Local Woman Finds Twitter, Loses Soul
By Guest Contributor
Published: February 2, 2011
By Robin K. Blum
DUBUQUE, IA – Dilettante homemaker Sharon Weedy, 36, announces that she has joined the Twitter community in an effort to promote her new at-home web business, a blog full of free fun projects and crafts for the whole family.
“I am determined to succeed with this new technology, and hopefully make enough money to cut down to part-time at the dollar store,” says Weedy. “Catch me at my catchy new moniker, @Weedy_Tweeties!”
Weedy’s initial tweets have been creative tips for the home, including making collages with discarded food packaging and sculpting with dryer lint and bits of yarn. To promote her ideas, Weedy has been using hashtags such as #weedytweeties, #stash, and #fuzz, and she says she has been thrilled by the outpour of replies.
She does admit some confusion, however, as to why so many of these responses have been inquiries about where to “hook up” and “how much for an ounce.”
Weedy’s Twitter following was at first limited to her daughter’s kindergarten teacher and a few cousins in Sioux City, but later her minister and his mother started following her as well. Weedy says she has also started following some of the more popular users in the Twitterverse, including Lady Gaga, Ashton Kutcher, and ICanHasCheezburger, but for some reason, they haven’t followed her back yet.
Sources say that Weedy has recently been spending longer periods of time at her computer, trying to figure out who to follow and what hashtags to use, sometimes not leaving the bedroom (or “home office”) until after dark.
Weedy’s daughter, Emily, 8, confirms this report, telling reporters that many nights there is frequently no dinner on the table, but “it’s cool,” because she has started getting used to “falling asleep in front of the T.V.” She adds that the theme song to MTV’s The Jersey Shore is her new favorite lullaby.
Concerned about the recent changes to his formerly devoted and hardworking wife, Don Weedy says he has sought the advice of the family’s minister. Reverend Pratt has declined to comment, however, explaining he is currently too busy building his Twitter brand, @minister_of_awesome.
Fantastic. This is so funny!
That's great!
Oh dear…..it's a SPOOF! I was all ready and eager to sign up for some of Weedy's great dryer-lint crafts. Good work, Ms. Birdie.
Very funny story, cuz! Don’t laugh, some of home-made crafts were not far from the dryer lint sculptures.