#selena

We're coming up on my one-month anniversary on Twitter. It's been fun so far. I like writing random jokes. That's the point, right? I'm not really sure what regular people do on the site. They probably treat it like Facebook, and post pictures of their meals.

One of the bigger issues that I've found is what trends on Twitter. Twitter is clearly run by teenagers, people who love sports (seriously, Bobby Abreu is trending?), and the generally insane of the world. Since teenagers take up part of Twitter, there is almost a constant trend related to Justin Bieber, a young man who I've deduced to be God.

There have been multiple trends revolving around Selena such as #selenadeservesrespect or #weloveselena or #selenalikessandwiches. It always takes me a few seconds to realize that the trend is talking about Selena Gomez. Maybe it's because I'm an old fogey totally detached from our youth, but when I see the name Selena, I think Selena.

When I worked at the Mexican art store with Dolph Ziggler, we'd have Selena bumping through the stereo. It was pretty awesome. If you were a kid of the 90s and at all in tune with pop culture, you couldn't have avoided at least knowing the sad end to Selena's life and her impact to the Latin community if you didn't already know her music, particularly after the release of the movie about her life starring Jennifer Lopez.

So, whenever I see that Selena is trending, I will think warmly of the true Selena. You can take the man out of the Mexican art store, but you can't take the Mexican art store out of the man. Here's my favorite Selena song: