Operation Twitter

#OperationRetweet/#OperationTweetback.

Goal was to get 5 "celebrities" to tweet me back
or to retweet what I tweeted.

Twitter is a fun place to keep up with friends, but I have found I use it more for talking to random people with the same interest as I have, keeping up with pop culture news, and tweet creeping celebrities. With that last function in mind I decided to start getting some of those celebrities to tweet me back. With myself deciding who counts as a celebrity. The mission was more easily accomplish then expected (because I spend sooooo much time on Twitter), so my new goal is to be tweeted by 10 "celebs".

Here is the story of my journey so far...

1 -Who: My first celeb tweet back came from the lovely and funny Yvette Nicole Brown (@yvettenbrown) aka Shirley on NBC's Community.
The Deets: I tweeted her about how blessed I was by her testimony at a Revolve Tour Conference and she tweeted back "Aww, Meaggy! Your tweet just made my day! :)"

This is what started Operation Tweetback... after that I kinda started targeting people for retweets.


2 - Who: Kidd Kraddick from Kidd Kraddick in the morning (@KiddKraddick). Yes, he is kinda a local celebrity, but his show goes out nationally too.
The Deets: I tweeted that listening to Kidd Kraddick in the morning was the reason I got up, and that, that seemed sad. He tweeted back "Or awesome!" I agree it is awesome.


3- Who: John Vesely, the lead singer/songwriter from Secondhand Serenade (@secondhandjohn).
The Deets: I said something along the lines of how I always listen to Secondhand Serenade when I need a lift, because it always brightens my day. John (who, by the by, is really cute) tweeted back "Thanks so much Meaggy!" No, thank you John Vesely. Thank you!


4 - Who: Marian Call, singer, songwriter and all around witty and fun Alaskan (@mariancall). Okay now, I get to decide who I consider a celebrity and I deem Marian celebrity worthy. 1 - She is geek-tastic, writing songs that refer to the TV show "Firefly" and other nerd type themes and performing at Wh00t conventions. 2 - She knows Will Wheaton, who I'd love a tweet from. 3 - Even outside of her nerd-ness I just love her songs.
The Deets: I think the first time Marian Call tweeted me was when she was packing for a long road trip and I tweeted suggesting she bring jumper cables. She tweeted back that she definitely would. We have tweeted a couple times since. She is the bomb-diggity, because she follows me now too.


5 - Who: David Crowder. Singer, songwriter, worship leader, author and amazing person (@crowderband).
The Deets: First of all if you don't follow David Crowder... you should. Okay, he tweeted me while playing hangman. Yes, hangman. Basically, he and his band were playing hangman in the greenroom before a show and he posted a picture of their board and asked if we knew what the answer was. I answered and was right. His life changing tweet to me read. "it was pillow". Okay, maybe not life changing, but it counts!


6 - Who: Simon Helberg aka Howard Wolowitz on CBS' "The Big Bang Theory" (@simonhelberg)
The Deets: This was a retweet, not a tweet back. Basically, Simon was tweeting about something political and it got a bunch of people up in arms. Without going into long details. I tweeted something in regards to what he said and he thought it was interesting enough to retweet. Blah, blah, blah on what it was all about though. ;) He is cool.


7 - Who: The Nerd Machine. (@TheNerdMachine). The Nerd Machine is a site started by Zachary Levi aka Chuck from NBC's "Chuck" (@ZacharyLevi) and dedicated to all things nerdy. Instead of me explaining it you should just go to the site and watch Zachary's video.
The Deets: My amazing friend and co-worker Anna (@AnnaMicolowsky) told me about The Nerd Machine because of our mutual love for Mr. Levi. We then proceeded to buy "nerd" shirts and post a "nerd co-worker" picture on Twitter. This was my most direct attempt to be retweeted. It worked. The Nerd Machine retweeted our picture as follows:
"My kind of Friday RT @MeaggyLane: @thenerdmachine Forget casual Friday, we have Nerd Friday. Nerd co-workers unite!"

Those are my official celebrity tweets, below are my honorable mentions.

@Group1Crew - The Christian Hip/hop group tweeted me back when I said I had just downloaded one of their songs. They said, "woo!"

@CoreyVidal - The YouTube star tweeted me back when I asked a question about one of his Batman videos.








@Pandora_Radio - I was complaining about how Pandora always wants me to listen to Colbie Caillat and Pandora tweeted me twice with ideas and tips on how to get the exact station I wanted. It worked.




@AprilSmithMusic - I posted an April Smith song as one of my “legendary” songs of the day (#SOTD) and out of the blue April tweeted me and started following me on twitter.





@ExplodingDog - Artist Sam Brown also know as Exploding Dog draws pictures based on the title given to him by fans. He has been doing this for 10 years I think. Anyway, he tweeted me back with a picture from a title I gave him.
<-- My Picture titled, "I just don't want them to know how broken I am" 7 down 3 to go. My Wish List: @wilw @MrDonaldGlover @SaraBareilles @ZacharyLevi @TheEllenShow @ChristianKane01