Damned if you do, damned if you do

There are blogs in my reader that make me sad. You know what I mean? The ones where the blogger is trying so hard to be something. Not even necessarily something they’re not. Maybe just MORE something. More intelligent, more witty, more obnoxious, more popular… the list goes on and on. When I read that kind of blog, it makes me sad and I want to delete them from my reader.

There are also blogs that make me sad because they embody everything I want to be. They’re funny, irreverent, intelligent and wildly popular. Each post gets more comments than I do in a week of posting. I want to delete those from my reader, too, because I get jealous and end up trying to be MORE.

Filed under: daily on June 12th, 2008

9 Responses to “Damned if you do, damned if you do”

  1. Shelly, on June 12th, 2008 at 7:03 pm Said:

    I love how you write and who you are now. Don’t go changing on me!

  2. Mommy Daisy, on June 12th, 2008 at 7:59 pm Said:

    I know what you mean. I kinda hate posting on posts like this thinking maybe it’s me that’s so annoying (in the first instance of course, because I know the second you spoke of is NOT me).

    Anyway, I agree with Shelly, I like you the way you are. Your blog is fun, full of personality, loveable, energetic, and YOU!

  3. Artemisia, on June 12th, 2008 at 9:31 pm Said:

    I like your blog just as it is. That is why YOU are in MY reader.

    (Hope I am not the first category!)

  4. Tessie, on June 13th, 2008 at 6:32 am Said:

    I think EVERY blog in my Reader is BOTH of those things, at one time or another, or else I wouldn’t be reading. Comments and whatnot aside.

    I’ve noticed that this is also an extremely BLAH time of year for blogging in general.

  5. Amber, on June 13th, 2008 at 11:30 am Said:

    Let’s see…what should I say? What should I say…?

    Hmmmm
    Hmmmmmmmmmm………..

    Oh yes! I know!

    I COMPLETELY RELATE!

    lmao

  6. Erica, on June 13th, 2008 at 11:34 am Said:

    Thank you all for the kind words. I wasn’t fishing for compliments, honest. I was trying to remind myself that I get stuck in a feedback loop that’s not healthy.

    Amber - OMG I am so surprised! : )

  7. Devan, on June 13th, 2008 at 1:46 pm Said:

    I think that writing is such a personal thing, and everyone has their own style. So even if you perceive someone to be trying too hard or whatever, maybe that’s just the way they write or the way you perceive it, kwim? OR the blog one person loves someone else hates. It’s all relative…

    Also, MD, I always think people are talking about me too. lol

  8. lady godiva, on June 13th, 2008 at 2:20 pm Said:

    i love you.

  9. Swistle, on June 14th, 2008 at 5:35 pm Said:

    I agree: not healthy. You get a lot of comments, and steadily more all the time.

    If a blog isn’t my style, I don’t read it. If I do like it and it makes me wish I were more like that person, I remind myself that there is room for all different people, and that lots of people DON’T like the person I’d like to be more like, if you see what I mean. That is, if I WERE more like that other person, there are people who would NO LONGER LIKE ME.

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