Really, my most accurate metaphor was that it's been like a friendship that's no longer relevant and in those situations that person gets cut, not me. (FROM MY LIFE, people. Jeez.) I just wanted to point out that sometimes you don't want to muck around in all your old bullshit from the past couple years on virtual space. And this blog feels like Clover's primo bullshit garden, you know? Can't blame a gal for wanting to throw some weed killer on it every now and again.
But clearly me feeling feelings is an awkward moment for everyone, so let's snap that blog persona back firmly in place and carry on, shall we?
Melissa Lion, famous writer, astutely observed in the comments section of that post that whenever someone says they want to burn their blog in a giant online bonfire (I paraphrase), the next week they start posting twice a day. When I first read it I thought she wrote twice a week and I was nodding my head going "Yes, twice a week. That is probably what I am going to start doing again." Then I reread it. I get her metaphor, but bitch. Don't get crazy on me.
So I'm still here. That is until I decide that what I truly want is to write without people calling or emailing me ten minutes after every post, and then I will move some to some new URL and BE ANONYMOUS. I will be the Thomas Pynchon of bloggering. It will be hard because then I can't post gratuitous pictures of myself, but I will do it for The Craft. ::cough::
So while I'm still here talking about me and my stuff and my things, I'm going to attempt to post everyday this week about the some New Changes that are going on in an attempt to 2009-ify this shizz. I give me Monday and maybe Tuesday.
But the Fun New Thing that has NOT happened is my New Look. Fraken frak. Unfortunately yesterday's reality show makeover was part of a High Concept Styling Challenge. Soooo I looked ka-razy yesterday but this morning I look like, you know, myself again. Le sigh. (I don't think the show airs still August or September, but I will let you all know when it does.)
Can someone make my hair look like this? I WANT THIS HAIR LIKE A FAT KID WANTS BACON.
16 comments:
yowzers, that hair is gorgeous.
and FOR REAL on the peeps emailing/calling/texting re: every damn post. i KNOW people mean well and i love them for it but christ on a candlestick, can't i just write and it be writing? i mean, the answer is no. because it's a blog, not a book. and i get that. but lately it's making me feel all suffocate-y.
YIfO- EXACTLY. i mean, i appreciate that everyone is hanging on my every word and all, but in some ways blogs are for people that DON'T know you. i don't blog to communicate with the people i see in real life. that would kind of make me a bad friend, right? oh hey, not gonna call you anymore just read my blog. kthx
EXAAAAAAAAAAAACTLY.
But to be fair, I think there are lots of bloggers out there who DO blog to communicate with friends and who DO get pissy when their friends don't read, don't comment, etc. So it makes sense that our friends would think we're the same way.
The way I always think of it is: blogging is like my job. I don't go to your office every week and admire your spreadsheets and meeting agendas. So why would I expect you to be following mine?
I couldn't get my friends to read my blog if I paid them.
My hair is that color (approximately). But not that long and gorgeous. Box of hair dye. That's all you need. Well, and the coloring to have red hair.
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Damn, anonymous took the words right out of my mouth.
i actually made the switch from public to anonymous...nobody but my boyfriend even knows about this blog. i saved everything i had written (3 years worth) in word docs though, i didn't just hit delete.
it's awesome. i can be so much more honest.
Girl, you already know how I feel about Anon blogs. DO IT. But send me the link or I'll murder you and dump you off the Santa Monica pier. I don't mess around.
i'll be honest. the way you've been pushing yourself out their creeped me out a bit. Funny that you mention all this now, because i've been mulling over how to approach you with a "are you really sure about this?" sorta thing. maybe it's because you've made me feel like a voyeur, maybe cos i think there's a lot of stuff i really like about you not coming through in your exhibition... idk. regardless you had me when we we picked you up for the movie. So however you're dropping breadcrumbs, i'll follow them into the forest.
@kme - How does Gina "make" you feel like a voyeur? Couldn't you just... stop reading?
@yifo somehow you've arrived at the conclusion that i would rather not follow a friend because i may feel like voyeur given the content. however i arrive at this feeling, it's not a negative experience. I didn't use the word in a pejorative way. For some reason you're on the defense, but no attack has been made.
hi kme-
i think i'm confused by your comments, though i never mind a voyeur. i encourage them. that's why i got into bloggering.
so i can't tell from your blogger handle, but do i know you in real life? i'm actually an intensely private person and while i send up isolated incidents in my life, the topics i talk to ad nauseam with my friends and family don't usually make it on here. there is a healthy buffer between blog life and personal life, and a calculation to the exhibitionism. besides, i post about once a week, and, you know, am living life everyday. there's really not that much one can know about my life from here alone. it's a pretty controlled outlet.
however, if you are a personal friend and feel i'm doing something reckless, i'd appreciate it you email me privately and explain what you mean.
best,
gina
I want to have "So however you're dropping breadcrumbs, I'll follow them into the forest." crocheted on a pillow.
"No need to have this overwhelming pressure to become a better person."
@BWP I want THAT crocheted on a pillow, please and thank you.
I just want to say, for one, I'm sorry people call or text you based upon blogging. That seems weird. And annoying.
BUT this is why I don't let my friends get up on my blog shit, however the main problem with this is that I can't post gratuitous photos of myself, and that sucks a lot.
This 'comment' has no point.
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