In an online internet article Internet Memes 101: What They are, Where They Come Fome, & Where to Look for Them, About Tech Trends Expert, Elise Moreua writes,
“An Internet meme can be almost anything—which is why it can be difficult to define. It can be a photo, a video, a person, an animal, a fictional character, a quote, an idea, a GIF, a symbol, a word or anything else.”
Her full article can be found at: http://webtrends.about.com/od/reddit/a/Internet-Memes.htm
I have fun reading the memes my friends post on Facebook. I’ve been known to save a few to my overly full iPhone photo storage
to share on my FB page as well.
Right now, the Internet Meme that I most love is: “Not my circus. Not my monkeys.” It’s a great reminder for me that I do not own that piece of crazy, and am not responsible for it. That’s really easy for me to say, and a whole lot harder for me to put into action. I might have some control issues. So I periodically save that image to my iPhone, and I tell it to myself when the world gets crazy.
Until today—when the circus came to town.
I kept asking if Monday had come twice this week, or if it was a Full Moon. Or if Friday the 13th fell on a Tuesday. It felt like it was all of the above. It was c-ray-zeeee!
I put out fires left and right—so many fires in fact, I think I will add Fire Fighter to this year’s list of accomplishments (my proficiency will be due any time now). At one time, I had both my VA Cell and landlines ringing, two Lync conversations in progress, three people waiting in line to talk to me in person, a text-storm on my personal phone, and I was charting firefighting results in six charts—all at the same time! It was such a hectic morning with so many problems needing to be solved, I didn’t get to even start writing the basic outline of my care plans for the day until well after my 1:30 lunch.
It was so crazy, I decided even though it’s NMCNMM, if the Circus is going to throw itself at me, I’m going to claim ownership, embrace the dang monkeys, and take a few lessons from the Lion Tamers—so I can adjust some behaviors. Ha! People just thought I was bossy before!
While I’m adding Fire Fighter to my proficiency, I think I’ll go ahead and add: Circus Owner, Monkey Tamer, and Absolute Dictator Of The Known (and Yet-to-be-Discovered) Universe.
(I just threw that one in to see if you read this all the way through.)
Watch out Monkeys—I’m getting the chair and whip!
Right now, the Internet Meme that I most love is: “Not my circus. Not my monkeys.” It’s a great reminder for me that I do not own that piece of crazy, and am not responsible for it. That’s really easy for me to say, and a whole lot harder for me to put into action. I might have some control issues. So I periodically save that image to my iPhone, and I tell it to myself when the world gets crazy.
Until today—when the circus came to town.
I kept asking if Monday had come twice this week, or if it was a Full Moon. Or if Friday the 13th fell on a Tuesday. It felt like it was all of the above. It was c-ray-zeeee!
I put out fires left and right—so many fires in fact, I think I will add Fire Fighter to this year’s list of accomplishments (my proficiency will be due any time now). At one time, I had both my VA Cell and landlines ringing, two Lync conversations in progress, three people waiting in line to talk to me in person, a text-storm on my personal phone, and I was charting firefighting results in six charts—all at the same time! It was such a hectic morning with so many problems needing to be solved, I didn’t get to even start writing the basic outline of my care plans for the day until well after my 1:30 lunch.
It was so crazy, I decided even though it’s NMCNMM, if the Circus is going to throw itself at me, I’m going to claim ownership, embrace the dang monkeys, and take a few lessons from the Lion Tamers—so I can adjust some behaviors. Ha! People just thought I was bossy before!
While I’m adding Fire Fighter to my proficiency, I think I’ll go ahead and add: Circus Owner, Monkey Tamer, and Absolute Dictator Of The Known (and Yet-to-be-Discovered) Universe.
(I just threw that one in to see if you read this all the way through.)
Watch out Monkeys—I’m getting the chair and whip!
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