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SUSPENDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woke up this morning and I noticed that my account with Twitter has been suspended. Not cool huh? But to get it unsuspended you have to write them an email spcifying why you don't believe your account should be suspended. I thought I would share my email to them with you.

Hello,

My account was suspended. My username is thedanwalker. After reading the spam investigation I realized why my account was suspended and do apologize for the aggressive following.

To give a little info on myself and my reasons for aggressive following, I love Twitter. I am addicted to it. I believe it is an amazing tool to allow people to connect to one another in a great and unique way. I had an account over a year ago that I didn't use much and ended up closing it out and creating this one.
As you can see I actively use my account. I respond to every message sent to me or any replies that I may receive. When I first created this new account I had one thing in mind. And that was to make as many people I know create a profile and Tweet along! 50 of close friends, co-workers, and family later I decided I needed to step it up. Most profiles I went to people were only following a small number of people and had an even smaller amount of people following them.
To ensure that us users could benefit from Twitter I began to follow other users. Carefully following only users who appeared to have similar interests as my own. I replied to others messages, and even got replies on my own posts. I've made friends all over, for example in Atlanta, a guy who guitar techs for a band he is close friends with. A girl in Texas who wants to move to Cali but might end up moving to Colorado. But I wanted to connect to even more people.
I refused to allow myself to have people who I follow feel like I was following them for no reason. I want them to know it's a person on the other end who can share conversation and enjoy using Twitter and find its benefit.
I love the company. I love the concept of it. I am TRULY Passionate about making it grow. If I had any technical expertise on the job openings you had I would be applying in a heartbeat.
I'm constantly promoting the growth of Twitter. By making threads in online forums, to making my friends make accounts and watching them become addicted too. I even recently had a friend that is a local artist here and showed him the service and explained the benefits of having an account. Allowing him to connect even closer to his fans.
I'm not sure what you'd like me to say in this email to explain why my account shouldn't be suspended. But I just thought I'd attempt to explain how much I enjoy the service and that I am passionate about making it grow. You can even ask my girlfriend (one of the few I can't get to make an account) how I am always posting and talking about it last night. Yes its sad. Last night I was even talking about Twitter in my sleep. Her brother came home late and woke her up which startled her awake. She asked me what it was and I responded with "the Followers". She began to become a little scared not knowing what I meant where I continues to say repeatedly...."it's the followers". I then finished with "You know....off Twitter". Lets just say she punched me hard enough to then wake me up.
But this is my reason for my account to no longer be suspended. Hopefully I have convinced you to no longer suspend my account. Happy Tweeting and tell Biz hi for me! :]

Best wishes,
Dan Walker

If its in a can....

it smells like either two things.

or...

Patience......what the hell is that?

Obviously I have none. Good thing? Bad thing? I would guess that it depends on the issue. But let me tell you what made me think of this. Last night I had to do one of those emergency loads of laundry. The ones where you need to go to sleep but you need clothes to wear the next day. So you put on a load and sleep deprive yourself in order to stay up and change out the laundry so it will be ready by morning. Now I was on my last load in the washing machine. It was on the spin cycle. It was a very small load (2 shirts) so I figured it didn't need to spin for 10 mins. I hit the pause cancel button and it stops. But the machine refuses to unlock the door because the cycle was never completed. So I set the cycle to drain and click start. It starts up. If I would have just waited for maybe a minute or two more, I would have been able to get to bed sooner. But my impatience for the machine to end made me sit there for another 20 minutes while it did a spin and drain cycle. Patience.....non-existent.

I have a pair of Sevens jeans that I have worn for the past year. They are hella comfortable, worn in, and simply make my butt look good. And thats a plus for a dudes butt to look good in jeans....isnt it? Doesnt happen often right? I dont know. I'm not checkin out other dudes rear ends. That was more intended for a female perspective. But my jeans have over time developed a hole in the crotch. Once a small hole has now become a massive canyon of denim and boxer briefs. But yet I continue to wear the jeans, even if they do show off my wonderfully sculpted testicles......*crickets*......because I love them.

You know how people who drive big, jacked up trucks think they own the road and drive fast and treat cars around them like they are insignificant? Well one of those truck drivers got what was coming to him today. Flipped his travel trailer on the interstate blocking off all lanes and making me late to work. Was I upset though? Not at all. No one got hurt. But the truck and trailer suffered damage. And you could tell this young buck was definitely one of those pricks who you would encounter taking up three parking spots at Wal*Mart.

Movie Reviews

So I have been thinking lately that it would be fun to do a movie review post every so often. I like going to the movies, but rarely ever do. If I made it a point to go, maybe I'd go more. But one thing that makes me unsure whether I should or not is, Im not going to go to all movies that are released. And I think that is what the problem is with most movie critics. They critique movies they do not relate to and have no reason to be watching. For example, I am not going to go watch the Hannah Montana movie and tell you my views on it. Most likely, I would hate it and want to watch something else.

So why are there movie critics out there who do ALL movies? Sorry Roger Ebert. I just can't find your opinion to hold any ground.

Twittttttter

No one likes this. I LOVE IT. I'm addicted. I won't lie. We're in a transitional phase where it is still frowned upon to be addicted to technology. But I don't care. I WILL LIVE MY LIFE! But it does give you a nice look into other peoples lives and how they spend their days. Much more interesting than mine. Much much more. Here...let me show you.

Mark Hoppus from blink-182.

Mark Hoppus probably Twitters from the moment he wakes up to the moment he falls asleep. And also the 5 times throughout the night when he wakes up for random work out sessions. What's FUNNY about the picture that you see of him to the left, is he is actually INSIDE Twitter. That's when he was at Twitter headquarters checking out the place. And also drinking their alcohol which they didn't even know was there. But probably one of the best people to follow on Twitter. You will be highly entertained by his Tweets, and will receive updates about what bands he is producing, blink-182 updates, and a lot of pointless banter about answering emails(like a boss). Mark is average on posting pictures on his Twitter, but he doesn't floud you with them. One great thing about Mark's Twitter, is he will link you to his blog where you can get more pictures and more information on the daily activities of Mark Hoppus. Whether it be pictures of him at Skywalker Ranch, or him walking down the red carpet at the Australian MTV Music Awards. Mark Hoppus will flood you with more information than you really wanted to know about the old rascal.

Taylor Swift

This is Taylor Swift. My celebrity crush. Hellllllloooooo! Ok Taylor does not update her Twitter that often. I'd say maybe once or twice every other day. But it is really her and you do get to see a lot of her personality in her posts. I usually don't check her Twitter too much, just for the lack of posts. But I will admit her video blogs on her Youtube are awesome. She makes all of her videos herself and they are quite entertaining and funny to watch. So I am no longer promoting her Twitter I suppose. Go check out her Youtube. It'll get you much more into the life of Taylor Swift than you thought you would ever be. Videos of traveling the world and at home for the holidays. Best thing about it all, it makes her seem real. More genuine.

Thrice

I love Thrice. Definitely one of my most favorite bands ever. This band is one of the few artists out there that I actually consider true musicians. They create some of the most beautiful, yet hardest music. Lyrically, Dustin Kensrue is in a league of his own. Topping all others that I can think of. His words have tugged at my emotions more than any other artist I have listened to. But not only do the words effect me, the way the music combines with those words so beautifully make this band highly respected in my eyes. One reason I love to follow them on Twitter, is how they bring you into the studio and writing process. They give you an inside look at the song writing, touring, and concerts. They also allow you to see how much hard work they put into recording. From building componets to receive better sounds in their studio, to showing how they have had to deal with recording and communication through their guitar pickups. Also an artist who will post pictures on a daily basis, giving Twitter a little more excitement than just a regular status update.

John C. Mayer

Probably one of the most fun persons to follow on Twitter. Well... that is when he isn't speaking in German. But John Mayer gives you a view into his world. Also, depending on what celebrities you also follow, you can see his many conversations and comments on them or their Tweets as well. John also likes to post pictures of his daily adventures and things that he sees. One thing that is great is he has in the past given away free tickets to fans for his shows. So thats a plus. Its also nice since Twitter ISNT that huge, you have a much better chance than you would think you have. One person I definitely recommend to follow. He isn't annoying, doesn't post anything that gets in the way, just good quality posts.




You know...thats all I am going to post about for now. Enjoy my thoughts.

I was driving to work this morning contemplating birthday gift ideas for my mother. I still need to get her something, as seeing that I am about 6 months late on it. But I will get her something none the less. I know of a writer that she enjoys whose books haven't been in print for some 50 odd years. I got her one of those books a few Christmas' ago, and she was shocked to receive it. But since that time she has purchased many books and I am not sure if she owns more of this same authors work.

I thought it would be great to have a database, like you would see online when shopping for something, that tells you whether it is in stock or is owned, but strictly for personal use. Where each holiday, birthday, wedding, etc. you could look up a persons specific database. You could check to see if they have certain items for the gift you have in mind.

That would help me out greatly in buying gifts. But as you can tell, I am bad at purchasing gifts.

Lately, been on a health kick. And by kick I mean KICK MY ASS. Though I am eating healthier (or at least attempting to) which is good. Also been working out a lot. I really wish the weather would warm up because I would like to go running. Good cardio would make all this excess weight drop right off. But we'll just keep on waiting.

Thats it for now.