I’ll try to avoid starting this post with the ever popular “sorry about the lack of updates” malarkey - oh shit, I’ve done it already. Oh well I’d better get on with it then.
There seem to be quite a few social experiment type sites floating to the top of links-to-look-at-this-week pile. I’ll start by talking about a few you may have already seen.
Firstly, there’s the ever popular PostSecret Blog. Now I know this has been talked about a million and one times, but the reason for that is cause it’s fucken awesome! The whole idea behind the site is simple: send an anonymous postcard with a secret on it. Be creative and be honest. This makes for a fascinating read! So much so, in fact, that they’re about to release a book of the postcards. I’d say it’d be an awesome coffee table addition!
As with most things on the internet (and internerds will be the first to point this out) everything has be done before. This brings me to the next site of interest; Grouphug. This, as far as I know, is the originator. It goes along the same lines as the PostSecret site but without the postcards. People are encouraged to send in dirty (and not so dirty) little secrets for the world to read. It’s anonymous and very addictive to read. You’ll lose hours reading this site. You have been warned!
Next up we have a site along a similar line, called JustCurious. Justcurio.us is an anonymous question and answer system, open to anyone, with one simple rule: to ask a question, you must first answer someone else’s question. Question yields answer yields question, etc. I quite like this one ’cause you don’t have spew out some amazing secret. All you need it a stupid answer and a good question and you’re away! Give it a go - it’s quite liberating!
I spent just under three years living and working in London - the big OE. During my time there I made many good friends, and left a lot of old ones behind. Now’s my time to go over for a bit of a catch-up! Amanda and I will be spending a total of 4 weeks in London-town. We’ll be there for Xmas, New Years (well actually we’re going to be partying it up in a barn in Shrewsbury), and my birthday so it’s going to be the holiday of celebration - w00t!
My brother Brad and his child Ethan live there too, so it’s going to be somewhat of a family reunion. Not to mention the added bonus of the rest of my immediate family being there at the same time. My folks and younger brother, Evan, are flying there a few days before us so the whole Wood Family will be chillin’ together (literally!). Hard to believe now that my nephew Ethan is almost three years old. The last time I saw him was when he was three months old so it’s going to be great to be able to speak to the dude and know he understands what I’m banging on about.
I’ll try to make some token posts while I’m away…but if I don’t manage there will always be new photos on my Flickr account to check out.
Check out these photos of Evan and I that Manda took on Wednesday night. We have exactly the same shirts on. Social death!
