I just got done reading Goodnight, Tweetheart, by Teresa Medeiros. I've always been a big fan of hers, but wasn't sure how I'd like her contemporary work since she's a historical romance writer. However, I absolutely loved this book. I almost skipped lunch with my family to keep reading it. Those of you who know how much I love a free meal will understand why this is such a good example for how amazing that makes this book. Told almost entirely in tweets and direct messages between two strangers, it was a modern love story, biting comedy and nerd's dream all rolled into one.
Now that I'm done giving my review, I'll move on. Like any good book, this one was thought-provoking. Mostly, it made me wonder if I should start my own Twitter account. It only took me a few moments to realize that I would be only nominally worse at keeping up on my tweets as I am with this blog. I'm not giving up hope completely, however. I may still someday make the leap into the Twitter pool. For now though, I will share with you, my adoring audience, some thoughts I had about some other possible tweets.
You see, I began to wonder what it would be like if a (non-famous) geriatric began to use Twitter. I'm sure that in the infinite expanse of the Internet, there may be one or two octogenarians who tweet to their little hearts' content. However, my logic circuits indicate this is the exception rather than the rule. To that, here are some things that I think would be found in your typical 80-year-old's Twitter feed:
@ThoseDamnKids get off my lawn!
Had a good BM today. Didn't feel like I was having a stroke.
Mixed Monday and Tuesday. #HighasF*ck
Asked the teller to repeat herself five times. Heard her every time. Who says old people don't have fun?
My wife told me about her day. Heard the whole damn thing. #HearingAidFail
That's about as far as I've gotten. Obviously, not being in my 80s, or even close for that matter, these tweets may not be all that accurate. Given that I enjoyed writing them, however, I don't much care about accuracy. Makes me feel like a FOX News reporter :P
Anyway, I'm keeping this one short and sweet today. If anyone has any other tweets they think would be appropriate for an octogenarian's Twitter feed, please feel free to post below to your little heart's content. Otherwise, hope you got a giggle out of it.
Goodnight, Tweetheart! ;)
