Me: Eww, it’s too hot out. I’m walking home and a bird is chirping so loud! Ugh, I’m so tired. My sleeves are kind of big today; they show I mean business.

G: OK…

Me: Oh my god. The way I talk in real life just turned into a Twitter stream. That’s not OK.

G: Baby, that’s sad.

Susan Reynolds saw my happiness thread a couple weeks ago and requested that I write a post about the suggestions people had for me on how to feel happier each day. Here are my favorite responses:

@shonnoll says exercise

@thattalldude says listen to happy music

@mindchaotica and @linkedmn say to remember that things could always be worse

@cambeck says to become Joseph Jaffe

@iAlbert says to take a walk and be around nature

@geoffliving says happiness is an inside, spiritual job that external things can’t determine

@vanhoosear says learn to accept and let go

@podcastmama says to be kind to yourself, allow yourself to change your mind and get enough rest

@Paisano says to help people every day, engage in random acts of kindness and take naps

@jackvinson says to make a gratitude list

Building relationships and cultivating communities is central to our jobs as PR professionals and social media evangelists, and sometimes we get to see the strength of these social groups in ways that truly show how meaningful this stuff can be. Being a real person is SO important on the social Web. Asking, helping, advising, suggesting, being there for others. For me, I’m finding that being real and being happy go hand in hand.

If you have any suggestions of how to be happier, please post them in the comments section. Maybe we’ll all find some new ways to feel happier day-to-day.

Boo, Twitter. You suck this weekend.

Lyrics:

When I wake up in the morning,
The first thing I see,
Is an e-mail in my Gmail,
Sayin’ you’re followin’ me.

And next thing you know,
I’m followin’ you,
Not everybody does it,
But me and Scoble do.

Chorus:
Cuz Twitter beats Facebook any day,
140 characters is all you need to say.

Cool thing ’bout Twitter is you meet new people,
You even get to stalk the famous ones too,
We’ve got Veronica Belmont from Mahalo Daily,
Barack Obama and Hugh MacLeod, too.

Chorus

Twitter’s like a family,
As long as you’re not spamming me,
We keep in touch, we share too much,
And @garyvee meets up for lunch.

Chorus

But be careful with your iPhone…
Don’t DM the whole worldddddd!

Chorus

I’ve seen some of my Twitter friends like Geoff Livingston, Greg Verdino and Matt Dickman talking about Tweet Clouds recently, so I checked the site out. It’s a cool way to visualize your most tweeted words.

What I find interesting as a PR person is that you can see the terms arguably most important to people as well as who they’re talking to most often. This gives us insight into who our influencers are and what things and people are central to their conversations. Tweet Clouds could end up being a visually interesting and useful way to get a better snapshot of who people are on Twitter.

Try this out. In the meantime, here’s my Tweet Cloud:

When I tweeted this last night, I had no idea I would receive such an outpouring of kindness, concern and get-well wishes from my friends and followers. Waking up in the middle of the night and seeing your messages made me feel almost as good as the Percocet did. Really, it was heartwarming. There is no way I could ever properly thank you all.

Last night and today, Twitter was my mailbag of get well cards, minus the cheesy artwork and envelopes. And the best part about these “cards” is that they’ll never get lost or thrown out. I was really blown away by how many people reached out just to say they were thinking of me. Below is just a smattering of goodness (edited together very poorly) from some of the wonderful, caring people in my Twitter network:

To everyone who tweeted and sent DMs, you helped me so much when I was feeling terrible. I can’t thank you enough: @skalik, @caseysoftware, @britrock, @pamelump, @dmitrigunn, @jdeverter, @nathansnell, @whojaybe, @rondean, @beckymccray, @ariedana, @taxman45, @etesla, @bruno1378, @jentaro, @jpostman, @cechastain, @conniereece, @susanreynolds, @profr, @timcoyne, @davedelaney, @theburbblog, @dougmeacham, @nazgul, @lisaa123, @ikitty, @tibbon, @alexa, @sbspalding, @jackhodgson, @bigtc, @mattjmcd, @sarahwurrey, @robertcollins, @ialbert, @podcastmama, @vanhoosear, @repcor, @albertmaruggi, @jyarmis, @techpickles, @mobasoft, @bpolensky, @dartagnan373, @disruptive, @strutting, @amyyen, @gregverdino, @hooeyspewer, @travis9to5, @cspenn, @jaffejuice, @uberrob, @jayberkowitz, @chelpixie, @spiver and @tdefren.

Seeing the lovely miss Julia Roy was a breath of fresh air–it had been far too long, sister. And I absolutely adore the time I spend with Pam Seiple, aka @pamelump. This was her very first Tweetup, so I’m glad she had a great time with us crazy kids. As always, seeing Sarah Wurrey and Nate Burke was A+ all around. Sarah did some sweet Pat Benatar karaoke and Nate wore the greatest shirt ever made. Denton and Paull were silly, of course. Love seeing those boys. Also in attendance: Dmitri Gunn, who I met last week at the SOURCE Boston Tweetup; Bryan Maleszyk, who I don’t think I’ve seen since October 2007; Abe Estrada, who I met on Australia Day in NYC; Sandy Kalik and her boyfriend Nate, who are two seriously awesome kids; Steve Garfield and his wife Carol, who are obviously amazing; and Josh Nichols, aka @techpickles, who I met for the first time last night.

Being part of this growing group of friends is so much fun. I get to have awesome conversations about social media, careers and life. We’re sharing and laughing for hours–we’re a comfy bunch. Like I said–never a dull moment. Some people are skeptical of relationships that form online, thinking that legitimate friends are only formed face-to-face. But I’ve made some really excellent friends from Twitter! Tweetups: quite possibly the key to my heart. Join us sometime.

If you haven’t been tempted by any of the links above, you can see all my photos from the night here, and Sarah Wurrey’s photos (along with a choice moment from Halloween 2007) here.

Coming soon: Blogger Social and Podcamp NYC!

Mom: Is a twit up like spit up?

Me: LOL no!

Mom: How is it diff

Me: It’s people meeting up in a social place. People who are active on Twitter. You’re ridiculous.

Mom: No suh

My mom is the cutest.