So after many months of insisting that he would not Twitter, no way, no how, he gave in. I’m sure it was a necessary step just to root out the fakes.

But I remain amused at the way his attitude turned from active disdain to grudging acceptance as a potential promotional tool to embracing it like a…person who embraces things enthusiastically. (I finally knew it was him when he started following Katy Perry. [sigh] At least he’s following Orianthi, too.)

(For the record, I do not Twitter. I could go into very long, detailed explanations as to why, but they largely boil down to: 1) I want to know what I’m clicking, not play guessing games with bit.ly, 2) unthreaded replies can suck it, and 3) the credulity threshold on Twitter seems to be lower than on the internet at large, if that’s even possible. [Also, no matter how many text messages I receive, seeing "u" for "you" still makes my soul shrivel.])

Now, there’s been some popcorn-worthiness already, including a sibling twitwar that probably annoyed their mother to no end.

Of course, having 27K people peering over one’s shoulder, 2000 of whom are actively egging things on, makes the whole thing a tad bit strange.

But I’ll be curious to see what happens next. Just please, for the love of all that’s holy, never actually respond to an unfollowed fan tweet. It will cause a ruckus.

And in conclusion, I think this sums things up nicely:

@thedavidcook Yay! I’m so excited to see you here, sir! (And I, um… apologize in advance for the internet.)

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