3 posts tagged “people”

Screennames

Let's face it, screen names can reveal a great deal about ourselves. The names we choose are often a reflection of who we'd like to be, or who we are. For some of us, choosing a screen name for our online personas is almost like choosing an email address. It can be hard.

There are several networking sites that I use faithfully and some that I had forgotten about, and when I happen upon those forgotten ones, I am often at a loss for what I see when I read profiles and screen names. Not only are the screen names overtly sexual, but the pictures are oftentimes worse. If you read the captions or the about me sections, you'll often run into statements like, "I am a professional (insert profession here) ___________________, seeking like minded people. Not into games, (and here is my personal favorite) I love the Lord and the Church, etc..." However, every photograph posted neither depicts professionalism, in fact they are quite the opposite. Every photograph reveals more than one would in a courtroom, or a church.

I have a conceptual issue with a grown woman calling herself a "Princess" I don't know there is something a little odd about that. The continuous use of the word "Sex" in screen names baffles me as well. Some of these networking sites have email, that people give out like candy to their fellow friends and coworkers. Imagine you're a lawyer with the screen name "Sexual Chocolate Fantasy" and you run into an old colleague. Most people would opt to give out their networking email address rather than their email address for some reason. To me it would be hard to take you serious if you tell me you're a Bankruptcy Lawyer and you ask me to contact you about my questions yet you ask me to email "Sexual Chocolate Fantasy." I may have to question your integrity for that matter and wonder if my case would even be handled properly.

"Diva" and "Platinum" before and after screen names always drive me crazy! Something about those names seems highly overrated. There is one particular networking site that I absolutely get kicks from because those names are used quite frequently. Not only does the site remind me of a "Ghetto Myspace," but the people in there are so typical. The site and people alone seem "drama laden." The reason I have an account in there is because of my older sister. She likes it in there and it is a way to keep up with her, however, I have been opting to use email more often than the site itself.

I have seen more half naked women in that site alone than I care to. I'll take that back...I have seen more half naked "big beautiful women" than I care to. Ok wait, I'll take that back too. I have seen more half naked, big beautiful, God loving, church going women than I care to! And on another note, I have seen more "God fearing, Christian loving, looking for my sanctified woman to create life everlasting," than I care to see. Wait! They even state that questionable profiles and nudity are not allowed, but the women in their friends list are all half naked and in EXTREME seductive poses. I guess it is that "hoe into a housewife" syndrome. Read their bios and the first thing that is mentioned is their love of God, followed by, "I need a freak!"

Those are usually the accounts with screen names like, "Big ________(fill in blank)," "GodMan4You," "GoodMan," "Sexy Chocolate" and their captions read: "I have everything you need. Fulfill your desires. I am your destiny, (etc)"
Sometimes I cringe when I receive mail from that site. I cringe when I see the screen name and the first line. I know you're wondering why, but I guess I have another conceptual issue with the use of the name, "Boo" Stop calling me "Boo!"
I am neither a "Boo" a "Baby" or a "Princess" and it annoys me immensely to be called these things. Like being called a "cutie." What in the hell is a "cutie?" It sounds so close to "booty" that my skin crawls.

So what's behind my screen name(s)? Me. I opt for my fashionable: IAmCynthia, because I Am Cynthia and I am pleased to meet you. Sometimes I just drop "IAm" altogether and use "Cynthia." In either respect, I can tell you I am a doctor, lawyer, musician, electrician, politican, and you would probably believe me because I have no "SEX,DIVA,PLATINUM,FREAK" behind that to dispel that myth. I do however believe in keeping things real. I am not a doctor, lawyer, musician, electrician or politician. I am me, and that I do not need to hide behind.

So what is behind your screen name?

Nowinehouse

Winehouse sings in Spain, glass of wine in hand

ARGANDA DEL REY, Spain (AP) -- Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday.

Then, as tens of thousands cheered, she threw off a pair of high stiletto heels in favor of white moccasins, donned a white electric guitar and settled into an intense rendition of some of her best known songs, including "Rehab."

Winehouse delivered a strong vocal performance accompanied by her octet plus two male backing vocalists.

There was no hint of the controversy that saw the Grammy-winning singer scuffle with a fan at the Glastonbury festival in Britain and show up an hour late looking the worse for wear last May in Portugal.

The singer won five Grammy Awards, including best record, best song and best new artist, in early February, but her musical success has been overshadowed by her tumultuous private life and public struggles with drugs and alcohol.

Last month, her father said she developed emphysema from smoking cigarettes and crack cocaine, although her spokeswoman has said Winehouse only has pre-emphysema symptoms.

Once finished at Rock in Rio, she did not stay for an encore and left the outdoor concert venue by helicopter.

Winehouse's manager, Michael Jobson, told national broadcaster RTVE that the singer had looked forward to singing in Madrid after appearances in Portugal and Hyde Park, London.

Ok so here's my problem with Amy Winehouse and everyone glamourizing this woman deadset on killing herself.  Besides the fact that she was filmed smoking crack and making racist rants (here in America an incredible number of multi cultural people love this woman's music....their dollars helped make her rich) she decides to be racial.  Personally to me she looks, acts and sounds like "trailer trash" and I am really baffled as to why she is even famous.  I tried listening to her once, because I wanted to see what the hype was about her, and couldn't understand a damn thing this woman was saying.

So being a crackhead isn't enough...racist rants about the very people that lined your pocketbooks isn't enough, now we have to continue to perpetuate the alcohol and drug problem by jumping onstage with a drink in hand!

Here is what has been driving me crazy about musicians (especially those that continually live in the limelight).  One little slip-up and the entire world knows, yet also knowing that the younger audiences are already fascinated with "living on the edge" i.e., drugs, drinking, partying, stealing, criminal activities, our wonderful musicians continue to be persuasive to their younger fans (you know they automatically become role models whether they want to or not) and fails to realize that their every action is being emulated by the youth.

It is bad enough to have people like Lindsay Lohan continue to be a public alcoholic menace.  Bad enough that Winehouse continues to stay in the news for her alcoholism and drugs.  Bad enough that Spears is STILL in the news.  Why are we enabling this type of behavior in the first place?  Why do we as consumers continue to line these idiot's pockets with our purchases and support?  Shouldn't we show our children that there is more to life than being a public menace?

Continuous ads run daily about the outcomes of drinking and driving, yet Lohan is literally caught daily smashed out of her mind.  "Just Say No" to drugs is plastered along billboards, yet we still idolized Winehouse as though she is some goddess.  I will tell you what she is, she is hellbent on HER self destruction, another Spears wanting public attention.  Well guess what?  She will never get my dollar!  She doesn't even get airplay in my house, I do not own one Amy Winehouse production and I NEVER will.  Here is one BLACK person's dollar she will NOT bank on.

I am concerned about the morality of our people, everything in America seems to be one contradiction after another. 

The next few days will be spent researching whether or not I can truly make money online. I have tried online surveys, only to have my inbox bombarded with SPAM from hell, not to mention, whenever I open something that says, "Hey take this survey and get $35!" The problem is, it isn't a survey but rather an offer. There are difference between surveys and offers. Surveys ask you endless amounts of questions about a certian topic. Offers mean you sign up for what they present to you. "Get a Free Ipod...sign up now!" Only to have your email entered into a national or rather international email base where SPAM rules. Yesterday my SPAM box had 3,897 messages, all letting me know I can get free cosmetics, I won a $500 gift card to Macys, I can get a FREE Laptop....Yeah right....Offers flood my inbox and I literally cringe when I open it.

Whew! I do realize there are legitimate places that pay well to type documents and read email. What I don't like to read is an "offer" that states I can makes thousands of dollars and get out of debt...but first I should send $500 to get started. Listen up....if I am broke beforehand, I don't hardly think I am going to GIVE someone $500 of my hard earned dollars to have a list sent to me of places willing to pay top dollar for a job!

Pyramid schemes, are they beneficial? I have stumbled across sites that offer pyramid schemes, but it is confusing and contrived. Too many loopholes and hoops to jump through just to make a dollar. I'm sure if I sold an air conditioner to a company, signed one of my friends, and they sold and air conditioner to someone and they signed someone, it would be beneficial. However, in this day and age, people can't afford groceries and gas...let alone an air conditioner!

I signed up for Google Adsense, and Amazon Associates. I now have an aStore through Amazon (kinda cool) so once I get the word out about that, I would love to see what it generates. Since America is experiencing a deficit with the economy, I know it is asking too much to buy a cd, but the added perk with this is....you don't have to waste your gas driving to the store! The widget for my aStore is embedded at the bottom of my page! Happy Shopping!

My next venture is blogging for cash. Here is where I might experience a potential problem, because I generally don't have that much to say, yet I am signed up with about 10 blog sites, that pay. Now I have to think of ideas to blog about...this is going to be hard! I am sure however, that with patience and perseverance, I can eventually make some money with a blog...and maybe even get back into my initial passion which was writing.

I will look into Social Networking as well because I generally receive about 30 emails a day from FaceBook concerning it. My question is can I really make money adding friends to my friend's list? Will this increase my bank account, or just my friend's list? (The messages always read, "Social Networking Makes Money For You...") So does this mean my newfound friends give me jobs or money? (this is worth looking into!)

My investigation will consist of companies dead set on flooding my inbox with offers and options. I will add to this post once it is completed.