The #2 Twitter Trend

I wasn’t expecting to do much more than build the LEGO Death Star yesterday, but when I awoke to find 750 people watching the live stream… I knew I was in for a great birthday. Indeed, it was the happiest birthday I’ve had in quite a long time.

I was eating my faux Lucky Charms (the Target-brand variety, which contains a million more marshmallows) and told the chat room that the only thing I wanted for my birthday was to be a trend on Twitter. Didn’t take long before that wish started to come true. After my initial tweet, I pushed a couple more times and then…

We made it all the way to #2! Not bad, even on a Sunday morning – considering we were competing against Harry Potter, the Tour de France, and Comic-Con. Throughout the day, I continued to check my Twitter replies – and despite having to wade through quite a few tag spammers, found hundreds (if not thousands) of friends tweeting their happy birthday wishes.

I am very lucky to have the friends that I do – both online and IRL. Mona planned for and made some amazing Japanese treats, Michelle rocked my socks off with the best ribs I’d ever had, Ellen gave me cupcakes and copy of Coraline, and Traci sang “happy birthday” to me over the phone. My family also called from Iowa and didn’t realize they were saying hello to me in front of 1,300 viewers!

All things considered, it was a pretty happy birthday. Thank you for participating!

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