Mr. Gary Lee

“I don’t blog on here much, but when I do, I want it to be something valuable that you can take away from your time here!”

- Mr. Gary Lee

Social Media

If you need to show your friends or colleagues what the hell is twitter, then seriously consider sending them this video about twitter. The guys at CommonCraft.com have also done an excellent job making videos on a variety of other Social Media trends, so I would highly recommend checking them out if you’re still figuring out this whole social media thing.

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Social Media

• Great way to inspire the people and get consumer confidence going!
• I still think people who overextended themselves and can’t afford a home, should be ousted from their home. I don’t want my tax money going to people who are sitting around their brand new granite kitchen counter tops, watching the news about unemployment rates on their brand new 42″ LCD.
• Fugate doesn’t really have much to live up to. Just don’t F up a Katrina like disaster and you’ll probably get a raise.
• Sorry to hear about the football players.
• Don’t we already know that xrays are dangerous? Who’s paying for these reports? Anyone want to pay me to do a report about how breathing oxygen leads to more cases of cancer? I swear I can twist into something shocking if you want!
• Is it me or should parents of those convicted of pretty heinous crimes be punished in some way? It’s society’s way of saying “you F’d up and we had to deal with your incompetency as a parent.” Nothing crazy like jail time, but how about some mandatory community service or something, right?

News

Yesterday, I was invited my Miss Claire Bear to go to a twitter event in Downtown Los Angeles. She told me it was a twitter event called Twestival, that would have live comics and music acts with all the proceeds going to charity that helps deliver clean water to malnourished children around the world. I said, “Sure, why not?”

Along with Claire, I also met up with Terry (a mutual friend of the Mouse and I), my old intern, Niecee, who’s the social media director for Pacific Sunwear (how proud am I?) and her boyfriend, twitter extrodinaire, Jonathan360. I just linked all their twitter accounts, so click on over and follow them! And if you’re in the following mode, remember to follow me - www.twitter.com/mrgarylee - you never know, I might actually twitter something you care about! =)

So, I got there a little early, so I just took some pictures, thinking you guys might want to see what’s going on at these kind of things. Since, I got there early, it was pretty empty and with hopes that it would fill up, I’m sorry to say that it didn’t. I was there for almost 3 hours and the only comic that showed up sucked (the whole “I’m a dumb drunk who doesn’t know why he’s a comic” routine). The band was a mix of lincoln park and sewage. The sad thing is the most famous person to show up was the guy who sang “Chocolate Rain” on YouTube (I learned all the fun facts about him when I was there).

No matter though, I still had a good time catching up with everyone. I got to share my story of owning a domain - GoogleShadow.com - that some guy in the UK decides to use the name for in his newest ebook. I’ve been getting pretty damn good traffic from all the publicity he’s been generating for the site. Talk about the easiest affiliate marketing I’ve ever had to do!

Anyways, here are some photos from the event:

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Social Media

I’m sure a lot of you have been getting tagged in your facebook accounts from friends who have just revealed 25 random things about themselves and would like for you to do the same. I’ve been trying my best to resist, since I rather just write for my blog than some notes section in my facebook. Then came the forehead smack - My facebook notes is tied to my RSS feed of this blog, so anything I put on here goes on facebook anyways.

So, here you go . . . .Check below to see who I’m going to tag in the blogging world:

Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you.

(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page. If you don’t see “notes” you’ll need to add it by clicking on the “+” sign and add “notes.” Paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)

1. I believe in Ghosts, but don’t think they’re all bad. This probably is a result of growing up with Casper and Ghostbusters.
2. I watched Titanic 7 times in the movie theatres, but not on purpose. This is really hard to explain, so I’m not going to try.
3. I believe having over 10+ dogs in my life has given me committment issues.
4. As competitive as I am, I’m glad I’m not a sore loser . . . . I think.
5. With that being said, I’ve broken golf clubs over my knee.
6. I have the memory of an elephant and probably the thighs of one, too.
7. I was raised in an italian household as a baby for a few years.
8. I am amazed and proud of my friends accomplisments every day.
9. My first concert was a New Edition Concert at the Arrowhead Pond where I was drugged by secondhand smoke of some sort, which led to hallucinations on the drive back home.
10. I’ve been on a one week road trip from LA to Chicago and Back, so that I could attend summer school in time.
11. I think about my funeral and wonder who would give my eulogy.
12. I don’t think I have a best friend, but I have a good idea of who my groomsmen would be.
13. Some of my closest friends are the ones I speak to only a few times a year.
14. I love thinking outside of the box and throwing out ideas, even if they suck.
15. I only played volleyball in High School.
16. I’ve been hit by a truck on a freeway while riding my motorcycle and didn’t break a bone, but broke down when I told my sister.
17. I’m the oldest for those of you who think otherwise.
18. I didn’t vote in the 08 elections.
19. I went to a new school in 2nd grade and spent recesses alone in the corner all year.
20. I learn better by visualization.
21. I don’t like fortune tellers because the last one told me my life would suck.
22. I like Star Trek more than Star Wars.
23. I feel I was cheated out of Honors English in High School.
24. I need at least 7 hours of sleep or you’ll notice.
25. I’m only 5 lbs heavier than I was in 8th grade.

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