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Oh that Jane...
never mind. Got her mixed up with someone else.
posted by
mikea18
on August 12, 2006 at 10:23 AM
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Michael, no, no, no
Jane really wasn't the spawn of Satan. That was just me venting. Jane was, however, an ignorant slut.
posted by
terpgirl30
on August 11, 2006 at 4:58 PM
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King
I'm with you on that. I have never gotten the whole adoration thing, not here or anywhere, to be honest. When someone seems to be looking for adulation, it's almost my sign to be a little sarcastic. I've had the pleasure of working with some incredible writers who gladly share work and like the feedback. You'll find jerks in every field, but the writers in the group I was in (We've just disbanded as several retired), are very outward focused. They don't take themselves seriously even when they're writing about serious stuff, negotiating with publishers on the fine points of a book deal or fighting for shelf space after publication. It has always been my experience that the people who don't seek adoration in this field are the people who catch, and keep, my attention.
Everyone knows the whole use of the term "blogger" in every headline is a marketing tool. If you view it as such, and then watch who does it, you know who really knows marketing because they do it in the right way. While it drives me nuts, I certainly recognize it as a great marketing tool that works. I also see it as one of those things that can be painful in the hands of the unskilled.
That aside, the one thing that really, really bothers me are the pieces that mention absolutely every blogger (yes, she said the word) who lives on this place. I guess if you 've built up a clique it makes sense and is really funny to those in the group, but it always just looks like a way to draw in as many people as you can with cheap shots.
The only thing that makes me more crazy is the distribution list thing. I care about how people relate to what I'm writing, and I love to hear another person's take on the things I'm looking at as I see myself as a person who will be learning until that last breath. That said, I don't care to hear that someone spent 2.4 percent of his monthly share reading me. It's like a sort of demented rating system for underachievers. I don't want to make a list like that. I'm on enough lists now.
posted by
terpgirl30
on August 11, 2006 at 4:57 PM
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Ariel!!
That was a riot. I could see the gears chugging along in your head writing that..the roller coaster just making it to that pinnacle...then, off it went...no control over it.
posted by
terpgirl30
on August 11, 2006 at 4:38 PM
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Azur
Yeah, that whole journal, journalism thing sounds hinky, doesn't it? Way too close when they're so different. I guess where there alike is that both are supposed to be based on serious truth...at least I'm guessing that's the whole idea.
The journal column or whatever it is I'm doing now...the rambling...has been about 4 different categories by this point. I have been avoiding the whole journal category because so many people seem to really use it as a serious means of either unburdening their souls or figuring out some serious problems. I know it's sharing with friends, too, but sometimes when I read the journals, I feel incredibly voyeuristic (but not in the reality TV way which I'm good with, oddly enough).
I certainly have spoken about some serious, personal stuff here. When I've done it, I really knew it was me unburdening for the moment. I'm sure I'll do it again, but normally when I do it, I end up adding a goofy twist to it to take the sting out of it. It still may be pitiful non matter how it's said, but I want to keep the emphasis on "crap happens" to us all, as does really good stuff. Emotions and the whole human condition thing is what defines us, I think. We all have to figure out how to work through stuff and help each other work through it all. And sometimes helping others work through it only means listening to them unburden.
posted by
terpgirl30
on August 11, 2006 at 4:37 PM
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Jane
Wasn't she really the spawn of Satan? Do I have her mixed up with someone else from back then?
posted by
mikea18
on August 11, 2006 at 2:10 PM
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terpgirl, I would rather wade through what you comically refer to as the ..
the good, the bad and the mind-numbingly indifferent...than to have to read some of the polished crap I have to read in here. I'd rather be asked to think that be asked to adore!
posted by
kingmi
on August 11, 2006 at 12:55 PM
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terpgirl30
Ariel called in to say hi.
But you weren't in, so he slipped a welcome note under the door. Trouble is, your pesky dog ate it, so I had to drive over to your place again. Only to find a wild party goin' on, the cops surroundin' the block, and guns goin' of all over. I was too shy to stay. ( got a rap sheet, see? Long as your arm )
Life's full of little problems, ain't it?
posted by
ariel70
on August 11, 2006 at 12:49 PM
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Terpgirl, good to see you again
Do what you need to do here be it journal or journalism (those two always sound like they should be more similar) or fiction
posted by
Azur
on August 11, 2006 at 12:35 PM
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