Here is a poem in the ancient verse form called “Facebook Status Update,” a style made popular in The Internet Times, a terrible age in which all communication was handled via “social networking” sites and conversation tools called Scrabulous, SuperPoke!, and Pinatas.
Alex is…
Alex is pouring NyQuil on to his eyeball.
Alex is cheating at Scrabulous.
Alex is not cheating at Scrabulous.
Alex is wondering: is he a good son…brother…partner…man?
Alex is a potato.
Alex is fast.
Alex is making SuperPoke! jokes in bed.
Alex is a Guitar Hero.
Alex is going on a trip.
Alex is back from a trip.
Alex is doing the evolution.
Alex is stopping the horse.
Alex is…
Alex is…
Alex is…
Alex is struggling to answer Facebook’s eternal question: “What are you doing right now?”
Alex is crouching in his office,
right now,
banging on a keyboard,
right now,
in his pajamas,
right now,
slurping beer,
right now,
chomping chips,
right now,
and he’s wondering,
right now,
if that level of detail,
right now,
will make it stop.
So, friends, what are you doing RIGHT NOW?!
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I am wondering how I can send my facebook ninja to beat you up for stealing supplies from me on Oregon Trail.
You forgot “Alex comes like thunder.”
Michelle is commenting on Alex Moody’s blog; did they take out the “is” requirement yet?
Earlier, Michelle was thinking that “Ask the Horse,” would make a great title for a story or novel
Also, have you heard of http://www.yuwie.com/ where they say they will pay users a share of the massive ad revenue for creating the content? I like the idea, but facebook is a much nicer site.
You can delete the “is” — which I discovered with my last Facebook update — “Sarah wishes she was…”
Alex says that all is fair in love and Oregon Trail. Alex got his pilgrims safely to Oregon City and that is all that matters.
Except for one.
Right now I am trying to figure out a way not to close out or pause the picture of alex’s beating heart.
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