I’ve been having a hard time lately coming up with things to write about and it’s driving me bonkers. Things in my life have just become wholly uninteresting and I don’t know what to talk about. So I’ve decided to start doing a few memes here and there and possibly snagging some of the “writers block” questions I’ve come across on the Internet.
Today’s question comes from LiveJournal my blogging home away from home.
Do you like your birth name? If you had the opportunity to change it, would you? What new name would you choose?
I love and hate my name all at the same time. I love it because it is a more unique name, and I’ve only personally known two people who share it with me.
On the other hand, I hate it because it always leads to the question “Is you mom a Whitney Houston fan?” because I was born when Whitney was at the top of her fame. I then have to explain to the asker that no, my mother did not like Whitney Houston and no, I am not named after her.
If given the chance to change my name, I don’t think I would. Mainly because I couldn’t see myself getting used to having a different name, and I don’t want to give up my nickname: Whitters. If I HAD to change it (for something like witness protection) I guess I’d have to, but if it was my choice, I’d keep it how it is.
If I had to change my name, and could pick any name I wanted…I have no clue what I’d pick. There are a lot of girls names that I like…Sophia, Amelia, Natalie… I just don’t really see myself as any of those. I’d have to do a lot of research and come up with a name I absolutely LOVE.
This is a guest post by Jerry Bran
How did I get here, I think to myself. Here I am celebrating my 80th birthday with a parachute jump from 10,000 feet! I laugh to myself thinking back. It wasn’t too long ago that I was at death’s door. If you would have told me I would be celebrating my 80th with a parachute jump I would have laughed. But, here I am.
It was like it happened yesterday. I had just received my hearing aid so I could at least still communicate with people when I met my best friend Sam. I was 75 and Sam was 85. We both lived at the same senior citizen home. We got to talking one day and decided we were tired of sitting around. So we decided to live life.
And that is what we have done. We have taken advantage of as many of the services available for seniors. Everything from senior spas, to senior dancing, to senior marathons. And I must admit that deciding to live life at 80 was one of the best decisions that I have ever made. Thanks to the latest and greatest in technology and services available for seniors I am absolutely having a blast! I think that I am more active at 80 than most people are in their 40s!. So that is how I got to be on an airplane on my 80th birthday waiting for the all clear to make my first parachute jump. I have to survive this jump as I have a date scheduled for later on at the senior valentines dance!
Apparently I really suck at the whole ‘going to bed’ early thing since every single time I know I need to go to bed early I usually end up making some decision which hinders that… Last night was no exception.
Stopped at Kyles on my way home because I was running late and we wanted to watch the Glee finale together. So we kicked back, had a couple cocktails and watched it. Then Kyle got the bright idea that we should go to the movies. It was either Sex and the City 2 or Get Him to the Greek. Both started at approximately 11pm, so we decided on SatC 2.
It was pretty good, but not as good as the first one. And it didn’t get over until almost 1, so it was about 1:30 by the time I got back to Kyles to get my car and 2:30 by the time I got home and managed to fall into my bed.
Paying for it this morning though…. Dead tired and sitting in a 4 hour class 
June 9th, 2010 in
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I’ve been doing nothing over the past few days but watching Law and Order SVU. I’m completely re-addicted to the show. I used to watch it all the time in college because there usually was absolutely nothing else on while I was working on homework and I hated just sitting in a silent room. For the most part it was just on in the background and I didn’t really pay all that much attention to it.
Well this weekend while sitting around my house waiting on my friends or battling with insomnia, I realized that there was a marathon on USA so I decided to check it out. Now I’m going through each an every episode of each of the 11 seasons thanks to the ever wonderful Netflix! I’m only on episode 18 of season 1 though. And I’ve got 10 more seasons to go after I finish up these last few episodes. Good thing it’s not something I mind doing 
I’m also going to see Cats tomorrow! Its going to be a long drive up to Buffalo and back, but I think it’ll be worth it. It’s one of the only broadway shows that I’ve really wanted to see but haven’t so far. One of my friends has seen it tons of times but never invited me (/cry) so now I’m going without him and picking on him about it every minute!
P.S. How are the weekly Twitter updates working? I like them much better than a post every single day! This place looks a lot less cluttered without it!
June 3rd, 2010 in
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This is a guest post by Jim Rollins
When it comes to electronics and high tech gadgets, I prefer to “window shop” online then purchase in the store. The reason why I prefer this is because I can take as much time as I want to look at the products online. When I’m in the store, I feel pressured to choose as I can be in the way of others looking at the products, especially when they are behind the case and a store employee is waiting for me to make my decision. I also prefer researching it online because I can Google reviews from real users of the product. Electronics tend to be expensive purchases and I want to make the most informed decision I can make. I use my hughes net satellite internet to help me navigate my way to finding the best device for my money.
Recently my phone contract was about to expire and I had the opportunity of getting a new phone for free or low-cost with the activation of a new contract. I got to work immediately looking at the phones available with the contract I would be renewing. I was able to research features, prices, reviews and even watch videos of it in action. Once I had my decision on a couple of models, I went to the store in person to play around with them to make my final purchase. The cool thing was I already did my homework which made shopping for the actual phone much easier than if I just walked in with no prior knowledge.
This will be the last daily Tweets post. Ive switched it over to Weekly from now on since it’s a bit spammy when I do it daily!
