Publishing is MINE!

I really wanted to say that. I found this blog: http://koreaismine.blogspot.com/ and decided I find it funny. Not as funny as this one: http://users.livejournal.com/kim_jong_il__/ , but the livejournal one is no longer active.
It's getting close to the voting period here at WEbook and you should come read the projects that have been submitted. It's like a hunt for buried treasure. We all enjoy treasure hunts, don't we? I mean, we all secretly want to be pirates, right? The official WEbook blog went pirate-y recently.
I had a classmate in an English class show up in full pirate garb refusing to speak in any lingo but pirate for the entirety of International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Until that day, he was so reserved that I honestly wondered if he actually liked anyone else in the class or merely tolerated us. Now I know that he, like all the other people in the class, was simply a freshman afraid to interact with others and show personality lest a demonstration of individuality go over badly. Isn't it ironic that at the beginning of college so many people are afraid to stand out and by the end it seems like most people have personalities so bloated that no one else can fit in the room with them? Please excuse the tangent.
I'm in a very random state of mind today. I'm trying to brainstorm for writing as the creativity well has been particularly dry of late. Will return later with more. Later may be tomorrow. Or next week...

Intern Olympics

No need to wait until August- WEbook's interns have a little olympics of our own. Starting today, Andi, Sam and I each created (or will be creating, I suppose- Sam's project isn't up yet) a writing project. We're actively campaigning these, trying to make them as well-known and popular as possible. There's a complex point system involved, and an unannounced prize for the winner.

Andy's taking her chances on a universal emotion. Her project, FEAR, asks for "Any genre, any fear." It's got 4 submissions, and 4 comments- the highest so far.

I'm looking for a niche in Top Writers Under 20, trying to find WEbook's greatest young writers. I'm in second place with 3 submissions, 1 comment.

Sam, however, may be the wild card here- she's holding off posting right now (for strateigic reasons? what's her secret?), and we'll only know how well she's doing as soon as she gets her project up on the site.

This early, though, anything can change. The projects will run through most of the summer, up to the first intern's last day. And only time will tell whose methods will pay off.

There are no torches, no opening ceremonies, but the message is clear- May the best intern win.

Fun site

Just want to leave you a pretty awesome website: http://www.etsy.com/

The Last of June

We haven't posted in a while...Things have been a little busy here in the office. Things have, in fact, been going pretty great--We've had a ton of New Projects and New Users. (Check out the New Projects and find something you like.) Also: If you're going to be in the DC area for the 4th of July, we'd like to give you FREE Ice Cream. Yes, FREE. Though we will make you write for it.

Posting links here at Blogspot (or Blogger) seems to be a bit of an issue. They don't like to be edited or format correctly during the posting process. We have another blog-like entity for your viewing and reading pleasure: The WEbook Live Journal. Sara keeps it going, and she's pretty great at it.

In the coming days, we Interns are going to have WEbook Intern Olympics . Basically, we will each create a project and see who rocks it the most. I screwed up and used an awesome project idea as a test run and now it doesn't get to count as my entry. Check out My Project, "6 Word Stories" and add yours.

A full office, a full day of work

Two weeks ago, I stepped into the WEbook office for the first time.  Now, when I think back to those first couple of days, I remember (fondly, of course) a quiet environment suitable for the long to-do lists we had, a lovely white wall that had a black speck two inches directly above where my line of sight hit, and empty offices just waiting for a person to fill them.

Needless to say, things have drastically changed (most definitely for the better).  Now, there are 4 loud, outgoing interns who sit at a kitchen table typing away together, group outings to explore Bethesda during lunch, and (the best part of all) a vibrant blue wall with no visible specks.

There's also more work to do, though that seems counterintuitive: with more interns, shouldn't we each have less on our plate?  Not at WEbook, where things are still growing and changing at rapid paces.  But hey, I'm not complaining (much).

Speaking of work, as much fun as reminiscing is, work awaits and I really would hate to be fired (especially now that I've discovered the candy basket).

I'm out.

I feel it's time to write a new post. There are so many things out there (in this internet world), that it seems silly to just focus on one or two things. My job has opened up a lot of places on the web that never popped up in my everyday life before June--despite being a college student desperate for means of procrastination. So I want to devote this post to both things that will help you procrastinate and things that will hopefully inspire. (Also, the period key [.] on my computer is dying--if you notice one or two missing, trust me, I've noticed already).
Sites to help you procrastinate:
twitter.com
www.plurk.com
digg.com
Things to inspire:
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/all/
stumbleupon.com
www.wikihow.com
Okay, so there are too many things out there. Avoid Plurk. Not worth the trouble.
The people on plurk...let's just say this: Karma is the point of plurking. People don't seem to care about talking--I mean plurking--with people they don't know. Just a lot of bugs. I'd say try it out in about a month--I'm betting things will be better by then.

Watch our Earth

http://www.breathingearth.net/
If you've got a minute, check it out. We know this information. Somewhere in the back of our minds, we know it, but seeing it played out gives it new meaning.