thr403 lonliness - JustMe

Here's my video slideshow for lonliness/abandonment. Enjoy!

Memes for Senior Citizens

Since more and more Seniors are texting and tweeting there appears to be a need for a STC (Senior Texting Code). If you qualify for Senior Discounts, this is the code for you....

ATD: At The Doctor's
BFF: Best Friend Fell
BTW: Bring The Wheelchair
BYOT: Bring Your Own Teeth
CBM: Covered By Medicare
CUATSC: See You At The Senior Center
DWI: Driving While Incontinent
FWB: Friend With Beta Blockers
FWIW: Forgot Where I Was
FYI: Found Your Insulin
GGPBL: Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low!
GLKI (Gotta Go, Laxative Kicking In)
GHA: Got Heartburn Again
HGBM: Had Good Bowel Movement
IMHO: Is My Hearing-Aid On?
LMDO: Laughing My Dentures Out
LMGA: Lost My Glasses Again
LOL: Living On Lipitor
LWO: Lawrence Welk's On
OMMR: On My Massage Recliner
OMSG: Oh My! Sorry, Gas.
ROFL & CGU: Rolling On The Floor Laughing... And Can't Get Up
SGGP: Sorry, Gotta Go Poop
TTYL: Talk To You Louder
WAITT: Who Am I Talking To?
WTFA: Wet The Furniture Again
WTP: Where's The Prunes?
WWNO: Walker Wheels Need Oil

Greg Giraldo Fund Benefit Night

On Wednesday Feb. 9 2011 I attended a benefit for the Greg Giraldo Fund - for children living in families with addiction.

It was a star studded event that included acts by Jerry Seinfeld, Colin Quinn and Lewis Black just to name a few.

When Greg dies of an accidental overdose in the summer of 2010 he left behind his wife and 3 young sons. His wife created this foundation to help children with families of addiction as a way of using his death as a positive influence to help many children who live with parents of addiction.

There was a slide show of Greg performing at various stages in his career and you could see how the drugs took it's toll on him. His younger pictures showed a healthy, vibrant person filled with life and as time passed you saw the drugs take over and create a shell of a man. It was sad to see this great comedian have such a short life because of addiction. His sons came on stage after the performance and I felt so terrible for them, knowing they would now have to live life without their father because of drugs. I hope this foundation can do some good for the 11 million other families, just like his, that face this illness everyday.

Alias

The internet has become a see all and do all for anyone to see. Orwell wrote about 'Big Brother' and the government watching everything we do and now we have become our own enemy. Why do I need to go on Facebook and see that Donna was off to the gym for a great work out or that Pete really missed his love and can't wait to see her again for the umpteenth time? I DO NOT! There is this need to put our every thought and every emotion on the internet and I just don't get it. I am really sorry that Darlene and Jim are divorcing but I really do not need to watch it unfold on facebook and I certainly don't need to see Tara getting shitfaced for the sixth time this week with pictures of her slumped over a toilet.

I am choosing to keep an alias for this part of my project. I would like to use it to express how I feel on the different topics if its required for the class but I do not want to go for a job interview and give a possible employer or a future boyfriend a whole lot of insight as to how I feel on a particular subject. Am I embarrassed by it? NO. It should just be on a need to know basis.

People tend to forget that once you hit submit - it is in "the cloud" FOREVER! Maybe I choose to be more private, maybe I don't want my future ex to know whats going on in my life and maybe I just don't care what others think and don't feel like sharing my opinions with them. Doesn't make me wrong, or incapable - just makes a choice. My choice. So I will use the alias for this blog as JustMe403 as a way to track my blogs. I do see it as an important part of the class and the way of the future but I would rather promote and network and not pretend like it is a diary of intimate feelings and thoughts.

And now... to the cloud!