I'm Being Stalked by Build-a-Bear

Well, not really...well kind of. This morning my cell phone informed me that I was being Followed by Build-a-Bear.

Say what? What could I have done to tick off Build-a-Bear? I mean, we haven't been there in a while but was that enough to have me followed???

Should I be on the lookout for this guy? Are bears going to be hiding in the bushes? How exactly did I get myself into this situation?

Twitter. That's how.

It started out so innocently. I joined Twitter because all the cool kids are doing it and, well, I've aspired to be a cool kid since sixth grade when all the boys and girls were trading leather bracelets and I never got one. Plus it was just one more way to exploit my life just a tiny bit more.

{Yeah, we all know I need therapy. Maybe I should set up a Chip-In widget for people to donate towards my sessions.}

When I joined I had no idea what I was doing. I still don't really. I started with a couple of followers I had never even heard of and have no idea how they even found me. And then I got some real tweet friends, just a few, but enough to make it interesting.

For you nonTweeters, there's a whole world out there waiting to be explored. I feel like Christopher Columbus trying to find China and but discovering the Caribbean instead. Some days I feel like I'm groping around in the dark and then I stumble upon something.

{Okay, Stumble Upon is a REAL THING I just found out about today!!! Yesterday someone told me in my comments that they "stumbled upon" me and then I found out what it meant today.}

Back to my story: I discovered something called GNO, which stands for Girls Night Out. We all know that this Girl is in desperate need for a Night Out so I was definitely checking that puppy out! I signed up for it last night, it takes place on Tuesday nights, but didn't do anything with it. But all of a sudden, this morning I started getting invites on Twitter and it appeared they were coming from GNO.

And then I got this Tweet: Buildabear is now following you.

Was this a joke? I was at my laptop and looked it up and followed the link and it looked pretty legit. The Build-a-Bear was following me on Twitter. How weird was that? So weird that when I was tweeting with my friend Brandy about Christmas cookies this afternoon I tweeted her:

I just found out that Build-a-Bear is following me on Twitter. Should I be scared? That sounds totally WEIRD!!!!

To which she replied that she was also being followed. We laughed about it, with Brandy telling me not to answer my front door if a giant bear was there, to send Ross instead and she suddenly announces:

Oh shoot he just hugged you too. :}

What was she talking about? Then I saw this message:

buildabear @MommaDenise Sorry to alarm you. Sending you a virtual hug. :)

Now, I don't know why, maybe its the lack of social stimulation or the fact I really have no life, but I thought this was so hysterically funny that I laughed and laughed to the point of thoroughly annoying my children. First, Build-a-Bear, the Build-a-Bear was "following" me -- I mean, seriously is there a little bear tapping away at a keyboard following people? That must be very difficult given the fact that those little guys have no digits, much less opposable thumbs. (I happen to know its a keyboard and not a cell phone because its says "from web") And second, not only was it following me but it was actually conversing with me and apologizing for alarming me. I'm sorry, but that's some funny stuff.

I chuckled all evening long until I got another Tweet. Discovery Toys is following me too.

Oh, crappy doodles. I may need to get a restraining order.