A Friday Look at Things

It's Friday. It's Juneteenth (June 19). It's #followfriday on Twitter. It's TGIF (unless you live in a country where it's SATURDAY!!!) Anyway, for the past week, I've been updating a friend of mine about goings-on at CNN (including stuff about Errol Barnett and Michael Holmes). I think we're both admiring CNN anchors... more than we should right?

You might've noticed that my twitter avatar and the avatars of my friends on twitter have turned green. Well, that's because since Friday June 12, Iranians were in the news for, you guessed it, the elections. Last Friday, Iranians voted in the 2009 presidential election. There were 4 candidates, but the two major ones were Mahmoud Ahmed-not-yab (can't spell his name at the top of my head. Not bothering to google it either) and Mir Hossein Moussavi. Ahmed-not-yab (they told me it's Ahmadinejad) was officially declared the winner on June 13, and the rest is history. Moussavi supporters were protesting to no end, declaring the color green for the candidate, and that's how we are going green on twitter (and we're not talking environment here) If you have twitter, go here: http://www.helpiranelection.com and your avatar will be green in one shot.

Another thing about the Iranian elections is the media restrictions. I was watching CNN (partly because it's my favorite channel and mostly because they got great reporters) and they got restrictions. First, it was 'international reporters cannot go to rallies' and then Reza Sayah (who I'm liking more and more) only had to do one live report a day (don't know if any other network is having this problem too). Well, that's why CNN got Octavia Nasr, Errol Barnett, Christiane Amanpour, Ivan Watson (looking good in Atlanta) and, yes, Reza Sayah, and the so-called 'Iran Desk', but I know they've used it for different stuff in the same matter and scale. If Reza can only do one a day, team coverage is a must. Go CNN!

And local news here say that they got the autopsy of little Orlando girl Caylee Anthony, and I'm guessing it's gruesome. Will check it out later, though.

And it's almost summer (unless you live in places like New Zealand, Australia, most of Indonesia, South Africa, South America, and the like) so crank up your AC. If you live in places I just mentioned... crank up your heater.

That's my Friday look at things. Wait for my rant when it comes.

Also follw me at @dezbee2008 on twitter.

What I Didn't Expect -- June 7, 2009

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2067242889

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2069910887

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2070024962

"What I Didn't Expect" -- June 6, 2009

Seems to me like my fellow twitterers are enjoying this. :-)

June 6, 2009

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2051540325

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2055275206

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2059212149

What I Didn't Expect -- June 5, 2009

First from my friend Alex in Germany:

http://twitter.com/Axl0706/statuses/2040230875

Now for today's updates:

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2041757539

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2042345041

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2046398362

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2047282327

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2049470395

What I Didn't Expect -- June 4, 2009

June 4, 2009

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2026435342

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2028583305

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2029206791

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2032339705

From my friend Liam in England:

http://twitter.com/DayNightTrader/statuses/2032444527

Back to the game:

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2032808079

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2033695737

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2036698562

From my friend Julie in Brazil (currently in Canada):

http://twitter.com/Julie_DC/statuses/2036738425

"What I Didn't Expect" Twitter Series -- June 2009

This will be updated as the month go by:

June 1, 2009

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/1991052865

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/1992490540

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/1995679829

June 2, 2009

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2005785191

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2006998110

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2009654142

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2010089396

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2010745734

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2010760539

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2011202615

June 3, 2009

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2016186025

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2018163368

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2018824032

http://twitter.com/dezbee2008/statuses/2019785037

Top 10 CNNI Moments of May 2009

It's the end of May (actually, it's June 1st) and I wanna do something different. Here is my top 10 CNNI moments of May 2009

10) Opel deal saves Berlin's GM division -- yay
09) Trying out a coconut -- Andy Saputra 1, Arwa Damon 0 (BackStory)
08) Tweetathons from Rosemary Church, Kristie Lu Stout, Richard Quest, Errol Barnett, folks from BackStory, and so on.
07) Matthew Chance's a 'chance' encounter.
06) Undercover rep in Myanmar easily recognizable (thank you mute button)
05) 2 million displaced in Pakistan (very sad)
04) Susan Boyle's almost-triumphant run on Britain's Got Talent
03) Isha Sesay, Mark McKay, and Guillermo Arduino trying their hands at spelling
02) Barcelona wins Champions League (and Alex Thomas wins the bet over Pedro Pinto)

And the number one CNNI moment of May 2009:

01) Arwa Damon's grasshopper eating moment (and the liquor that comes with it)

These are my top 10 moments of CNNI this month. What's your top 10?