Celebrity Twitter following became posh this week as Conan O'Brien premiered his Twitter Tracker, which mostly mocks but hits upon the fascination we all feel with hearing the smallest thoughts and gentlest sighs of our celebrities.

The thing that's really hard to understand is the ways in which Twitter must be constantly defended by those who use it, and the way it was so instantly adopted by new media. Almost every newscast features updates from Twitter, or a way to follow along throughout the day, to the point that it can be somewhat fatiguing. Allow us to cut through the noise, all that baffling clutter and present you with a fine selection of our best celebrity tweets. Onward and upward!

John Hodgman is perhaps best known for the "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads wherein he plays the PC, but he's also an accomplished author and all-around winning fellow, except perhaps when it comes to parking:

John Hodgman: NYC's online pkg ticket payment site asks if I want "add more items" to my cart, or "checkout." Like I'm shopping for parking fines. (Jun 11, 1:44 p.m.)

Singer Katy Perry is best known for her song "I Kissed a Girl." On her recent tour, she experienced a bit of drama:

Katy Perry: some1 just broke into our bus, they got caught. Luckly all there is is glitter, catsuit outfits, fruit & a box set of Ab Fab. Sux fer them. (Jun 11, 12:11 p.m.)

Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report, has been airing his show from Iraq, and his tweets have been themed accordingly:

Stephen Colbert: say what you will about saddam's megalomania -- the man knew his solid gold bidets (Jun 11, 10:59 a.m.)

Parody singer Al Yankovic admits to what so many of us are ashamed to say:

Al Yankovic: Sometimes, in my quietest moments, I wonder to myself ... what is Celine Dion doing right now? (Jun 11, 10:49 a.m.)

British singer and firebrand Lily Allen discusses the distinct possibility she will never find true love:

Lily Allen: watching "he's just not that into you". i think i may be alone forever. sad ( Jun 11, 1:09 a.m.)

a few days earlier, she experienced some true rock-and-roll moments:

Whoa, amazing gig last night. Just woke up, fully clothed don't remember much. Going gym now (Jun 9, 4:31 p.m.)

Actress Alyssa Milano is an avid Twitter user, often bombarding the public with her thoughts about Major League Baseball:

Alyssa Milano: #MLBdraft is today. Who's excited? When do #dodgers get their pick? Anyone? (Jun 9, 9:42 a.m.)

She loves to talk about movies, and, in fact, has pretty decent taste!

For those of you that saw #Hangover, don't you want a pet Zach Galifianakis? How endearing and funny was he? (Jun 7, 9:34 p.m.)

Actor Nathan Fillion pretends to be helpful, but ends up remaining generally useless:

Nathan Fillion Glad you asked. To me, Science Fiction is both science, & fiction. I hope this clears things up. Now, how do I get out of this coffee shop? (Jun 11, 12:38 a.m.)

Pro Skater Tony Hawk found something disgusting while preparing for a visit from the media:

Tony Hawk: t'was the night before Nightline and all through the house ... all messes were hastily hidden from view. And then the cat left mouse entrails (Jun 10, 9:55 p.m.)

Singer Mariah Carey as usual seems to relish attention and pretends not to mind the naysayers. And, as usual, again, she finds herself at the studio at all hours:

mariahcarey: its funny when haters get on here and think they're irking me when it actually makes me lmao and appreciate everyone else that much more. (Jun 10, 9:21 p.m.)

In the studio.. driving the engineer crazy cos I'm a control freak and once again we're STARTING at 1:16 am..perfectly normal: ) (Jun 9, 10:16 p.m.)

Singer and songwriter Taylor Swift quotes another Twitter favorite, and perhaps reveals a little bit about her gender role beliefs:

Taylor Swift: "... You get to the point where you don't want to wear the pants. I just want to wear a really nice dress." - Katy Perry (Jun 9, 9:25 p.m.)

The Office's Rainn Wilson lodges a complaint against movie trailers at large:

Rainn Wilson: I like it in movie trailers when things are going well & then all of a sudden there's a loud record needle scratch sound & things go bad. (Jun 9, 8:32 p.m.)

The View host Barbara Walters deposits another gem of a stream-of-consciousness tweet right in our laps:

Barbara Walters: I am tweeting again. Saw Woody Allens movie tonight A preview. Loved it but ate too much popcorn Is that Interesting? Love to all of u (Jun 10, 6:43 p.m.)

Singer Jewel finds herself braving the Texas elements as husband Ty Murray fixes fences out on the Ranch:

jeweljk: still at the studio-storming outside - sorta spooky as its getting dark... ty has been working on the ranch all day-setting up fence line (Jun 10, 5:19 p.m.)

The Office 's Mindy Kaling reveals that she is anything but a morning person:

Mindy Kaling: One thing that's really important to know about me is that NO sunrise is worth waking me up to see. (Jun 8, 5:36 p.m.)

Singer John Mayer seems shocked by this revelation, but also amused:

John Mayer: Best line ever, from dad: "if you were not my son, I would not have heard of you." Unreal! (Jun 7, 2:56 p.m.)

Tweet of The Week

At least Nicole Richie is able to laugh at herself:

nicolerichie: Hard at work on my 2nd book. It's titled How To Get Pregnant Every 10 Seconds (Jun 10, 1:11 p.m.)

That's it for this week! As always, feel free to follow me here.

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