Journey to the Dark Side.

Over the years, we all have those moments when we feel we've done something bad. I don't mean in a dirty, immediately feel like confession kind of moment, but something you know has now altered either your day-to-day life or something you continue to have lingering sinking feeling.

I had one of those kinds of moments last week. I finally caved on something that I had been adamantly against for years. It went against my better judgment, it blatantly defied some basic things I hold as gospel. I...joined Twitter, and I love it.


I never would have thought that dispersing little 140 character messages into the world for a combination of complete strangers and some friends to read would be a worthwhile or satisfying endeavor. I can muse about my frustration with not being able to find a good job opportunity, a quick review of the my latest film, or even to just find solidarity about whatever feeling I may be having.

Comparatively to Facebook, where only my friends can really give commentary to the things that I put out there into the world, and frankly not all of them are things that my friends find interesting or that are even worth comment. But on Twitter, when I "tweet" (Believe me, I just cringed writing that word), there's a host of people who can respond, react and give commentary right back.

Secondly, I've actually found it can be a good way to promote myself and my writing. Let's say I just saw "True Grit" and I want to make sure I get my opinion out there in the universe as to make sure my opinion is the often read one amongst my now growing list of 75 followers. But then instead of merely leaving it at the 140 characters, I come home and write a fuller, more expansive review and put the blog link onto my feed so people can read the nuance and texture lost in a tweet.

I never thought I'd say this, but I am twitter-holic.