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Follow Me

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I’ve always wondered if this song was composed post-Twitter. My guess it that this song came first. But Uncle Cracker sure as hell was prophetic, wasn’t he?

If Twitter had a theme song, this would be it!

Right now, I’m following almost 2,000 twitters so obviously I can’t seem to keep up with their tweets. Adding more pressure for me to “unfollow” certain people is Twitter’s new “followers” vs. “followed” ratio. Right now, I can’t follow new twitters unless I “unfollow some”. And I’m telling you, it’s so damn hard to choose who to “unfollow”. There’s always this thought that I might miss something if I unfollow one or two of them. :) It’s a continuing daily struggle — this filtering mode I’ve been in these past few days. And right now, I hardly reduced the number of people I follow. Well, good luck to me.

By the way, you might want to follow me on Twitter, too! :)

Maybe part of me is actually a happy stalker after all… :) Meantime, enjoy my edited” version of “Follow Me” by Uncle Cracker.
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Follow Me
by: Uncle Cracker

(edited by RJ)

Click here to listen to “Follow Me” by Uncle Cracker
You don’t know how you met me
You don’t know why,
You can’t turn around and say good-bye “unfollow” me
All you know is when I I’m with tweet you, you  jump with free glee
And swim through your veins like a fish in the sea
I’m singing tweeting

Follow me, and
Everything is alright
I’ll be the one to tuck you in at night (good night, twitter…)
And if you want to leave unfollow
I can guarantee
You won’t find nobody else like me

I’m not worried ’bout the ring you wear thousands tweets that you read
just as long as no one knows you’re updated
Then nobody can care
You’re feelin’ guilty
And I’m well aware
But you don’t look ashamed
And baby I’m not scared (stalk me, it’s okay)
I’m singing tweeting

Follow me, and
Everything is alright
I’ll be the one to tuck you in at night (good night, twitter…)
And if you want to leave unfollow
I can guarantee
You won’t find nobody else like me

Won’t give you money
I can’t give you the sky
you’re better off unfollow if you don’t ask why can’t reply
I’m not the reason that you go astray can’t hit the bed
We’ll be alright if you don’t ask me to stay just sign-out instead

Follow me, and
Everything is alright
I’ll be the one to tuck you in at night (good night, twitter…)
And if you want to leave unfollow
I can guarantee
You won’t find nobody else like me

You don’t know how you met me
You don’t know why,
You can’t turn around and say good-bye “unfollow” me
All you know is when I’m with I tweet you I make you free smile
And swim through your veins like a fish in the sea
I’m singing tweeting

Follow me, and
Everything is alright
I’ll be the one to tuck you in at night (good night, twitter…)
And if you want to leave unfollow
I can guarantee
You won’t find nobody else like me

Follow me, and
Everything is alright
I’ll be the one to tuck you in at night (good night, twitter…)
And if you want to leave unfollow
I can guarantee
You won’t find nobody else like me
I’m singing tweeting

Follow me, and
Everything is alright
I’ll be the one to tuck you in at night (good night, twitter…)
And if you want to leave unfollow
I can guarantee
You won’t find nobody else like me

3 responses to “Follow Me”

  1. Steve Cross Avatar
    Steve Cross

    Nice edit, so true it is really hard to stop following once you have started, very right in the feeling that we might miss something.

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  2. TV Stand Avatar
    TV Stand

    You see with twitter its the same as facebook…

    I jacked 90% of my friends and now Facebook has suddenly become usable again.

    I only follow a few people and then every week I drop someone and add someone else

    Danny

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    1. rjmarmol Avatar
      rjmarmol

      I'm partly at fault about following a lot of people on Twitter and adding virtual friends aggressively on Facebook. I did that when I was just starting with those networks and was looking for interesting people to follow. Now I"m on this painstaking state of ignoring friend invites from people I don't know. It's difficult and it breaks my heart but I've been on these networks for too long to know that the benefits will outweigh the occasional heartaches. :)

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Cecilia Regina Aquino Blanquera Marmol aka RJ Marmol profile picture

I’m RJ Marmol — writer, musician, and independent creator based in Manila.

I write songs, essays, and books about the messy overlap between money, overwhelm, creativity, identity, and rebuilding. Much of my work circles around what happens when life stops feeling manageable — and how we try to think clearly, make decisions, and keep moving anyway.

I’m also the author of Rebuilding Under Debt: Thinking Clearly When Everything Is a Blur, a nonfiction book published under Steady Hand Press. The paperback edition is listed under my full publishing name, Cecilia Regina Aquino Blanquera.

On the music side, I release work as HeyRJ. On the writing side, this site is where I gather my books, essays, notes, and whatever I’m building next.

Music

HeyRJ is my sonic soul project. I create raw, minimalist-style and deeply personal music interpretations that feel like a late-night conversation with your truest self.

By blending lo-fi acoustic textures with poetic honesty, my work explores love, loss, grief, healing, and the quiet in-betweens of life. Each song is a letter — a journal entry — a gentle companion for when the world feels too loud or too quiet.

While my catalogue began with intimate cover renditions, my work is increasingly being shaped by original writing, drawing from years of poems, lived questions, and emotional survival.

“Stuck Home Syndrome” released on March 20, 2026 is my first original 20-track album written during a period when time felt compressed and days began to blur into each other. The songs came from sitting with thoughts that had nowhere else to go — unfiltered, repetitive, and sometimes uncomfortable. It’s a concept album that isn’t built around singles or polish. It’s closer to a continuous inner monologue, recorded with minimal production and very little ornamentation and meant to be listened to as one cohesive body of work. The goal wasn’t to resolve anything, only to document how it felt while it was happening.

On May 29, 2026 I released new original singles – “Rapturous”, “Uh Huh”, “Look At You”, “All That” and “Blew Print”. I continue to release both original and cover songs and intend to so for as long as I can so check back every once in a while — you might. just find something you’ll like.

For business inquiries relating to music, email me at: heyrjmusic[at]gmail[dot]com or my personal email at: rjmarmol[at]gmail[dot]com.

Books

Rebuilding Under Debt: Thinking Clearly When Everything Is a Blur

A nonfiction book about what debt does to the mind — and how to begin functioning again when financial stress has made everything feel blurred, urgent, and overwhelming.

Rather than treating debt only as a financial math problem, the book explores the emotional and cognitive realities of financial distress: shame, decision fatigue, avoidance, panic, relationship strain, and the difficulty of making sound decisions while mentally depleted.

Published under Steady Hand Press. It’s available worldwide in ebook and paperback formats on Amazon. Bookstores and libraries can also be order it wholesale via Ingram.

Contact

For book-related inquiries, media requests, bookstore questions, or discussion-group invitations, you can reach me through the contact page on this site or send me an email to rjmarmol[at]gmail[dot]com or hello[at]steadyhandpress.com

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