become an internet celebrity

I’VE SEEN VIDEOS BY CHRIS CROCKER AND JOHNNY BOY AND TILA TEQUILA I JUST WANT TO BE ALL OVER THE INTERNET ON EVERY SEARCH ENGINE CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!.

At some point after my last entry, I surpassed the 1000 friend mark on Facebook. Now, this is great for many reasons, but there is still a lot of work to do.

To assist in my pursuit, I have changed the name of the blog to the Twitter account, oh yeah, I’m on Twitter now. So, instead of the Sterlingflow name…which I love, I’ve decided to go by OriginalNajeema.

An article about Julia Allison suggested that I go by a name that my people (the few ppl that I have) could find and follow me. So, despite not really wanting to be known by my first name, I’m completely embracing it. Plus, there are 9 other Najeemas on Facebook and probably a whole lot more in the world.

So, a name like OriginalNajeema may be ironic, but another Najeema somehow beat me to all the blog and sign in names…kinda sucks, but what can you do. {Dark Angel fans might see the homage to Original Cindy.}

The mid February summary is that I’m working on it, and continuing to do so. It’s a goal that requires a plan. Good thing is, I have the tools…more details to come.

Nearly a year after setting this goal, I’d like to reevaluate becoming an internet celebrity. While I understand such a goal is difficult to measure, there are certainly things I can do to move towards stardom and fame. So, let’s evaluate.
1) Myspace …. I’ve completely abandoned all 5 of my myspace pages. I can’t remember when I last signed in. I can’t even tell you how many friends I have. I’m too selective. Maybe I’ll go back to it. That’s doubtful with the emergence of Facebook.
2) Facebook….I’m all over it. Over 100 group memberships and close to 1000 friends in the DC area. I totally LOVE facebook
3) Twitter….I haven’t quite gotten the hold of it. I mean, truthfully, I find it hard enough telling the world what I’m up to. Sometimes it’s personal. But it works for some people. Maybe I’ll get into it. Will it help, or be one more thing that I can’t keep up with.
4) Speaking of which (the blog), things that are difficult to keep up with. The blog I set up last year has been through a few changes. And while I want to be an internet celebrity, I need to remember my other profession and what it would take for me to get on the radar of the powers that be. So while many of my other friends can be a little bit more liberal, I have to be a little bit more conservative about my posts. (Especially if I’m looking for a new position….let’s leave it at that).
So, basically, I’m establishing SterlingFlow as many places as possible on the internet. Something will pop, I’m sure. I’ve renamed the blog Hell in A Handbag. I feel like it fits.

how do we know when this has happened?

is it when TMZ is parked out in front of our house?

is it when nimrods post crap on our blogs?

is it when people leave creepy voice mails quoting things from our blogs?

i think it’s one of the most easy and hassle free way to become a celeb because after all i have always wanted to be famous :)

once we achieve internet celebrity status is there a red carpet ?

Lol. I have 7272 myspace friends now.

Not enough. :P

So this is a hard to define goal… I’m going with thinking of some way to calculate it but for now I’ll count progress as adding myself to LinkedIn and to Facebook. I even hooked in 43things.com to facebook to keep up with myself with some simple reminders. Lets see if that leads to minor celebrity :)

oh, I’m not giving up, but for some reason, my fancy new webcam is NOT WORKING….I blame Vista. And this is one of the main reasons I bought this computer. Please don’t make me hate you Acer or Tiger Direct.

I am in the process of writng a book, but live in a very rural area of Massachusetts. The book that I am writing focuses on Black women and body image concerns. I have opened up a blog at blogspot.com and am trying to build a fan base, but given the area in which I live it is hard to gain a personal fan base in the area, so I am trying to do it through the internet. And BOY is it hard…does anyone have any suggestions????? Help a sister out! PLEASE!