Celebrity Twitter "deaths" come to an end...

Celebrities like Alicia Keys, Kim Kardashian, Justin Timberlake, and many others agreed to "kill" themselves digitally, meaning that they wouldn't update their blogs, facebooks, twitters, and other social media sites until the charity, Keep a Child Alive (helps raise HIV/AIDS awareness in Africa and India), reached $1 million dollars in donations.

Well, much to THEIR surprise, it took a lot longer than expected.  It actually took a whole week to reach its goal.  By the sixth day, the charity had only raised around $450,000.  Half, roughly, of what they really wanted or needed.

Now, celebrities like Kim Kardashian, who can rake in about $10,000 per tweet, were starting to get anxious little fingers because of the money they were losing.  Some people involved thought that the campaign would raise enough money in 24 hours, but obviously that wasn't the case.  

Is it that these celebrities really don't have that large of a twitter presence as they thought?  Personally, I find that the celebrities shouldn't have not tweeted... they should have promoted and asked their followers to donate rather than assuming that they would take action.  It probably would've happened faster and they wouldn't have needed a $500,000 donation by Stewart Rahr, a billionaire that owns the pharmaceutical company Kinray.

Oh well, I'm happy that they raised money for a great charity, and now people can go back to reading the thoughts of these celebrities that we care about oh so much.

We apparently, are doomed for the future.

Jogging... jogging paths... jogger is murdered... murderer on the loose... redrum... Stephen King's 'The Shining'... oh lord shine your light on me... lightening strikes house.

We all know about how search engines can kind of overload you with information.  You type in something simple like jogging, and end up learning how to prevent power outages from gale force winds.  But here's a fun little tid bit about what WE search for on the internet.

This is the year's top searches, via Bing and Yahoo!

Yahoo! Top Ten:
1. BP oil spill
2. World Cup
3. Miley Cyrus
4. Kim Kardashian
5. Lady Gaga
6. iPhone
7. Megan Fox
8. Justin Bieber
9. American Idol
10. Britney Spears

Bing Top Ten:
1. Kim Kardashian
2. Sandra Bullock
3. Tiger Woods
4. Lady Gaga
5. Barack Obama
6. Hairstyles
7. Kate Gosselin
8. Walmart
9. Justin Bieber
10. Free

Okay, we are obviously obsessed with other people and keeping up with the whoever.  I am pleased to see at least ONE current event on the list (BP oil spill).  That gives me a glimmer of hope for our generations.  I'm not sure if this is bothering me because I watch/read the news on a daily basis, and MANY people my age don't and aren't educated on what is actually going on in the world and all that we seem to care about are celebrities.  Please people, you might think watching the nightly or daily news is boring, but I promise you, it is much better to at least know and acknowledge the world and national events taking place, than being completely oblivious.  Remember, one day, we're going to be the ones running the world, and if celebrities are all we ever care about, then we are seriously in trouble.