The SHORTY AWARDS

This isn't the FIRST time that I've heard of it, but I never really knew what it was... I still don't really know what it is, but I do know one thing. Emilie Autumn was nominated for several "Best of " categories. Those are music, fashion, entertainment, weird, and mental illness. Great aye?! I think she really deserves to be put in the spotlight. But enough of the details; here is her interview for the SHORTY AWARDS.

What's your best tweet?

My best tweets are any that I've had to delete afterwards...

How do you use Twitter in your professional life?

To my extreme disadvantage. I've ruined my reputation as a crazy bitch by coming across as a real person.

Who do you wish had a Twitter feed but doesn't?

That's the madness of it all! I absolutely cannot think of anyone who DOESN'T have one, famous or not...

What are some words or phrases you refuse to shorten for brevity?

"Plague," "tea," & "bloody hell." However! In Hamlet, Polonius does say that "brevity is the soul of wit" so prhaps punc2atn IS ovr8ted.

Why should we vote for you?

Because I'm not sure if this whole thing is for real, and I suppose the only way I'll know is by winning.

What inspires you to tweet?

An inflated sense of self-importance.

140 characters of advice for a new user?

Think of it like a haiku, and it won't seem so repressive. It will either teach you to be concise, or to send several tweets in a row.

Who is the funniest person on Twitter that you follow?

Rainn Wilson. He's also the weirdest, so I'm not sure why he isn't beating me in that category...

What is one of the biggest misconceptions of Twitter?

That it's not an addiction worthy of being featured on "Intervention."

Why should people follow you?

I'm not sure they should. I say 'fuck' far more often than is either appropriate or necessary, and I'm also legally insane, so...

Can you name some one-of-a-kind Twitter accounts that you follow?

@SirEdwardTheRat, @BasilTheRatty, and @KillerBreadMan.

How do you decide what to tweet?

I tweet the first inane thing that pops into my head at any hour as though every thought I have is important. Isn't that the whole idea?

Why'd you start tweeting?

Peer pressure. Always works.

Has Twitter changed your life? If yes, how?

To be serious for a moment, I've realized that there's intense magic in people all over the world thinking the same thought at the same time.

What are some big Twitter faux pas?

Tweeting whilst intoxicated. We all say we'll never do that again, but...

What will the world be like 10 years from now?

We'll hve 4gotten how 2 mke I contact w/anythng but our phones, or we'll hve remembrd how 2 experience a moment w/out pausing 2 tweet abt it

Visual Land V-Sport 8 GB MP5/3.5-Inch/TV Out/MicroSD

I know this may be a little weird to be my first post for the new year [Happy 2011], but I figured since I was entering the new year with a new mp3 player, I'd post my review of it so far.

My first though was "generic much." It gave me some trouble at first- in the music department. All of the songs were just scrambled and "messy". The names were even still in their file names [ex: BUCK_TICK_Love_Letter_fetchmp3 or 01. All Me.] Then I realized that everything has to be done manually. Yes, if you're anal with your music order like I am, then you'll need to rename the song as it's actual name. Why does it do this? My guess is because it functions as an actual flash drive. But once you understand this issue, it really isn't that bad. Everything is well in the end. 

For some reason, the folders tend to merge. All of my folders have the other folders inside of them [ex: Music: video, ebook, photos. Video: ebook, photos, music... so on]. Once again, this isn't really a problem. Everything is still nicely organized. 

My ebooks seem to only show one chapter, but this can easily be fixed by going to the original on your PC; copy and paste it into "notepad" and save it [it can only read txt.files]. 

For further info: http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/235

The video is great as far as I know. It plays FLV, WMV, and AVI. 

Comes with 8 different backgrounds you can choose from. All of them are pretty snazzy [no it doesn't have the image that it is displayed with]. 

Radio doesn't seem to work at all. I don't listen to the radio, so I'm fine with it 

Biggest problem: It doesn't keep time. 

If you set it, the time will stay the exact same. Set it for 8:00, five hours later, it still says 8:00. It doesn't even keep the date. I thought it did at first. 

Greatest Aspect: It plays on flat screens :D. 

You can hook it up to your flat screen TV and the TV becomes a giant mp3 player. Need I really say more. One thing; everything that appears on the teli may or may not still look as great as it does on the player. 

I suppose that all I have to say about this little guy. It portrays beautiful colors, the size is perfect [about 4in, covers a good portion of my hand], great video playback, pretty good sound without headphones, has 7.5GB. 

If you're feeling tight on money or you just don't want to spend much and you don't mind doing a little extra work, then I would recommend this to you. 

One last thing. I think the on/off switches are a bit redundant. I would definitely read the manual before going in head first so that you don't misunderstand anything. 

Ordered from amazon.com.