Funsies ~ Thanks and Appreciation

In the beginning, when I started Twitter, on a weekly basis I used to tweet my ‘thanks and praises’ to my new followers or giving shout outs.  Those days have long gone as I’ve been unable to keep up with new followers especially since I started blogging in November.

Recent events – around the time TCA was spawned, the extrication from the relationship I had been in for twelve years occurred (Don’t know what I’m talking about?  Read my blog! LoL).  Since then, aside from close friends and family, the personally prescribed rehab of Twitter, blogging, Google+, Facebook (other platforms in spurts like klout and Empire Avenue) have helped keep me steady in the rocky waters of my precarious circumstance.  The interactions with the people met through these social media outlets have been 99% positive (Read about that negative 1% here.) and helpful in propelling my determination and motivation to keep moving forward and not looking back; ultimately giving me the strength to ‘carry-on’.

I dedicate this post to ALL the Twitter Followers (and blog readers) of @311_Mama, who embraced her in all her fuckedupness and kept her laughing through the sludge.  This is my way of shouting out to specific Tweeps for their influence or effect they had on my journey through real life transition via Twitter.  The banter, the innuendos, the laughs and smiles these tweeple exchanged with me mattered.  It truly, whole heartedly mattered, to me.  Thank you all.  I heart you, my heros, muses, inspiration and most importantly virtual friends.

@crazyazz808 – My sister, ‘Crazy Hawaiian’ or ‘Crazy’ as we refer to her as.  Yes, she really is my sister.  Reluctantly, she dove into Twitter because I didn’t want to be alone in unknown territory.  We now are both active and partake in Twitter escapades, bickering (sorry! LoL) and tweeting like we’re around old friends.

@K_Ignacious – A very early ‘Twitter Friend’, I followed him when my account was an infant.  He knew me as ‘Lenore Xavier’, then ‘Crazy Hawaiian’s Sis’ before the now known ‘TCA’.  He’s spesh.  Give him love.  He’s a smart, awesome and funny dude.  Much Aloha Igz!

The following are Tweeps I interacted with early on (still do on occasion), during my ‘warm up’ phase.  Warming up to Twitter that is!  They’re cool and some even fellow @311 lovers like me!!  #311Love #311Nation #311Unity !  AND I still interact with them after all these months!

@krystie0213 – She along with @caseyshay311 and a few other female followers have stuck around for quite sometime. Both are fellow 311 lovers.  One of the main reasons we have a 'bond'.  LoL  It's all about the Unity, the 311 Unity. ;) XO

These tweeps have stuck around for a while too.  For good reason, they're sweet and funny. They make me smile when I feel blue:

@NixHex0311 | @Jimipizza | @DjJaySmooth12 | @Mikey_B_21 

These Tweeps were met in my first ‘party phase’ (called that for obvious reasons if you were around then LoL) I interacted with on a different level *Wink, wink* this made for some quite hilarious tweeting threads.

@AmazonKittyBear – She was my first woman crush.  Tee hee…she’s gone missing.  I’ve told her things I wanted to do to her…on my TL…inebriated…and freely tweeting as if it was just me and her.  LOL  Good times…

@BryanThaDizzler – HE IS AWESOME.  He told me about ‘favstar’.  He is notorious for helping baby accounts out – which is what he did for me.  Thank you sweetheart!  Oh, and he loves Gummi Worms.  The other tweep during this time was @Nutella_Vodka –  met him through ThaDizzler.  He’s sweet and persistent. ;)  Heart ya!

@BeagleEars406 - Shout out to him, as he was the very first tweep to give me a favstar trophy!! TY! 

@mclovins | @Trickle01 – These two schmexies are together. I always seemed to have interacted whilst drunk, ask “where’s wifey?” and goodness me, the things I would tweet at them about!  ;)  They are adorable.  Love ‘em both!

@idigcrazychics –  He was around early on too.  He would chime in when Crazy and I would go off on our bickering rants at one another.  Sweet as pie, he is.  And seems to be up all hours of the night! LoL  And can’t find his whiskey drinking cup. (Did you ever find it??  LoL)

@clownhole – Mr. Donkey Ball Shuffle.  This is where the ‘Donkey Balls’ in my blog title derives from.  This sweet shuffler of the esteemed balls of the donkey is spesh.  He would keep up with Crazy and my antics and join in many times.  :)  #donkeyballs

@think_hank – He’s gone missing.  He was a fave.  He once posted a tweet: ‘nuts in yo mouf’ that I responded to with a Youtube video of the song “Pants on the Ground” and lyrics to go with the video.

“Nuts in yo mouf, nuts in you mouf, looking like a fool with dem nuts in you mouf.”

The rest was history.  Anything he posted about nuts, I was on it like white on rice! LoL  Miss him…

@ninja_raaawr – He’s a Twitter Ninja for sure.  He’s the best RT’er around.  He’s also spesh to me.  Always around when I wanna chat or need a pick me up.  You’re fabby Ninj!!  Heart you!

@miniontrainer - I love his minion avi...he's a fantastic fav/RTer.  Any time I see a minion, I think of him! LoL  Well, I picture a buff minion. :)

@DanAaronKy - Sweet Dan O. Always up on my frisky tweets or me and Crazy shenanigans. LoL

@StevietheK - Agent Perry pajama pants.  Schmexy. LoL ;)

@TheWanderinPoet now he’s @WanderinPoet.  An intelligent, sweet tweep.  A great friend that I was a bit sweet on.  LoL If you’ve been around my TL, you’d know from all the #Toastersodes and other fun webisodes he’d do. (I talk about him on the 'Music Makes Me Happy' page)  Time passed and seasons change.  Real life gets deep and virtual life needs to cool down.  He has a little space in muh virtual heart.  Ya Koober! The other tweep during this time was @StevieBoylan – an Irishman, and a great singer!  With a nice ginger beard.  LoL

I wish I could go on and on about so many Tweeps I've interacted with.  If I missed you, it wasn’t on purpose; I may very well update this post accordingly! (OR DM me and I’ll S/O on TL!  LoL Sowie!)  Below are several other Tweeps I’ve become friends with recently (like past couple of months-ish, hell, past several days!) shout out to them all!  Much Aloha Tweeps!!  My Toasted Cummies...all my followers are TCs...LoL

bullitt6454 | @scrillafied | @KCCO_SC | @jr17469 | @makmymarc | @tiger_tony13 | @AngryPortland| @LookMalCanWrite | @TruckerJoe | @scearly | @mike9691jones |@CrippledUnicorn | @RyanAlan39 | @ScruffyIT| @Assholes_follow | @chris883388 
@vicvega422 <--- newest edition to the Toasted Cummies...LoL

As a closing, not only did I want to thank Tweeps, but I wanted to convey something about Twitter.  I see tweets saying Twitter was created for this, that or whatever.  In truth, although the creator of Twitter had a vision for what it was to be, the Tweeps of Twitter are the ones who make it what they wish it to be.  For me, I needed an outlet.  I needed to be somewhere I felt free.  A place to feel a part of and my company enjoyed.  Make friends, get frisky or silly, drunken or vent.

For whatever reason you are on Twitter, remember that we’re there together.  Focus on laughing, smiling, joking, silliness and peace.  You have a choice to be there.  Make it matter in a positive way (Hey, in my opinion, vulgarity and perversion IS positive stuff on Twitter! LoL).  Or you really don’t need to be there.  Go to Facebook.  *GRINS*