I was inspired to harness the power of social networking after M forwarded a tweet from a guy who was looking for a date.

Alright, twitter friends, I need a date. With a girl. Just dinner and such. PS-I have a job and a car. RT! RT!

Simple and to the point. Apparently this guy decided it was worth a try to use twitter to get a date before the end of the year vs. paying for internet dating sites.   I am curious to see how that goes.

M and my sis made an attempt to find me a date on Twitter last February.  I think the failure was that the “ad” took 3 to 4 tweets.  This time I went with something simple.

In my head this was safer than posting or trolling on CL to keep myself entertained this winter while M is on vacay.

So I stumbled on this website today after a friend became a fan of theirs on FB.

We have all done it.  We have sent a slightly incoherant/illogical text message to someone late at night.  This is one of my favorites, “Dammit, I can’t see to text…”

Anyways, a few people with some spare time on there hands have decided to give those messages a home.
Here’s what the creators had to say…

Texts From Last Night (TFLN) was founded in February 2009 by two friends for reasons that may or may not include: the tendency to press send more easily as the night turns to morning, friends social habits, Kwame Kilpatrick, exes, law school, closing down bars and leaving tabs open, general debauchery and/or a common disgust for all the negativity surrounding the “sexting” phenomenon.

There are a couple of options for sharing:

http://textsfromlastnight.com/submit/

Send texts with the area code of the sender as the subject  to text@textsfromlastnight.com

You can also tweet them @TFLN

So, after Jen finally got twitter (ok so that was a few months ago..) I found this, actually someone posted this to my twitter today. Heh, ironic, right?

BTW: we are on twitter:

jen: @spinsta

em: @limorama

Today the plan was to take the bikes to “work”.  Woke up at 8, M made the coffee already.  I started on breakfast (b-fast tacos!).  We made the last minute executive decision to take the car because 10hdg REALLY needed to squeeze in a haircut at Birds.  Rather than run into an issue of post haircut parking, executive decision #2 was to park in the garage.

Back on the third floor again today.  Things were running smoothly until yet another company made a slightly vague request for equipment from the SXSW staff.   We also found out that the audio jack didn’t fit so well inside the wafer thin macs.  It was too big. M and I managed to hit the trade show and make a few friends.

The afternoon was ok too.  Only a few glitches with the mics.  M and I were able to sneek off to the Gary V lecture on the 1st floor (i also found a nice spot to charge my phone).

After we closed up for the night we tried to track down some Santana Champ at Maria Maria.  We thought that we had a good chance of finding it there since Carlos Santana owns the restaurant.  Sadly, we got there and there was no DVX.  The bartender didn’t even know that the stuff existed.  We told him to Google On a Boat and headed off to Gingerman (BTW they are moving after SXSW).

After goofing off at the Gingerman and explaining that Austin is very, very small (and that it is possible for someone to have slept with 7 of your top 8 friends), we headed off to Jackalope for food.  After food and beer I was done.  We stopped at a gamer party at Mohawk on the way to the car.  10 projectors and artists hard at work.  Pretty awesome but I was tired and feeling icky.

Cost of today: $8 for parking (beer credits for all food and beverages today)

Free stuff: zombie t-shirt

So today the internet gave us this lovely present…

The song originally started as a joke but now the creator has offered up an iphone to the person that creates the best music video.  The contest deadline is well after the conference so you have time to capture and assemble your footage.

So I have listened to the song a few times now and read the lyrics.  Here is my advice to you nerd boys who are fortunate enough to stumble on my blog in time…

You gonna need it if ya wanna get some hot ass
Fuck the panels, there ain’t one girl ta talk to…

…So hold up, wait, let me tell ya dudes
For every one girl here, they be a hundred yous…

There are a few girls to chat with in the panels (depending on the panels) .  Most of the girls in the convention center are actually volunteers.  The perk to making friends with them is because they are locals and they know their way around town (and they have cars). The best way to find a large assemblage of women is to hang out near the restrooms at one of the parties.  Even though SXSWi is as sausage fest, there is ALWAYS a line for the ladies room.  If you really want to meet chicks, you should upgrade that badge that work paid for and stay for the music festival.  The weather is usually perfect for tank tops and showin’ some leg.

…back to that video.  I would like to see what The Lonely Island would do with this song.  My guess is there would be cross dressing involved.  Why you ask?  Do to the lack of girls involved with the conference it would be much easier to have a boy dress up as a girl.

I think there should be extra bonus points if the video involves a montage.

It started with my sister.  While I was busy with Fernando, she was posting a twersonal ad for me on Twitter.

S: is considering starting a Twitter campaign to find my sis a kick ass boyfriend like mine, probably not AS kickass as mine but close.

S: YOU: tall ( 5′10″+), hot geek, into new media, good films, job having non-hipster cool enough to bike to the clubs for SXSW

S: MY SIS: Independent mostly vegetarian home owner, no you can’t just move in with her. She cooks, she builds stuff, she runs freakin Linux.

S: You: are not a freak. seriously if your friends call you a freak you are not for my sister.

S: My Sis: is my older sis, but I will authorize younger hot geek dating. YOU: old enough to know about the 80s.

So my sister made a few mistakes in her post.  I am completely vegetarian.  I do not run Linux.  I am running the last stable MS OS.  Linux doesn’t work with Itunes so I haven’t make the switch yet.

I told M about it and she decided to repost with a few changes.

M: I’m RT-ing, we’re making a twersonal for my BFF, it’ll be a few tweets, sorry, but really if you know anyone leme know.

M: My BFF: is independent, veg, home owner, no you can’t move in with her. She cooks, she builds stuff, she’s basically the most awesomest.

M: My BFF is older than me, but I will authorize younger hot geek dating. YOU: old enough to know about the 80s, and not a freak (in public).

So dreamy. 5′10″ and Jewish.

Em found this little gem the other day.

unless you have been Fernando kissed!

So I got an email from this chick who read my blog entry about “He’s just not that into you”.  She didn’t offer her condolences.  Apparently she was with some marketing group who was peddling Crest Whitestrips.  Supposedly they are a platinum sponsor of the film.  They created a cheesy marketing campaign for the strips and she wanted me to blog about the product, not sure if she wants me to review the strips or the website.  I am going for the website.  I don’t really want glow in the dark teeth. My prize for blogging is a pack o’ white strips valued at $45.  Can I get movie tickets instead?

Here goes nothing…

The name of the site is http://www.kissmein3d.com/

I was a little pissed off because the site won’t run in Firefox.  I had to use that other browser.

You are greeted by Fernando! He tells you that you haven’t been kissed until you have been Fernando kissed. Annoying chick (Olivia) also greets you in her own lame way (I asked the Real Jew his thoughts on Olivia.  He was not turned on).

Cheesy porn music starts to play in the background.

Then you scan down to the bottom of the screen,  apparently you need a pair of amber/blue 3D glasses to view the site.  WTF?  who has those lying around? (guess what, I happened to have a pair from the people at Make/Craft).

I clicked on Fernando.  Who cares about the chick?  I’ve been watching queer as folk and I am even more of a sucker for a mildly hot dude.  This one was made significantly hotter with an accent.

I will review the rest of the site without the 3D enhancements since most viewers will not have a handy dandy pair of glasses.

Fernando introduces himself (in true sleeze style).  He wants to show me what his lips can do.  He can start off soft and slow or he can take my breath away it’s all up to me.  We will not be discussing what would occur if it were all up to me.

For my “Make Out” session with Fernando, I selected 3 kisses.

For the first go round. I chose cowboy, steamy, and around the world.  The porn music is still going in the back ground.

Steamy- one kiss and then he is obscured by a steamy window with a heart drawn in it.  It would have been better if Fernando was shirtless and in a towel for this shower scene.

Around the world- Lame.  Just a bunch of kisses around the screen.

Cowboy- Fernando with a lasso.  He says that our love is like a wild stallion.  He can capture it but never tame it.  Couldn’t they get Fernando one of those shirts with the pearl snaps.  Hell, this actor probably has one in his closet.

The bonus- Here is the part where Fernando gives us a Scooby Doo ending.  He kisses you and then he whips off his white strip all sexy like (Just kidding, there was nothing  sexy about it.  It was about as hot as someone taking out their retainer).

Then the ad for the strips comes on.  I am going to ignore the annoying voice and go back for another round of Fernando.

I chose Party,Monkey and Heart.  More lame. 3D glasses must play a greater role in this.

Party- confetti and a kiss

Flying Monkey- a kiss from an upside down Fernando.  It would be better if he was hanging upside down doing some sort of shirtless ab curling exercise.

Heart to Heat- lame he blows a kiss and hearts come out

… blah, blah, blah, Scooby Doo ending, porn music and commercial.

I went through for 2 more rounds of Fernando and porn music with my 3D glasses.  The effects aren’t so great.  No need to run out for a pair of glasses.

We have reached the end of my first “official” review of a product.  Thanks to the Real Jew and the Tastytouring chick for encouraging me to write this up.  Hopefully one of us will get some free stuff for posting things on the internet. I am hoping my next review is for something better.  Maybe electronics. If anyone has a netbook they want me to try out during SXSW speak now.

Seriously, I didn’t make this up.  It is on the Whole Foods events page.

Might be worth checking out.  Definitely worth checking out the avalanche of Missed Connections on CL the next day

Wednesday, February 11th

“Check Out” Singles’ Event

6:00 - 8:00 pm Free!

– a delicious event for delicious singles –

If you want a “healthy relationship,” where better to look than Whole Foods Market?  Stroll the aisles and taste decadent chocolates and champagne, flirt over fondue, sample perfect recipes for romantic dinners for two, and mingle on the patio with your new friends.  You might just find a date for Valentine’s Day!

Whole Foods Flash Freeze from Flash Mob Austin on Vimeo.

So, this just happened last weekend.  And yes, we’re famous.  Go to about 3:30 in the video and you’ll see a great shot of 10HDG’s butt.  heh.  We had fun, but it would have been cooler if people didn’t know about it before hand.  Many people have seen this:

Even though it was not a total surprise, it was fun, and I really like the reactions from people watching. If you wanna get involved in some shenanigains with the Flash Mob Austin you should joing their Urban Prankster Network.  They’re also on Facebook and the like.