A funny thing happened to me yesterday. (Where “funny” = “so scary and eerie it kind of creeped me the fuck out”.)
My head was rolling around all over the place. I was in a funk. And pissy. And pissed.
I was thinking about the fact that I feel like I’m hitting a wall with my blog and my rise to Supah Stardom. I was moaning inwardly about being tired and scattered. I was zipping through my feed reader with malice because “Oh yes, aren’t you fucking clever and popular. Must be NICE.”
Did I mention I also probably needed a nap? And maybe to start bleeding from my birthing canal so that I can stop harboring all of these cursed hormones already?!?!?!??!?!
Anyway. In a fit of “fuck I probably am not even equipped to write a damned post right now”, I went into my Guest Post Vault - the one I set up when I figured out I would have company for 30+ days in a row. And lo and behold, the next post in the queue, was… well… kind of creepy in the serendipitiness of it. (It’s a word! Shut up Google Spell Checker! Why do you mock me!)
Does it still count as a guest post if you could have written it yourself? You know, if you weren’t too busy throwing yourself a pity party…
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Here Kimberly takes us through an internal monologue of sorts. Meanwhile, her husband searches frantically for her meds. Follow along if you can.
To blog to not to blog. That is the question…
Urban Dictionary defines a “has-been” as a person who is no longer famous. As in, “That has-been will never live to dance again” or “Most days I feel like a has-been blogger”.
Truth is, I never was anything that would resemble a famous blogger. Not even close. Ahhh, but therein lies the rub. Blogging can make you feel famous even if your site meter never tickles 200 hits.
For me, blogging was like crack the first year, sex the second and reality television the third.
…to passion like Brad and Angelina…
(Shit, that’s her brother. Isn’t it?)
…to fear of being voted off the island.
Alas, it may just be our insecure fate. Most bloggers eventually come to the same conclusion.
This blogging thing isn’t reality.
It isn’t? Well, crap…It sure as hell feels real to me. If it isn’t “real” then are we all just professional time-wasters? Aren’t we writing about our lives here? That doesn’t jive with me.
And don’t give me that, “I just write for myself” load of horse shit. If that were the case, you would have closed comments, a default template and no fucking site meter. Am I right?
Hey, I’ve evolved, too. I wasn’t at all genuine when I first began blogging. I used a pseudonym, refused to post any pictures of actual people, kept my geographical location and personal information private and only teased you with my dysfunction. Now I’m slapping up pictures of myself first thing in the morning, inviting bloggers to my house and telling you about every damn drama on the block.
The ironic part is that the more reality I pour into my blog, the less I get back from it personally. I think my readers like the fake me better…which fucking figures.
And the question for my therapist: Why do I care?
Oh, maybe I should just put it all away.
Yeah, yeah, I’ve tried to quit but I’m a horrible quitter. Hell, I quit smoking once a year. But think of all the free time I would have if I didn’t blog? Right… but I’d obsess about blogging and the writers I have grown to love and I would miss it all so terribly that I would probably, most likely, almost definitely plunge deep into a depression and what would that solve? Nothing.
Even on a bad day when I’m feeling like I’ll never write anything interesting or funny again and I have no friends in the blogosphere, I’m still thrilled to be a part of it all. And honestly? I couldn’t put it down if I tried. I’m not famous. I’m not making millions or getting book deals…but I am hooked.
Bottom line: Being an insecure extrovert/introvert that craves constant and immediate feedback (but only in a good way) can be quite a drain on all of us. Yes, I realize that.
After almost 1,000 posts, 7 blog designs, blog parties and conventions, a Flickr and Twitter addiction, more friends online than off and a slight if not severe case of carpel tunnel, I am left with one burning question.
Okay, I threw that last part in. But think about it…
How would you be different if you’d never been a blogger?
Do you think you will ever pull the plug?
Miss Britt’s thoughts are in the comments…
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Never say never.
Right?
March 31st, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I’ve never given any thought about whether or not I’d be notorious or famous because I blogged. I just write because I have to get it out. I appreciate that there is an audience that is kind enough to provide me feedback…and right now kind enough to provide me with support. Will I pull the plug? At this point I’ll blog until I can no longer type…..
Lisa’s last blog post..Dear Blog Friends
April 1st, 2008 at 12:15 am
I’d say that pretty much sums up the psyche of most bloggers - on the knife’s edge.
And I can’t fathom who I would be without computers or red wine. I don’t think that I have enough drive to actually be popular, though. So I suspect I am safe.
Steve’s last blog post..Wine & Kids?
April 1st, 2008 at 12:16 am
It is an outlet for me too — as well as a forum for me to put my husband up for sale, which, unfortunately, I recently had to do.
(I’m now in the market for a newer, younger model, BTW.)
Seriously.
And no, I could never quit because without all my known and unknown virtual friends, I’d have, well, no friends. [everybody say "awwww"]
It’s an outlet, for sure… but it’s true that we’re all just a wee bit TOTALLY FUCKED UP.
Great post, BTW.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:18 am
I wish I could say I can’t imagine not blogging, but there are often times I think of just packing it all in. Still, it’s a lot to give up, all those connections we make online.
Karl’s last blog post..100 Things About Karl, Part Two
April 1st, 2008 at 12:19 am
Are you kidding? I’ll stop blogging when they pull my keyboard away from my cold, dead hands.
Poppy Buxom’s last blog post..The fish taco, and other delights.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:13 am
I’ve thought about quitting quite frequently, but then an idea for a post comes and I have to scratch that itch.
Plus i’ve made some good friends.
I’ve never been worried about being famous, but wouldn’t want to be lost in obscurity either. I’m happy with my 10 - 15 comments a day from people who I know and read.
Dan’s last blog post..I love it so
April 1st, 2008 at 1:41 am
Britt’s right. Never say never. I’ve often considered pulling the plug and starting all over again anonymously.
I still might.
Amy’s last blog post..Like Two Peas In A Pod
April 1st, 2008 at 1:47 am
I think I could stop updating my own blog more easily than I could give up reading all the others! But I’m probably just kidding myself: after all, I keep two separate blogs going, usually updating both of them at least once a day. Now that’s addiction!
Donna W’s last blog post..Horses turned out to pasture
April 1st, 2008 at 5:49 am
“How would you be different if you’d never been a blogger?”
I’d still be sleepwalking through it.
Do you think you will ever pull the plug?
Not in the forseeable future.
turnbaby’s last blog post..Urbane Urban
April 1st, 2008 at 6:18 am
Oh I came back to ask Britt if it’s okay if I use the term “fit of fuck”?*giggling*
And to say that I didn’t start blogging to be ‘famous’ or the most popular blah blah blah
It’s a creative outlet and I love the attention and connections.
It’s a platform for performance that so many of us crave but would otherwise be shut out of for various reasons.
Hmmmm guess I should post about this some day ;-)
Awesome post Kimberly & Britt and I must add that the pic of Angelina and her brother made me spew tea!
turnbaby’s last blog post..Urbane Urban
April 1st, 2008 at 6:24 am
You have a guest post vault??? You mean like a collection of stored-up posts that you didn’t even write that are there at your disposal at any given time to do with as you please?
You should sell some.
kapgar’s last blog post..And in a big country…
April 1st, 2008 at 7:32 am
Once you’re blogging only because you feel obligated, not because you enjoy it, it’s become a second job and you should either quit immediately or change your direction so that it’s fun again. Or make it into your job and buy a house and support your husband and take pictures of your dog with shit on its head.
April 1st, 2008 at 7:59 am
timely! i just went on hiatus yesterday — we’ll see how long THAT lasts. but i think about pulling the plug all the time, and have been for over 2 yrs. guess i’m not alone!
April 1st, 2008 at 8:06 am
I thought about this again this morning…
I realized that without blogging, I’d still be living in a small town in Iowa, wondering why I always felt different from everyone else.
Yesterday I was thinking about the fact that if I quit blogging today, no one here would notice. Not really. Not for long anyway.
But I would notice.
I would miss it.
I guess that means I’m blogging for ME after all.
April 1st, 2008 at 8:32 am
“And don’t give me that, “I just write for myself” load of horse shit. If that were the case, you would have closed comments, a default template and no fucking site meter. Am I right?”
No. You’re wrong for me.
If you go and look at my blog, you’ll see that I don’t get a whole lot of comments. Frankly, I’m pretty much convinced that few, if any, are reading my blog at all and I prefer that my illusion not be shattered.
Sure, there are a handful of people who comment from time to time, and periodically people I know will tell me that they read whatever on my blog. Thing is, these are stories that I tell *anyway*, so it’s no big deal that people are reading about it… more fleshed-out maybe.
I went and got myself Google Analytics, not to monitor traffic, but so that I could see the keywords and searches that were bringing people to my site. Again, I start from the assumption that NO ONE is reading my blog. I don’t want to be disillusioned, so I stay away from the traffic stats.
I like my template, for me. When I’m doing anything for myself, the aesthetics matter. I’m also a social person and can talk for hours about nothing at all, but if someone has input on that nothing, I’m more than willing to hear it.
For me, it’s a journal, nothing more. It’s the only journal I’ve been able to keep, and I don’t mind if people read what I have to say, or even if they have something to say about it. But, ultimately, whether people are reading it or not doesn’t matter.
I have no desire to be a “famous” blogger or to gain some measure of popularity, but I still feel the o-blog-ations. Not because I feel like I owe it to my readers, but because I owe it to MYSELF to write and to work things out. Writing to an imaginary audience, whether there is a real one there or not makes it easier to write. Blogging with that imaginary audience in mind is very similar to anthropomorphizing a paper journal in the sense of “dear diary”.
FyreGoddess’s last blog post..Because age doesn’t matter.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:12 am
I’ve been on a blogging break since last fall. Written communication is not my best strength, but it was a great outlet for me when I was going through things that I couldn’t share with regular friends. I havent pulled the plug yet because it is still nice to have a place to vent.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:30 am
NOT has been!!
hello haha narf’s last blog post..April 1
April 1st, 2008 at 9:33 am
I came to blogging after years and years of discussion board experiences - most of them ending poorly. You know the old saying about the guy who is shocked to see the responses to the first entry he’d ever made on a board - “poor Josh, he doesn’t realize none of these people have had their meds today.”
Blogging is a thousand times better and more satisfying than discussion boards ever were. In blogging you set up your own little island and people stop by or not and there you are regardless. In discussion boards it seems the whole structure just attracts loonies. Blogging is a chance to establish your voice outside of the competitive debate that happens on those things - where it often is not allowed to develop or just gets buried by a torrent of other replies.
the one I have now is my third blog. The first one was a team blog that was political/cultural analysis stuff that had voices from across the spectrum and a rule that said “the post’s author gets one answer in the comments and the visitor’s always get the last word” - I think it led to stopping the catcalls that eventually develop when you don’t have that rule, and it was a pretty good blog. But politics is limiting.
The second blog was more entertaining/food/drink stuff, but the set up didn’t really allow the whole range. The one I have now suits me just fine.
But what I came to was a complex place; I do NOT blog “for myself” I blog with the idea that people are going to read it and so I care about what it says. BUT I don’t pay attention to stats and numbers and visits and have no way of even measuring it.
And that’s a kind of freedom that more people should get into.
If I wasn’t blogging I’d be engaged in something else to do with writing because that’s what I do. I can’t see quitting, but I can’t see FORCING yourself to make a post every day because that’s what you decided to do. No thanks. If a person has nothing to say, shut the hell up. Have the courage to leave it blank a few days and wait until you’ve got something worthwhile to put up.
Oh, and the other thing - the people out there who stop reading and commenting on your blog because you haven’t visited them for a while…? Fuck em. Bloglife and IRL those kinds of people are just twerps.
Be where it’s at & don’t sweat the others.
/rant.
RW’s last blog post..Chapter Eight
April 1st, 2008 at 9:49 am
If I’d never been a blogger I’d still be married and 60 pounds heavier. I’d also still be watching lots and lots and lots of TV.
I used to blog out of a sense of o-blog-ation, but I finally crashed and burned and let myself deal with my local life.
I still blog a ton, but it’s alllllll for me.
(That’s me giving myself a big smooch.)
April 1st, 2008 at 9:52 am
I have no idea if I will ever quit blogging.
Depends on my mood that day I suppose.
I did have a blog before the one I have now, and after someone “found” me, I didn’t feel comfortable being who they think I am. If that makes sense.
Now, I blog for me and who ever wants to read what I write.
themuttprincess’s last blog post..April Fools, QOTD, and Non-resolutions update.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:11 am
I blog just to get stuff out. Yes I would like to make new friends throughout the process, but at the same time, it’s my way to vent about things that I can’t say to others.
Also, I have more than one blog for me and my very few readers. lol
And I have one that is all mine, no one elses and I keep a counter on that one as well to be sure no one else is reading it.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:34 am
Deep thoughts… hurts brain…
I say frag it all and have a
.
NYCWD’s last blog post..Pussy
April 1st, 2008 at 10:34 am
It would be nice if I got more than 2 or 3 comments on my posts, but I do it mainly just to vent or dream in print.
NEO’s last blog post..The continuing saga of the people who are slightly related to me
April 1st, 2008 at 10:48 am
Just curious…but how do all you bloggers feel about non-bloggers reading your posts? I have about six blogs that I read daily and another 5-6 I check periodically.
I realize alot of you are putting yourself out there and here you have people that peek into your lives and aren’t sharing theirs.
Just curious.
Linda~
April 1st, 2008 at 11:26 am
Linda, my thought on the matter is that if I put myself out there for the world to see then that’s exactly who’s allowed to see it. Not limited to just bloggers-who-blog. To me people who read blogs are bloggers too (even though the dictionary says otherwise).
April 1st, 2008 at 11:31 am
Blogging has replaced the personal journal my therapist made me start keeping in 1983; I’ll never go back to all that anonymous writing because I’m a narcissist and a megalomaniac.
The feeling of fame is all in the mind anyway (take it from one who knows), so if you feel famous with a hit count of 20, what’s wrong with that? I just discovered your blog via RW, so that makes 21!
Consider yourself blogrolled.
Incurable Insomniac’s last blog post..Vortex
April 1st, 2008 at 11:32 am
Linda, it doesn’t bother me at all. I think it’s pretty cool actually.
And, yeah, what Poppy said.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:33 am
I quit blogging for a short time because everyone I knew was reading my blog and I didn’t feel like I could say all the things I wanted to. So I quit. And a few months later started a new blog under a pseudonym.
If fully admit to blogging for the attention; I love hearing from other people and getting their feedback. And I adore the people that I’ve met online. Sometimes I feel closer to them than I do to the people around me.
It’s certainly possible that someday blogging will no longer fill a need, but I can’t see myself quitting any time soon.
Finn’s last blog post..Zen And The Art Of Blogging
April 1st, 2008 at 11:33 am
I wonder about this. When will it be time to walk away? I hope I will know before it is too late. Oftentimes I feel like blogging takes up too much of my life. And yet the connections I have with people feel real and it’s such a big part of my day, communicating with people on line. I just have to keep it in check lest I lose out on experiencing my life outside the computer. It’s interesting though how they connect and how blogging has really shown me a lot in the years I’ve been doing it.
sizzle’s last blog post..Love Shack, Baby
April 1st, 2008 at 11:42 am
A great post. I totally write to feel popular–it’s not about writing for me at all. And for all that googlead money.
Ok, Where Was I?’s last blog post..Bringing Home the Aspic
April 1st, 2008 at 12:00 pm
I went on a blogging hiatus when we went through a hard drive crash and then I had a lot of shit going on that I couldn’t make time to do anything. I went a little off the deepend and made a comeback as a way to try and figure myself out.
I think maybe 5 people read it. But that’s okay. Blogging has helped me form a network of women who know exactly what I am going through when dealing with my depression, anxiety and a million other things. If they haven’t experienced it themselves, they at least are very understanding and sympathetic and available if I need a virtual shoulder. If I didn’t have these women, I know that I’d be a whole lot crazier than I am.
So I don’t blog for me, exactly. I blog to keep my brain from exploding.
Sheila’s last blog post..A Nightmare on Elm Street?!
April 1st, 2008 at 12:03 pm
I’m delighted for this post. I feel this way but was confident that it was just me. I think there’s so much competition among bloggers that enhances these feelings.
Competition? For technorati scores - number of comments - statistics and on and on. There’s much less competition in running a company than simply putting up a blog.
My response to competition is always: “ah fuck it” but that’s just me.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:20 pm
“How would you be different if you’d never been a blogger?”
It would just be me and my imaginary friends instead of me and my online friends. Actually, I’d be back to spending half the night in chat rooms and forums.
“Do you think you will ever pull the plug?”
I almost did twice, but decided to keep going. I will stop someday and when I do it will be without warning. I’ll just up and say “see ya.” Well, maybe not. I don’t know we’ll see.
Jay’s last blog post..Turning Over a New Leaf and WWC ….
April 1st, 2008 at 12:39 pm
When I took a break from Troll-Baby, it was the best thing for me then. I needed the break - and, quite frankly, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to come back. Now that I am back, I enjoy the fact that I blog when I want, and say what I want - though I’m a hell of a lot more guarded and private than I once was and i don’t know if that will ever change - but one thing that has changed is that I don’t put my kids’ pictures on the blog. I refuse. But that’s a whole other blog post, right?
Karen Sugarpants’s last blog post..Throwing Out The Skinny
April 1st, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Hey now, I DO post with a default template, I allow comments but don’t reply to all of them just to add to my comment count, and I have no site meter. That means I’m either really good at this, or really bad at this. ;)
April 1st, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Sometimes I wonder how healthy this blogging thing is. Then I think about all the great things it’s done for me and I get right back into it. Loved everything about this post - the title, the guest poster, your commentary - everything!
Miguelina’s last blog post..Clever and pretty is a dangerous combination
April 1st, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I’ve been doing the online community thing for years but am fairly new to the blogging thing (I lurked for about 18 months before I finally took the plunge).
Right now I enjoy it, it’s extremely theraputic while I try and sort myself out. If it stops being fun, I’ll stop doing it. If anyone reads, great, if they don’t, well at least my Lil Sis knows what I’m doing every day ;o)
Penelope’s last blog post..Make mine a double.
April 1st, 2008 at 3:43 pm
interesting … i’m relatively new to blogging (only since last july — wait, i guess that COULD make me NOT relatively new, but i digress).
anyway, i find it interesting that as i get more and more into it, others are getting bored or dissatisfied or needing breaks.
i dont know what that means, exactly. that i’m a day late and a dollar short? maybe.
the planet of janet’s last blog post..Entering the 21st century — kicking and screaming
April 1st, 2008 at 3:47 pm
linda - i read blogs for a few months before i realized that i could comment and feel welcome. once i started commenting i went for years before i finally broke down and got my own. never would have had the therapeutic outlet with it. i’m grateful.
but honestly, i prefer to comment on the sites of others. love that.
hello haha narf’s last blog post..April 1
April 1st, 2008 at 4:04 pm
I think I’m cursed. Everytime I start reading a new blogger I like, they start talking about leaving.
I can’t ever quit blogging. I’m still hoping for my book deal and that it will pay for a beach house someday. Plus, I’ve made way too many really cool friends to quit. It’s like crack for me too. I’m completely addicted to blogging and link love.
April 1st, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Holy Crap. You are the 4th blogger I have read in less than 48 hours who says they are burning out. You all are taking hiatuses, at the same time…I am officially creeped out at all this “time-out” stuff….
And as far as life if I stopped blogging?….I would simply play more EverQuest II…or spend more time with my family, whichever I was in the mood for that day.
I don’t think I will ever pull the plug. I like to vent, and to complete strangers, who eventually can relate to me.
hang in there. take a time out if you need it. Apparently Spring means burn-out in the blog world….which make sense. more people blog in winter cause they aren’t out doing stuff cause of the crappy weather. But you live in Florida…of course you only moved there recently…so maybe that’s it. Too much stress.
*shrug* I hope you feel better though. :)
Cissa Fireheart’s last blog post..No knows what it’s like to be me….
April 1st, 2008 at 10:15 pm
I believe you can blog for yourself but still enjoy the comments that people leave.
I have thought about making my blog private in the past. Because then I could blog all the stuff that I can’t post just now (as I’m not very anonymous. If you were a musician in Scotland and you stumbled across my blog you’d know it was me)… I’ve considered stopping altogether. Maybe someday. For now - I like having somewhere I can while away my insomnia hours.
topchamp’s last blog post..FUN night
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:23 am
I suppose I’ll always blog, even though I feel woefully inadequate
flutter’s last blog post..The first annual “I wanna be on flutter’s blogroll!”-apalooza
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:32 am
Just so I’m clear here - I’m not quitting blogging.
I’m tired and cranky and have PMS.
But I’m not quitting. No way I could.
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:54 am
[...] while you were packing and reading through Perfect Posts, I was playing over at Miss Britt’s. You can read the post if you want but, honestly, I think the comments are much more interesting. [...]
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:05 am
This was my favorite part of that post:
“Bottom line: Being an insecure extrovert/introvert that craves constant and immediate feedback (but only in a good way) can be quite a drain on all of us”
AMEN.
Sleeping Mommy’s last blog post..I love a treasure hunt
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:29 am
I quit blogging and haven’t returned-yet! I miss the people I met and also I miss having the outlet-I still read- it just become hard to keep up and I too loved the comments and it got to the point where no one read my blog-so I throw in towel- I totally did it for the readers and so that I could laugh at myself and life-also, as a blog reader- I felt like I had to give back-I think about getting back into it.
It’s funny, things happen to me and I still think- I could so blog that! Like this weekend when my best friend and I are at an art musuem in L.A and we spot Brian Grazer and my friend is texting on her phone right in his line of sight, and she goes over and starts a conversation about how she’s not taking his picture and would never do that…he is looking at her like-”What the hell- but hey your really cute!” She is and funny too-I was like shit! I could his-blog with pictures and all!!
once a blogger-always a blogger
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:04 pm
That was suppose to say “I could blog this-with pictures and all”
PS- Miss Britt- I love your blog!!!- thanks Kimberely for sending us her way
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I love this post so much I want to make out with it. (Sadly, this says a lot about me, I’m afraid)
Posting it when half the world seems to be shutting down or lounging at Camp Baby (Not that I’m a jealous whiner or anything) makes for perfect timing.
Loralee’s last blog post..I HATE THAT!
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Quit blogging? Only when I quit breathing, and even then the archives will still be up, won’t they?
It’s all about immortality. I don’t exactly look like a goddess, so I became a blogger.
That way, I can pretend I LOOK like a goddess.
Mamacita’s last blog post..Skate Keys and Sidewalk Cracks
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Hell, I just started my blog two weeks ago and I am in serious envy of your fitty-some comments. You are hilarious and I think you should keep it up as long as you enjoy it and it doesn’t become a burden or toooo much of a distraction. All things in moderation, dear. Except for moderation!
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Hell, I just started my own blog last week and am envious of your fitty-something comments. I say, do it if it makes you feel good and isn’t too much of a distraction or a compulsion. All things in moderation, dear. Except for moderation.
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:41 pm
I go through this every year and it always follows the same evolution of steps.
1. I read some really inane post from one of the a-listers that has like 85 comments.
2. I fume about that.
3. I decide I’m quitting, because if people flock to read schlock like that, while ignoring bloggers who are writing truly meaningful stuff (not me, necessarily, I have lots of blogs in my reader that are incredibly well written but receive few comments) I’ve lost all hope for the intelligence and integrity of women.
4. I quit.
5. I think about blogging every day, but don’t blog. The timeframe on this varies. The longest I’ve ever held out is two weeks.
6. I decided I can’t live without blogging and I will blog only for me and not worry about statcounts or comments or awards.
7. I write a flurry of posts that I have poured my heart and soul into.
8. I pride myself on not caring that these posts didn’t get 85 commetns.
9. I start tailoring my posts to get more comments.
10. I read a completely inane post that has like, 85 comments and I fume.
Lather, rinse, repeat. This year I skipped all that and decided blogging is what it is. And what it is, is extrinsic motivation to write. And that’s okay.
Blog Antagonist’s last blog post..Danger Will Robinson
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I’ve quit before, although at the time it was more of a “no one’s reading this drivel, why am I bothering” sort of quitting. It was more of a - today I blogged, tomorrow I won’t - kind of thing. As in, no one gave a shit that I quit.
Today, I have a small group of readers that I feel like I “know” and they keep me from quitting, even on days when I hate the world. I guess in my mind I think they might object. For an hour. But it’s also very convenient for me to blog right now. If it weren’t, I’d still be in quitsville.
Candy’s last blog post..!
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Blog Antagonist: I love you. I can’t write ANYTHING that gets 85 comments. And I fume about that ;-)
Kimberly’s last blog post..Where To?
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:39 pm
This is fascinating. I’m going to go back and read the comments when I have more time. But my head has definitely been here lately. Definitely. And I’m only in the first year!
Either way, to you Miss Britt? DON’T STOP.
That is all.
maggie, dammit’s last blog post..Ghost.
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:09 pm