Well, I'm back renewed and refreshed. I promise to not be such a downer like the last few posts. You remember how I was complaining about my newfound sense of consciousness? How I "couldn't walk past homeless people without noticing anymore"? I finally stopped enjoying feeling guilty (after I realized that just isn't enough) and went out and helped some people. But first, the impetus for my change: people searching, of course! It being the holidays and all, I decided to start looking for people from my past, old friends, etc. I admit I was kinda feeling lonely. Anyway, I found someone I used to date with the help of this blog that lists people search engines. So we met up a few days before Christmas, and over a couple of drinks chatted for hours. We went over the obligatory ("How have you been?"/"What's new?") and her answers were surprisingly indepth. I was expecting her to gloss over with the usual "Good, and you?" but she has honestly undergone a significant change for the better. She credited it to a "complete paradigm shift." And that's a quote...weird, huh? I said I'd had similar thoughts recently, but that I hadn't done anything about it really. She suggested that I go with her to a soup kitchen to dole out food to the needy. My first reaction was to say no, but I realized that was the old me talking. I went and I LOVED it! Guilt evaporated, and the people seemed really happy and full. Good times. So now I'm even more into finding people, if you can believe it. Check out this awesome engine if you want to people search.
I don't know what's wrong with me, but I seem to have had some kind of paradigm shift. I used to be able to walk past the homeless people, and not be bothered. I used to be able to see stories about people being murdered in Echo Park, and feel removed from it. I used to be able to walk past teenage mothers pushing babies around in strollers and not think to myself, "God, that must be her sister. Right? That MUST be her sister. Right?" I know it's not her sister though. Don't get me wrong, I can still see all the good in the world too... but there just seems like there's so much bad here too. All of this just makes me want to find all the people I wonder about sooner and quicker. i locate a person I went to high school not too long ago via person search and she was just... not good. She was one of the smartest girls in our class when I knew her... but then everything just sort of went wrong apparently. Her brother got in a car accident, hit his head and was never the same. Her dad left her mom. She dropped out of college to come home to help everyone. She finished college to become a therapist... but then got thyroid cancer. She is now in remission, but she is SO thin... like... anorexic thin, it was so scary. I talked with her about it, and asked if I could do anything for her, but all she said I could do was pray. The problem with this is that I'm an atheist. Still, I told her I would. Anyway... wow. I just re-read what I wrote, and this is depressing! I am sorry! Good things that happened this week is my friend got a raise. My mom found a new friend she really likes at her church. The homeless guy on the corner has new shoes. So... there are good things happening too. One good thing is FindAnyoneNow.net - Finding Email Addresses Online article. It's really really good, and really really helpful. Check it out... and I'll check out not being such a downer when I blog. ;-)
I'm back... and I'm feeling better physically, but I'm kind of in a bummer mood today. You know how sometimes you just wake up on the wrong side of the bed? Well, I don't think my bed had any right sides today. I couldn't sleep last night because I kept alternating between being too hot (under the covers) and too cold (out of the covers). So... yeah. I think that's what's causing my underlying irritation today. In happier news, I have some pretty good sites to recommend to you this month on the topic of people search. Case in point, that on right there that I just recommended. Did you see it right back there? Yeah, I'm sneaky like that. Speaking of which (people search, not being sneaky), I was thinking about how different people feel so differently about people searching and people finding, and this blogger is no exception. His site is also all about people search, but he has a totally different take on it than most of the other people I seem to come across these days.
And now for something completely different! Shaking it off, and cheering up! Phew. Um... what was I saying? Oh yeah, make sure you check out FindAnyoneNow.net this month too. This post is about finding unclaimed money, and it's a doozy 'cause, I mean, who doesn't want to find money that's theirs, but they just don't know about it? Me, please.
Sorry this post was a little disjointed this time around folks. I need a nap or something.
And I don't mean the Boston kind... I mean the swollen gland kind. Yesterday I started to feel a little run down, but I went out at night anyway because it was my really good friend's birthday. Today I am paying the price with lymph nodes the size of golf balls. So gross. For this reason, I am going to go ahead and keep this post short. I do have some good people search links for you all. Like that one there. It's to a pretty plain, but pretty good site nonetheless. My next recommendation is in the same vein as a couple posts ago. I just can't get enough of this site: GiantLists.com.
It is SO funny. All the time. You have to check it out if you haven't already. Every time I visit there is a new and funnier list than ever before.
Ugh. I just started sweating. I'm off to bed!
Do you think Fergie ever gets tired of being called Stacy? I would imagine so. I know I would get sick of it... especially if everyone knew I was "Fergalicious," and yet was STILL calling me Stacy. Rude.
She needs to find a person who knows she's Fergie, and still thinks she's Fergalicious. Of course... maybe that's the problem!!! *GASP* Let's move on from this topic to something a little bit more dear and near to my heart. Namely: People search, social search and info search news - PeopleSearchDigest.com. This site is awesome, and you should all check it out. They update all the time, and have all kinds of great news items and profiles about the coolest online people search, social search and info search engines around right now. Check it out!
I'm off to go workout so my milkshake will continue bringing all the boys to the yard.
What's up everyone? I'm just sitting here listening to some sweet 80s punk rock, and really wishing I had a pair of faded black jeans, and was living in London. Of course, I own neither a pair of faded black jeans, or a British passport, so neither of those things are probably going to be happening very soon. In other news, my coffee is suspiciously tasty this morning. I put more cinnamon in it than usual - so maybe that's the reason?
Speaking of reasons, I have one for writing today, and here it is: How To Find Your Real Parents - GiantLists.com
So... you should really check it out - just hilarious. I'll be back soon with more sites, as I've had a lot of luck lately finding really good things online. Until then... x
