobson –
Hmm. Our
name search server seems
to have wandered off.
Who are you looking for?
Wigan Pier –
Sorry, but
you’ve reached your limit
on searches for now.
Microcopy on the Twitter Find People page when I entered the names above, 2009.
Gap Year
Dan Strong is bungee jumping,
Dutch boys, lies and more lies, Oxford lads, the north, small Thai ladies, happy elephants, ‘bamboo rafts don’t fucking float’, jungle treks, more Irish girls, Thai boxing, watching failure, and how far does the rabbit hole go…
Dan Strong is maekong man,
he came, he saw, he mankini’d vang vieng in two! tubing, happy shakes, happy bread, and the rest, lying in rivers ”soooo…..this is nice”, being gracefully shot down, 25m rope swings, how to save a life, and a lot of unexplained injuries! TIL baby.…
Dan Strong is crashing motorbikes,
hefty fines, ”the biggest island is a shithole”, german girls, being unable to get rid of our dutch companion, chilling in rice paddies, getting groped by a french teacher, best bus trip ever and sleeping aids….
Dan Strong is capsizing tuk tuks,
killing fields, tuol sleng, sleeping on rooftops, ‘im so excited about these temples, cock blocking, wasting time in hammocks….ha! cambodian clubs, dirty western perverts and the master of sublety, TIC baby.
Dan Strong is the child tree,
waiting far too long for overpriced bar shirts, drinking games for boys, best gay ever! gecko vs snake, street dancing, clean clothes, temples, lara croft, pissing off the tiger, best meal ever and maybe there is light at the end of this very deep rabbit hole.…
Dan Strong is best coffee ever,
last night with mum and dad, back in t land, 6 hour waits, israel girl, tittus, and khao San mornings…. Same same but brilliantly different! P
Facebook updates from a young guy who is travelling. Submitted by Lucie Shuker.
Ladies Three
Fell on a lady on tube
who smiled.
Helped another with a bag
who effused.
Sat opposite a third
who politely
ignored me.
A Twitter post from @alfrot, 9 July 2009.
Kamikaze Pigeon on the M5
I had it happen
To me by a blackbird, strange
Experience huh!
My friend Dave’s comment on my Facebook status update on 06 April 2009.
Verbatim Poetry 