That’s where a lot of drama seems to be starting nowadays.

I don’t like taking pictures. I’m guessing you’ve already figured that out.  That’s why you don’t see many pictures of myself floating around my blog. So for over a year my facebook profile picture was that of a comic.   Finally, at the end of April, I changed it to a picture of “me”. I would swear (except I don’t swear) I wasn’t  posing provocatively, and my boobs weren’t even showing!!  But, I kid you not, on that very same night I got  a bunch of  wall posts, tons of private messages, and half a dozen phone calls and the next day I even received a marriage proposal.  And unfortunately, the dude was sober. And he was so not joking.

I asked a male friend about the sudden influx of interest by the opposite sex and he graciously explained the situation to me:

Male friend: If a guy hasn’t seen you in a while, they may take a look at the new you and like the changes.
Me: *laughing* You’re kidding me right?
Male friend:  No, I’m being serious. I’m guilty of that, especially through the magic of facebook

Nice. I love hearing how the male brains work.

Oh and if you are wondering if I accepted that marriage proposal…heck no! So girls,  changing a facebook picture can change your life. You have been warned.

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Jackson's death caused Twitter outages, as portrayed by Raul Orozco in this take on Twitter's fail whale

How many people does it take to break the Internet? one — if that one is Michael Jackson. Micheal Jackson’s untimely passing has been causing some whale-sized problems for a lot of websites.

Unsurprisingly, Twitter struggled as thousands of tweets came in about the devastating news. Reports of fail whales were high. While I didn’t get any fail whales, the tweets to my phone were delayed by hours. I finally texted “off” and then “on” at around 4pm and sometime between 2am and 8am the tweets went through and my cellphone was back in sync.

The site that first confirmed his death, TMZ, was down several times throughout the last 24 hours. Even google was struggling to keep up with the huge surge of searches in relation to Michael’s death, and yes I am partially responsible. I googled it. So what? I have no TV. Popular blog sites, such as Perez Hilton’s, experienced problems as well.

The CNN website, which also is my source of this information, faired well during the ordeal. Probably because they were the last to confirm his death, and they had many of their facts out of whack. Initially CNN reported that Jackson was alive but in a coma, only to affirm his death several hours after TMZ.

For a guy who had so many fans, Michael only told a select few people that he was very lonely despite being a global icon. Whether or not his criminal allegations were true, it seems many wanted to bring him down for his money and for their fifteen minutes of fame, and not just be a true friend. This is probably why he had a connection with kids who just enjoyed life and didn’t worry about fame and fortune. As much as he was liked, it’s sad to see that no one really loved him as much as he loved others.

RIP MJ.

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