My apologies group members but this weekend I caught the flu. However, I managed to take tons of medicine to be able to get to my "new event/experience" to tweet about. This Saturday I went to Dayglow at the Festival Pier in Penns Landing. It is a huge paint and music show and was an amazing experience. I got the chance to tweet about the how the people were acting, how I was feeling, and just the entire experience. However, tweeting at an outdoor paint party, where it also poured for three hours, posed as a challenge. I needed to keep my phone in a plastic baggy the entire night but had so many things I wanted to tweet about. I managed to tweet a lot during the night. I may have used the wrong hashtag though. One breakdown that I had was keeping to the 140 character limit. It was hard when there was so much to say about the music, the people, and my surroundings. I have been having this issue a lot with tweeting, especially with the maxims. I really don't like shortening my words in cases like "cuz" for because or "u" for you. I enjoy using correct grammar and proper spelling. I know in many ways people can shorten their ideas to fit into that amount of characters, but for me I always have a lot to say. How did everyone else's experiences through tweeting go? Did anyone come across any breakdowns?
My breakdown for the Twitterive was basically the same as yours -- I found it difficult to get everything I wanted to say about a certain moment out in 140 characters (technically less due to the hashtag). I once saw a tweet that said, "The one thing I hate about Twitter is finishing an amazing tweet, having -1 characters left & having to decide what grammar error to commit," and it's so true. Using Twitter is like an extended study in passive and active voice. The real challenge is shortening thoughts as opposed to words.
Dayglow sounds like it was awesome. Major props for keeping your phone safe, because I would've been so paranoid even with a plastic bag for protection. I liked tweeting about the wine festival, and I even had some of our classmates tweeting responses to me, which I didn't expect. I think I may have tweeted more about the general atmosphere than the specific people in it, and I don't know how that's going to affect my final product for the Twitterive. Plus, I suppose I had trouble balancing the tweeting and actually having fun and enjoying myself. Overall, though, the new experience made for more interesting tweets.
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CHRISTINA
9/23/2012 11:09:40 am
I had a breakdown. First, my decision to go on the bus didn’t work out as well as I had planned. My weekend was jammed pack with work and other engagements previously pinned on my calendar. It was quite a disappointment. I, however, found a surprisingly good spot to locate myself. I went to the grocery store instead. It was intriguing. I stood in the middle of aisle four waving to newcomers that passed me at first. Then I started to wave and verbally say hi. Then it continued to me helping the customer shopping with products they may have needed. Then awkwardly took my position back. It was extraordinary how people accepted the gesture. Some accepting and others rudely dismissed it. Then it seemed that word had spread and barley anyone was coming down the aisle. The people with their carts would peer down before strolling by. It was unusual that someone would turn away from a friendly gesture. Then I came to think about myself and how would I react to someone that randomly gave me a friendly gesture. I probably would react the same way. Then I thought why does society do this? Why does a friendly gesture get turned away or snarled at. And now I leave that to you.
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There's a term in french that says: Je vourdrais flaner avec toi (I want to wander with you). Flanner means to wander aimlessly. Sometimes it's nice to not know what's coming next and to wander aimlessly.