even more fun with twitter

If you don't follow me on Twitter, you missed this trio of Tweets on Friday:

wilw @ 09:06 AM May 09, 2008
Kenny Loggins was at the ticket counter near me. The girl checking me in was early 20s and had no idea why her cow orkers were so excited.

wilw @ 09:12 AM May 09, 2008
I was unable to see if his destination was the danger zone, but it was clear that he was alright, so there was no need to worry about him.

wilw @ 09:25 AM May 09, 2008
I heard that the TSA made him kick off his Sunday shoes, right in front of everybody, but he was cool with it and just cut loose.

I am easily amused, and so totally hands-on-hips proud of my stupid self.

Comments

[zizban]

And after he got through security he yelled "I'm free!".

[The Director]

I hope there wasn't a preacher nearby to lecture him on the shoes kicking-off.

[ZB]

I don't think I ever understood a single word that guy sang.

"Hey yurl! So whut! Don tell me whdabout!"

[Mike]

Was he going to see Christopher Robin at Pooh Corner?

[ShannonNelson]

I started following you last week and I have to say I had no idea you were such a comedian. I actually just tweeted that I think your FAQ page is humorous.

@ShannonNelson on Twitter

[Blinkie]

I gotta say, following y'all on Twitter is ... an interesting experience. I have IM notifications turned on, so it's like "Eeee, Wil IMs me whenever he updates his blog! Plus random details about how his day is going!"

Okay, so that kinda sounds fangirly creepy. But it's kind of like voluntary, controlled stalking. Fans get to see the kind of random details that are always interesting about famous people -- even details that have nothing to do with being famous -- but ultimately it's the celebrity that gets to be in control of what the fans see. So I get cool observations regarding Kenny Loggins, and I don't get "zomg Wil walks up to an ATM with wonky bed hair and his finger up his nose."

Does that make Twitter the anti-TMZ?

[Victoria Marinelli]

What's disturbing to me is that I was also going to issue a specific Kenny Loggins-related tweet, after the stupendous hilarity & simultaneous sadness that was reading the blog of the Strong City cult (cults! they have blogs now!) - strongcity DOT info if you can't help yourself - and there, after their, erm, 'messiah' had been hauled off on charges of criminal sexual contact with minors (I KNOW, you're waiting for the Kenny Loggins part... I swear I'm getting there!) one of his followers posted a comment in which she said (brace yourself, high Ick Factor here):

"You have given all for me, even to allow yourself to look like a pedophile, just to heal me. Oh my Michael, I give you everything I am and have, take my heart, my life and my soul. My love, I am here for You."

AND THEN she goes on to quote all the lyrics (with special passages highlighted) to Kenny Loggins' "Baby Mine."

...But I restrained myself from subjecting Twitter to all of that (how could I have possibly compressed it into 140 characters?) and limited myself to the 'ohmigawd cults have blogs now' bit and just... shook my head.

And repressed the traumatic memory until your post referencing both Twitter and Kenny Loggins brought it all back to me.

So thanks a lot, Wil, thanks a lot.

:P

[caitlen315]

So, does it make us awesome or just old if we got every reference that you made in those tweets?

...and had each of those cassette tapes.

[merindab]

wil if you're gonna repost any twitters, you should do the one about the Heart of Gold. And damnit now y ou've got that song in my head. Again.

[jadeddo]

Heh... pun for your life! :)

[The Domestic Goddess]

I totally caught that and laughed heartily. For the first time (see what I did there?).

[mjohnson0664]

I caught all 3 of those tweets the other day. I even had to tell my wife about it, and she thought it was funny too!

[terrymr]

Kenny Loggins was in Spokane, WA Friday night.

I figured that out when I decided to head to the local casino and found it packed with Loggins fans (There's also a concert hall in the building).

That's about the closest I've come to meeting you :-)

[LinksMonkey]

@wilw: TSA tases Loggins. McCoy examines him, turns to Messina & says, "He's dead, Jim." - 12:54 PM May 09, 2008 from web in reply to wilw.

Twitter probably reminds you, as it does me, of my days of sitting in a room w/friends, riffing off each other & writing sketch comedy.

Good times.

[KCFlatlander]

When it comes to Kenny tweets, don't fight it...it will do you heart so good.

[cinnarose]

I got so much crap from people at work when I told them what I was laughing about after reading your tweets. I thoroughly enjoyed them and you should be proud!

[FEJ]

I was highly amused by that,ad the comments Shane and I made to you. I almost dropped some Doobie Brothers into the mix but didn't want to go too obscure

[Mogsie]

by the by, a "Cow Orker" sounds slightly obscene...

**smort**

[whatupdog]

The million dollar question was.... did he recognize you?

Don't celebrities hang out with each other in the United Lounge?

[Bx]

OK here's the deal. I've been reading your blog ALMOST since its inception. Rilly! I've NEVER commented but this post FINALLY f'in BROKE ME.

I was at Lucky Baldwin's drinking a White Sage RIGHT AFTER YOU WERE, a few weeks ago. Scary.

Here's to running into you one day in Pasadena, AKA "The Danger Zone."

[VT]

After I saw the first one on Friday, I couldn't resist twittering you to ask if he was headed into the danger zone. And then I laughed my ass off when I caught the next two tweets. Man, I've never felt so old on one of my birthdays before, as I calculated how old I was when Footloose and Top Gun came out. Oof!

[Lachwen]

OK, I wasn't even born until 1985 and I still get all those jokes. What does that say about me?

[John]

Lachwen: It says that your parents raised you right.

[Althea]

I do follow you on Twitter, and those tweets made me laugh out loud, and read them to my housemate, who also laughed out loud. :)

[giromide]

It's good to see that Mr. Loggins plays it so cool, obeying every rule.