{"id":68,"date":"2007-04-23T20:07:06","date_gmt":"2007-04-23T20:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fulgerica.com\/en\/?p=68"},"modified":"2007-04-23T20:07:06","modified_gmt":"2007-04-23T20:07:06","slug":"southbridge-mass-%e2%80%94-ryan-fitzgerald-is-unemployed-lives-with-his-father-and-has-a-little-bit-of-time-on-his-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fulgerica.com\/en\/2007\/04\/23\/southbridge-mass-%e2%80%94-ryan-fitzgerald-is-unemployed-lives-with-his-father-and-has-a-little-bit-of-time-on-his-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass. \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Ryan Fitzgerald is unemployed, lives with his father and has a little bit of time on his hands."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Ffulgerica.com%2Fen%2F2007%2F04%2F23%2Fsouthbridge-mass-%25e2%2580%2594-ryan-fitzgerald-is-unemployed-lives-with-his-father-and-has-a-little-bit-of-time-on-his-hands%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"fulgerica\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/fulgerica.com\/en\/2007\/04\/23\/southbridge-mass-%e2%80%94-ryan-fitzgerald-is-unemployed-lives-with-his-father-and-has-a-little-bit-of-time-on-his-hands\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass. \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Ryan Fitzgerald is unemployed, lives with his father and has a little bit of time on his hands.<br \/>\nSo, he decided to offer his ear, to anyone who wants to call:<br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"300\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/o-rDqt99eGc\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/o-rDqt99eGc\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"300\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<strong>After posting a video with his cell phone number on YouTube on Friday, the 20-year-old told The Boston Globe <em>he has received more than 5,000 calls and text messages.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fitzgerald said he wanted to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153be there,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for anyone who needed to talk. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I never met you, but I do care,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a spiky-haired Fitzgerald said into the camera on his YouTube posting.<\/p>\n<p>He planned to take and return as many calls he could, but on Monday at 5 a.m., his T-Mobile cell phone payment will begin charging him for his generosity when he is no longer eligible for free weekend minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite figured out what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to do about it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Come Monday, no way I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to just hang up on people and say, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have the minutes.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Fitzgerald, who said people consider him \u00e2\u20ac\u0153easy to talk to,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was inspired by Juan Mann. YouTube video clips of Mann offering \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Free Hugs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to strangers became wildly popular on the user-controlled Internet site.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Some people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s own mothers won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take the time to sit down and talk with them and have a conversation,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Fitzgerald said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But some stranger on YouTube will. After six seconds, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not a stranger anymore, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a new kid I just met.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOKESTARTERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I hear the best time to call this dude is 3:45am Eastern Time.<\/li>\n<li>On a related note, I am inviting everyone over to my house to chillax. My address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. Just jump over the fence and run as fast as you can to the door &#8211; it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always open.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"spacer\"><strong>SOURCE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"spacer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070423\/ap_on_hi_te\/youtube_calls;_ylt=As8xNbpx1.YS0iP_lJQzO3_tiBIF\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Yahoo News\">News.Yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Ffulgerica.com%2Fen%2F2007%2F04%2F23%2Fsouthbridge-mass-%25e2%2580%2594-ryan-fitzgerald-is-unemployed-lives-with-his-father-and-has-a-little-bit-of-time-on-his-hands%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass. \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Ryan Fitzgerald is unemployed, lives with his father and has a little bit of time on his hands. 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