Seize The Tweetosphere!

Tweets: one hundred and forty characters to tell the world what you're thinking. It gives a numerical value to, "So much to say and so little time". Well, technically it's space, not time, but if I think hard enough, I could probably figure something out with a space-time continuum. I really don't actually know what that means, though, which could cause a problem...

Anyway, for Purple Day, we're Seizing The Internet!! Tonight we start seizing the tweetosphere. A hundred and forty character limit makes getting across a point tricky. To help, I've put together some tweet-sized sound bites for you here. Don't forget to use the hashtag #SeizeTheInternet and feel free to spread the love by tagging your other favorite epilepsy bloggers and tweeters :) Check out Living Well With Epilepsy's Directory for more of us!

(Stats courtesy of Talk About It.org)

50 MILLION people around the world live with #epilepsy. #SeizeTheInternet!

If someone is having a #seizure, DO NOT restrain them! #SeizeTheInternet!

Call 911 if it's someone's first #seizure or if it lasts more than 5 minutes - an ambulance is expensive #SeizeTheInternet!

#Epilepsy is NOT contagious! Who came up with that anyway? #SeizeTheInternet!

Nearly 3 million people in the US have #epilepsy. #SeizeTheInternet!

ONE-THIRD of people with #epilepsy live with uncontrollable seizures because no available treatment works for them. #SeizeTheInternet!

BETWEEN 4 AND 10 OUT OF 1,000 people on earth live with active seizures at any one time. #Epilepsy #SeizeTheInternet!

A #seizure is a jolt of electricity through the brain, kind of like a bolt of lightening. #epilepsy #SeizeTheInternet!

For 6 OUT OF 10 people living with #epilepsy, the cause of their #seizures is unknown. #SeizeTheInternet!

50,000 people die from #epilepsy-related causes in the United States every year. #SeizeTheInternet! @SUDEPAware

If someone is having a #seizure, DON'T put anything in their mouth! It's not possible to swallow your tongue. I promise. #SeizeTheInternet!

Seize The Internet for Purple Day!

It's rapidly approaching my new bedtime of 10:15pm, and I'm chastising myself for not writing earlier, but I've spent the last couple hours downloading apps onto my new iPhone! I've finally given into peer pressure and become one of the masses. I'm okay with that, though, especially since it's shaping up to be a great phone and is happily accommodating all of my requests for social media apps. Why must I have these, you ask? Because Purple Day is coming up! Purple Day is March 26th - Monday - and is a whole day set aside to raise awareness about epilepsy! Pretty neat, huh?

This year my goal is to Seize the Internet, but, like most endeavors, it's not only bigger with help, it's more fun. In admiration of what purple stands for, take pictures all week of anything purple you see and email to me here or tweet it to me, @lvngnbrainstorm, so I can post it on my Seize The Internet wall on Pinterest! When I say anything purple, I mean EVERYTHING! I want to see pictures of purple gum on the sidewalk, purple tongues from Now And Laters, whatever you can find!

Let's Seize the blogosphere, seize the tweetosphere, seize the ... Facebook-o-sphere?? Absolutely! Seize The Internet with me and show the world what we can do when we work together to spread epilepsy awareness!

ps- don't forget to use the hashtag #SeizeTheInternet!

Be sure to check out Living Well With Epilepsy, My Life As Mandy... With Epilepsy, Kat's Cafe and your local Epilepsy Foundation chapter for more ideas on how to celebrate Purple Day!