Thing #23, the sequel

I found my regional representative and let her know about my completion of the 23 Things. She was very proud of me. As much as I begged, (ok. . . I didn't really beg that hard) she wouldn't tell me what the prizes were. C'est la vie!

Thing #23 So long and thanks for all the fish

I just finished the survey and need to inform my regional representative. Who is that? I guess that will be my final Thing to do - find my regional representative.

I think I covered most of the things I was suppose to blog about in my previous blog. Things I really enjoyed - the wikis, Flikr fun, Ning. Things I didn't enjoy - having to register for a whole bunch of websites that I may or may not use again later, reading a lot of articles, having to rely on the kindness of strangers to "friend" me.

I would definitely repeat this experience.

Thing #22 - Well, boys and girls, what have we learned today?

This whole adventure has been just that - an adventure. My husband has teased me about being a geek and a nerd, terms which I have fought against. But now, after spending HOURS online doing these Things, and doing my masters program online, and even correcting papers online, I EMBRACE MY INNER GEEK. I am so geeked out, it isn't funny. I am going to continue to blog; although, I don't know who would want to read my random thoughts. It will probably morph into a knitting blog where I record all of the many things I'm knitting.

I will definitely revisit the 23 Things to keep up with what's out there and if the program runs again next year, I'll definitely sign up again. I'm always interested in what's new and niffy. It's been fun to share these things with my co-workers and friends. I did start a wiki for planning my girlfriend getaway vacation and they are having fun adding and posting to it. It's a whole new world and I'm hopping on that magic carpet.

Thing #21 To Infinity and Beyond MySpace!

I have found my people. As I mentioned in my previous post, I have a MySpace page that I now use to connect with friends from college. I set up a Facebook page and found a friend from high school that I had wanted to reconnect with and one that I didn't. [She stole my prom date.... long story.] But now, in Ning, I have found my people. Book people. Ah, home. I don't feel like I'm going to run into one of my students on the 23 Things Ning, like I worry about on Facebook and MySpace. I did feel odd about sending off random friend requests but so far, no one has turned me down. Thanks everyone.

I am still exploring this site and figuring out how it all works. I started a discussion thread but I think I put it in the wrong place. I don't know how to move it. Sorry! I did get one response already though so that's cool.

I have also been exploring other people's blogs and am surprised at the inactive blogs. I'm glad I'm on the tail end of the exploration. I noticed that most people posted fairly short posts about their things but some people have posted really in-depth responses. Are we being graded? Are there points assigned? What's the curve? Competitive nature rising, must control urges to compete. [I wasn't an athlete in high school but still have a really competitive drive. My husband won't let me keep score when I play games with our children. It gets ugly.] I'm doing my best and that's all that matters, right?