It has been noted that I seem to update my facebook status often. Yes, I do have a mobile version on my phone. But I also have a mobile version of twitter as well. Twitter is this social networking platform that lets you do micro blogging from anywhere in text message size. What can you say about your exact situation in 140 characters or less?  It’s kind of like facebook or tribe, in that you have followers and you follow people. But hen you get these little “tweets” from people telling you where they are, what they’ve been seeing, and who they just spotted in the four seasons.  And it links up to Facebook and Myspace. I tweet when I update my blog (when I remember) and I tweet from set, when being on the internets is inconvenient.  

Now here’s the thing. If I am following your movements on twitter, I know where and what you are doing and with whom… well as much as you like to share. Likewise, if I am out with someone who is also on twitter, I can say where we are. It has people know what is going on in my life and know what I am doing. So if for example you too were going to the magic castle last night, you would have been able to say hello. 

The more information we are able to share, and the faster we can do it, the more connected we become. One of my favorite quotes is from Arthur C. Clark:

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

If you pay attention to my facebook updates, or my twitter feeds, or my blog, think about how much you could know about me that even my closest family doesn’t (if only they would figure out how to read my blog regularly). Perhaps being psychic has as much to do with broadcasting the information as anything else.  Think of what a time traveler from 1985 (Like Marty McFly) would think of our communications in this era.  He would be blown away. Now think of what someone from 1969, the year we put a man on the moon. Or better yet, the last great depression. We would be thought of as heretics!

While I appreciate the encouragement to write, and to keep updating, broadcasting the contents of my head to for others to know in their heads is a one way street. Make this a two way communique, write yourself! Update those statuses and twitter feeds. Subscribe to twitter and follow Spaceman23, Connect and share. Spread out the network. See how much your psychic little brain can carry and broadcast your greatness through every medium. Be known. 

It’s a fun time, lets keep playing big.

10 things I have have been up to since getting home. 

It’s been a few weeks.  I haven’t been blogging for the last week. I’ve been busy. I’m a bad blogger. So here’s what I have been busy with. The top things. 

1. Katie and Brian’s Wedding. Yeah, pretty much the best wedding I have been to.  It was incredible and inspiring. Just wow. See my previous post for details.

2. Went up to Benton Hot Springs with my friends Jerri and Ed. Benton is up near Bishop, you know on the way to Burning Man? Every time I pass through there, I think to myself, this is the most beautiful part of California. I’ve always wanted to visit. You know, I was right! It IS the most beautiful part of California! The hot springs were incredible. It was situated in between these huge mountains. The stars were so bright and the sky so open. I can’t wait to go back!

3. On this trip, Jerri, who is a real badass, brought her quad and dirt bike. Fuckin’ awesome! when I was thirteen or so, my dad bought my brother and I quads. I had forgotten how much fun speeding along in the dirt. I forgot the power of that. I left really thinking about buying one. Jerry had made her quad into an art car this year for the Burn. I am all about stealing people’s technology for Burning Man fun. And I hear that utility quads can pull a trailer…

4.  I’ve lost 15 pounds since July. The no sugar, no booze, and working my little tail off traveling all over the country has been paying off! I feel great!

5. I got this great program for my Mac, Delicious Library (http://www.delicious-monster.com/). It lets you scan in your media using the built in camera on your lappy. I have a pretty extensive book, comic, game and DVD collection. I tend to lend my things out. Books are best when they are shared. One of the great features of Delicious is that it lets you loan things to your contacts, giving you reminders when it’s due. It also gives you the option of selling your books on Amazon. Brilliant! I can’t wait to really get into it!

6. I’ve been working for my family’s business for the last week or so. I’ve been sorting through the little numbers for the little metal parts that we sell to keep industry alive in this country.  My grandmother started the company, Monarch Bearing,  in the 50s. It’s been in my life my whole life. That smell of industrial grease and steel. It always brings comfort to me. But this time, while counting oil seals and snap rings i saw art. I am going to make some jewelry from the parts. I kept visualizing these awesome designs. In the next few weeks I should have some pieces. 

7. Since being back in LA, I suddenly find that I have no time again. This is in stark contrast to how my life behaved in Baltimore, Black Rock City, and Denver. There I was busy, but I had nothing but time. I am really going to have to work on chilling a bit here. Nonstop.  Who am I kidding? I love it. 

8. This coming weekend is LA Decom and our party Saturday night Homecoming. (http://www.hipgenesis.com). I am really looking forward to this one. We haven’t officially thrown a party since The Winter Ball. That and as a high school student, I never made it to any of the dances. And lately, it seems like HG is doing school dances. Watch for the Sadie Hawkins Dance coming soon. 

9. I got Facebook spotted the other night. Some guy knew my name and said he saw me on Facebook. Then Y2 said he saw my picture as a Facebook ad! Kind of disturbing. The age of privacy is kind of dead, I guess. I don’t think any of that will discourage my Internet footprint.  There is much more to explore in my media creation experiment.  I think Internet famous is only 15 seconds of fame, anyway.

10. San Francisco Decom. Yeah. Going to that, too.  I miss the Playa. I am going to party the next few weekends. Who’s with me?