Yup, that's right. It’s Blogiversary time again. Jan 12, Twenty-Ten is this blog's FOURTH birthday. Given the way people leave the bloggerhood so quickly and often, I think blog years should be counted like dog years are. One year = seven. So, this is my blogs 28th birthday.
No wait. That's way to old. How bout One Blog Year = Four Human Years? That would make my blog 16. Yeah! Much better. Makes any reference to Dakota Fanning or Miley Cyrus that much less creepy. I like it. Also helps excuse the immature and childish humor found here.
So I was thinking this morning about all the people who have come and gone in the bloggerhood and started wondering who has taken Tink's spot as the regular commenter/reader who is still blogging regularly that has been around longest since she left? So, I had to go through the archives to find out. Turns out it is Susan from A Slice of My Life! I bet she's so proud to know that.
This blogging thing has been quite an experience. Most of it has been awesome. I've met some pretty amazing people. I have met a couple of really shitty people too, but you're not going to be able to avoid that. Just like you can’t avoid the idiots out there who can’t recognize satire when they read it. But, I would have to say though, that my blogging experience has been about 99% positive. There are people that I do miss and really hate that they stopped blogging and didn't try to stay in contact at all. But again, that's part of life too.
On New Year's Day I sat down and organized my Google Reader. I ended up deleting more than 60 blogs. Most of them were blogs that I had put in there because I thought they might be interesting, but for whatever reason, I didn't keep them. Many of them were no longer posting also. I created a few folders to organize everybody. I'm not good at categorizing people or blogs, so I kept it simple and went with folders like "Read Every Day" and "Don't Post Often" and "They Don't Read Me" and "Photo Blogs" No, there isn't one titled "Porn." That's in my Bloglines Reader along with "Politics" and "Sports." Okay, I'm kidding, there is no Porn folder there either. But, there is a "Hollywood" folder there. Which is kinda porn-like.
Anyway, I did create a folder titled "Gone But I Love Too Much to Delete" Yeah, I sentimental fool.
Speaking of Photo Blogs, several people have decided to join the Project 365 meme and have set up separate blogs to post those pics. I don't usually comment on photo blogs cause after I while I'm usually just saying the same things like "Nice!" or "Great Shot!" or some other lame thing. But, I do have them in my reader and you guys are taking some really great pics!
And speaking of the names of those folders, I really suck at that type of thing. Last year Lists became all the rage on Twitter. I thought for days and days and all I came up with was "List 1" "List 2" and "List 3" for regular people and then news and politics, sports and celebs. Pretty creative huh?
I've been listed by 22 people on there. Some of the lists I've been put on are "HotChicksAndFunnyBastards" (what about Hot Bastards?), "Smartasses," "Worth More Than 140 Characters" "My Peeps" and of course "Would Kill"
So far I haven't been put on anyone's "People I Hate So Fucking Much I Wish They Would Just Fucking Die of Ass Cancer of the Face" list. But, I'll keep trying. Of course, some people keep their lists private, so you never know, right?
Oh and check this out. The other day I got an email from these people saying that they have given me a blog award and rated my blog and were hoping that I would put their widget linking to their commercial site on my sidebar. So, I clicked the link in the email and sure enough they had rated my blog....
See, 4.5 stars! When I saw that I thought "4.5 out of what? 5? That's pretty cool." Uh, no. Look at the last blog on that list. Yeah, 10 stars. They rated me 4.5 out of 10 and then wanted me to put their widget on my page?
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck Yoooooooooooooooooo.
Strange marketing idea there. "Hey dude! We've rated your blog as kinda shitty! And to thank us for this we think you should put our ad on your site for FREE!" Yeah, no. Does "NO" work for you?
Oh, and since she is still the
And on one last random note, I guess we all saw the ladies on Facebook posting the color of their bras this past weekend? It was all done as some breast cancer awareness thing. Personally I found it kind of amusing and fun. Did it cure cancer? Of course not. But being creative about keeping the issue of breast cancer awareness front and center is a good cause.
But, what I really loved about all that was the people who got all bitchy about it. See, anytime someone does something fun and amusing, no matter how big or small, there will be somebody, somewhere who gets all pissed off about it. And I just love it when that happens. It’s those people’s insufferable whininess and idiocy that sustains me in my darkest hours. Going through life with such a bitter, humorless attitude must suck more than anything I can ever think of.
Anyway, I think I’ll celebrate this blog’s fourth birthday by having four drinks. Or maybe 16.
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