I could never understand before. Why would, or how could anyone just quit posting and commenting here at OS? Besides dying that is. Or losing their fingers in an awful fire, or having their finger tips gnawed off by rats after an unfortunate boating accident resulting in a long swim to a leper island. A leper island with no broadband no less. Like Australia used to be. Or wait, wasn't Australia just a prisoner dump? Swim you poor bastards! Watch out for the crocs and sharks. Kim Gamble and Natalie I love you!
Strayed off course already. Deep breaths...
I'm starting to get it though. Getting sick of opensalon. It has a certain 'life' that last a finite time... apparently. The fascination is drifting away for me, and that makes me sad. All the people who I admired and looked up to when I signed on are gone. OK, not all, but most. I'm thinking.. wondering, what is the life of a blogger? The length I mean? Apparently two years or less. Only a few hardcore folks keep it up for that long and I feel I may be reaching the point of saturation myself.
I've turned from humorist to bummorist. Last night I posted about my son's friends suicide. Deleted... Foreclosure. Sick economy. Maybe that's why I'm losing interest. I don't want to be like that in my posts.
Also, I just can't find that many posts that interest me these days. Seems to be a lot of re-hashes of things I've already seen done, and done better.
Kit Duncan and her fuckmuppets make me ill. I thought it was just me until I visited with another OS'er (mostly formal OS'er) last night, that told me I was not alone in that regard. Kit's writing would be wonderful to most eighth graders, and sorry to single you out Kit but to me you represent the new OS... the one that sucks ass.
The cover? Well that's always been a big bugaboo. Mad Men. Pop culture... At least we used to have some humorous things on there. Deven about her Mom. Priceless stuff always. Her husband died and I doubt she will be back, and I don't blame her at all. She was always a good friend to me.
And why pray tell do I tell every woman I meet about this site? So they can stalk my every blog and comment I make to try to discern deeper meanings? Apparently so. I am an idiot in that regard.
I have always regarded flouncers with disdain so I will never ever make an "announcement" of departure, but will I suppose just fade away like all those who used to delight me. Many still do. Steve Blevins does. Others, rarely. Linnnnn is wonderfully real. I like L'Heure bleue, sixty candles, scarlett sumac... many many others (TINKSKY. DR. SPUDS. CAP'N P'DEAD). I hate naming names, for better or worse... forgetting betters, excluding worsers.
The fuckmuppets pounced upon one_irritated mother, dubbing her the queen of mean for speaking her mind ever so eloquently and directly. She said STFU to a bunch of whiners. I appreciate directness personally. I despise hidden meanings and backstabbing i.e. smiling in the face of the one you despise with implied niceties and simultaneous digs. Fuck that. I challenge any one here to write as well as her or be as genuine and full of love.
The shit gets deep here at OS and at some point is just too thick and smelly to muck through anymore. It can be as negative as it was once positive and I'm getting tired.
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Amanda you still delight me. Like I said I hat naming names for lack of full inclusion. IT'S?
I seem to miss the big arguments that result in good people leaving. I delight in finding new writers and perspective, while enjoying my old favorites. For me, it's all about the story. Please continue to share yours.
Trig you have always been cool with me.
Spuds.. the dark place, yeah. May just be a case of optic rectosis for me.
Kris good to see you. It's extremely hard to keep up.
best wishes trig.
(I do lament the loss of friends, and some gorgeous talent has disappeared...the list is long. But you can still add to the good.)
R ...
p.s don't let it get you down.
And far too good a person to try. In sickness and in health, trig.
This is grief, trig. Kicking in and kicking hard.
-R-
I won't have anybody to swap insults with, if you "fade" and that would REALLY piss me off.
P.S. XOX Hahahahahaha!
You may have noticed I'm on here a lot less. I have been around enough to notice ol' reliable Trig has been MIA lately. Whatever happens, I hope you stay in touch.
Boanerges Redux recently came back too.
p.s. I like the madmen stuff. Okay I'll go away now.
also, staying here and having people read your stuff and know who you are when you comment on theirs, that takes a lot of time and effort. new people have come (newer than me, i mean) in just the year i've been here that are every bit as good as some of the good ones who left. but you have to find them. and then you wind up with a long list of people whose work you'd like to read but you don't have time to read all of it. and then, whoa, where's the time to write anything?? on top of which, you need a break now and then because the routine just gets stale. like life does.
i got a PM from 1Mom that she'll be back after she gets settled, so she's not gone. august is pretty slow because of vacations; a lot of people have been away lately and are starting to filter back.
and there are people who stir shit up and call people names and talk behind backs and all that ridiculous, juvenile stuff -- here and on every site. and i don't like it and don't like what they post, but you know what? i don't read it. i stopped. i don't watch the train wrecks anymore. and i don't read the negative, whiny stuff because it's a downer. i need that? i don't think so. and also because i'd rather spend *all* that time reading good stuff written by good writers who are sad or funny or insightful or amazing. there are plenty of them here.
life has been pretty crappy for you lately. i hope you're just bummed and need a break. we all do sometimes. take one and clear your head. then come back because you miss us.
~huge hug~ Always remember, right now, there's folks out there in worse shit than us. Really. I know, hard to believe and yes, the shit around here gets high, but I've giving up on trying to keep up with it, the divides and alliances around here changes too quickly for me to keep up, one day you're best friends with someone, the next you're an asshat. Fuck that.
I just write my shit and if anyone cares to read it, awesome. I've giving up on Ed I Tor loving me and picking me, it ain't going to happen, because I'm too dangerous, I might get a bigger ego if they put me on the cover and become, well, A DIVA!!! :D
Just write, step back, wave, whenever it feels right, if you don't want to write the sad shit, don't, cause truthfully, when I get down in the dump ala depression, it doesn't help for me to write about it, because well, then I end up pissed and wanting to kill everyone.
**another hug** Who loves you? That's right, the bill collectors do!! They sure do me, keep calling, with important messages....pfffft....not important to me...DELETE!! ;)
Facing the abyss is when you put on a paper hat and are making biscuits at 5 AM for minimum wage at a Hardees. I don't mean as a lark while going to college. I mean as the alpha and omega. You can either say it all sucks and let it eat you alive or make your own space and humor and live to fight another day. So compared to that, OS is a cakewalk.
But it's also an energy drain, a luxury, and people leave when they don't get what they want out of it for all their efforts. One starts to feel a sense of ownership after so much investment here. But nobody owns OS and that's the beauty of it. So again, prepare to be disappointed if one is trying to make OS in one's own image.
That said, 1_Irritating_Mom is the biggest whiner on here :)
Let it rip, have a pissed off pity party here, shit you paid for it in blood. Who cares if it's good writing, they put in a delete button. Hell if they put one in life I'd delete half the shit I did and three quarters of the things I've said.
Why shouldn't you feel bummed for you, you feel bummed when this shit happens to other people. Your friend died, you're uprooting your son because your home has been stolen by a bunch of lazy, incompetent, fat fucking banker scum. I'd gladly toss one of them off a roof for you in an honor ceremony (and you thought I was nice). Tink would piss on the splat. Okay, now I have you started...
BTW, it's hard for me to attach to people and I would be sad if you left. (Did I say that in my outside my head voice?)
Don't leave yet. I feel exactly as you do and even posted it (for 5 hours) Saturday night :-)
There's still enough of the good stuff to stick it out for now, IMHO. I'd missss you!
I think if you're a writer here, you'd better be darned good or else you'll get called out. Even decent writers (I call myself decent, I don't pretend to be "good") find their comeuppance here. If you can't handle that, go elsewhere. There are a lot of retired journos here and others who know the equations are to good writing.
Also, please stay relevant. Read the news. Churn it around in your mind-stomach. We could always use more people who read here.
In any event, just keep on keeping on. If you don't, nobody gives a flying fish what you think.
I need an assignment, to tell the truth.
For some reason I think about how cool it would be to visit you and yours ) especially jlynne) and I love knowing I would be welcome.
of course, i will be rlelgated to the porch due to snoring. Thats OK - I like it outside!
I think you are swell, if that matters. I also have a porch and a spare bedroom , if you ever want to visit or need a place to stay. xo to you -
STAND THE FALLEN UNICORNS....
or
SWALLOW TASTY FROZEN UNICYCLES
or
SHUT THE F*CK UP
or
STAN TALKS FALLEN URANUS
or
((HOURS LATER))
That's it!! \;)
A while back, when I was pretty new here and averaging about 3 comments per post, I pretty much thought I was just entertaining myself. So when I got busy and didn't post anything for a couple of weeks, it never occurred to me to say anything about it. Then when I did post something again, I was amazed at all the people saying "welcome back, missed you, glad to see you again." It was a total surprise.
I've read a few of the "flounce" posts that have appeared, and frankly, I didn't see the point. "Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I'm gonna eat worms." So? And you're telling everybody this why?
I write because I like to write. And although I enjoy the comments and discussions, I'd still write even without them. And frankly, I don't want to get into all the personal scuffles that go on here. As Oryoki pointed out, it's like High School, and who wants to do THAT again?
And comment.
Hang the fuck in, and read and rate and comment.
Tis easy peasy baby........hang around with us. We fucking love you, Steve, do not LEAVE us!
r.
I am not a popular culture fanatic. I don't want to be that up on the news, it's just all so damned depressing. I'm trying to enjoy growing older without spending all my time pissed like the folks who don't like or agree with me.
I come and go here and look for the posts of people who've shown some skill or insight into something that interests me or some humor about life.
I don't have any time for the smug asshats and I've never thought that you were one. I did give up wanting a cover here a long time ago. It was way too much like trying to be popular (and shallow) in high school. I lost interest pretty quick. It's not in my DNA. I like finding ways to engage in self-expression, writing being the primary means for me, but I also find I have enjoyed using photographs to illustrate what I am saying about having a well-lived life.
I am busy trying to love my life. All that other stuff is just boring or stressful and I don't want to spend my time with asshats more interested in being 'right' than being alive. As an old sixties girl I say "joke 'em if they can't fuck a duck." Really, they don't give a fig about me and there is no benefit in spending any time worrying about those who don't appreciate us.
OS was also eating my life. I get to bed at 2 instead of 4 these days. Well, most of the time. I'm interested in other things, and with my reading speed, I have a choice of OS or the rest of my life. I still care very much about you and your family and don't want to lose touch.
There are more things I need to say about me, my thoughts, my life, my kinks, my adventures and mishaps. Some of those things are embarrassing. I begin to doubt that I am a worthwhile topic. I need to look at this as a writing site, which means that experiments are good, failures are good if they teach you something. Sometimes I don't write what's on my mind because I start to worry about what people will think of me. That's silly. Y'all don't care if I'm a pervert with a drinking problem and a fugitive warrant for arson of a daycare, do you?
So, come and go as you please... this place apparently ain't going away but you will always have certain folks that will be happy to see you when you return. At least, that's what works for me at this point.
Cheers and good luck with whatever you do.
Yours in FC (foreclosure)
EMDC
You're the can-opener man. Cop it.
So, if you're leaving, so long. If not, welcome back. If you're somewhere in-between, then just channel a little Jimmy Durante...
"Did you ever get the feeling that you wanted to go,
But still had the feeling that you wanted to stay.
You knew it was right, wasn't wrong.
Still you knew you wouldn't be very long.
Go or stay, stay or go,
Start to go again and change your mind again.
It's hard to have the feeling that you wanted to go,
But still have the feeling that you wanted to stay.
Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do.
I'll go.
I'll stay."
Sorry to hear about your son's friend. That's a bummer. Take care of yourself and your family. That's what is really important in this world.
I come to write. People can either leave it, or read it.
I understand though and hope you don't go
I rate with hugs because I really mean them
Don't go!
The fact is, there is still some gorgeous work being done here. It's not always as evident as it used to be, and it's really difficult to not get sucked into the bullshit vortex; it's like trying to read Thich Nhat Hanh while everyone else in your crowded theater is yelling, "Fire!" Especially when there's no fire.
Kind thoughts and good vibes streaming your way, Trig.
I can't tell you how much this site has meant to me in the almost two years since I've joined. The people here are talented, neurotic, joyful, boisterous, encouraging and critical which all served to make me (and others) better writers. I can't completely quit any of you...so I stick my head in every now and again and I'm reminded (once again) of why I fell in love with all of you.
I keep coming back because there is a certainty that I will learn something that will be useful to me at some point in my life or I will laugh until my sides hurt. So, I am willing to bet that all of the flouncers or folks who have simply taken a break from posting are still here. We may not make our presence known, but we still visit on occasion.....like the prodigal son....we will always find our way back home.
I write a lot of humor, so it's been really hard making the transition from my regular writing blog to this place, but I saw something here that told me that this would be a cool place to hang out. I think what consumes a lot of people is the desire for momentary fame and the disappointment that it hasn't happened. That happens in a lot of places, and you either understand that or you end up moving on, looking for the next best opportunity to somehow glorify yourself.
Fortunately, your time here has obviously been productive (from at least what the other people have posted), so you have a history here. But don't cast off the next generation of people who arrive because they're somewhat overwhelmed by the depresso people. Like most venues, the shining lights will shine through. It just takes time to filter out the problematic lights that never worked out of the box in the first place.
You are not alone.
xoxo
oh yhea --
fuck off, Harry. ;)
Same here but not at all.
I go now stay and that's the truth.
Dunno how long I been here.
Duunno how much I care.
Life: It's not for the easy.
On leaving: I was an active OSer for quite a while. During that time I made some good friends and produced some good writing, I think. The novelty of blogging drew me in; the rewards of being creative and interacting with smart people kept me here. Events in my personal life caused a change in perspective, though, and I left, later deleting all my posts. (Why? For me, OS is a community and a place where you create a representation of yourself through your work. I was unhappy at that time with that representation; it had nothing to do with the community per se.) I came back, once I thought I could do a better job of balancing my online activities with the rest of my life. I still appreciate the friendships I've made here, and I keep in contact with many OSers, current and former, but in the balance, I just have less time.
You have so much crisis and worry going on right now, it really would be hard to be Mr. Sunshine Pants. I can tell from the joy you put into your 'good news' posts that you aren't a woe-is-me kind of guy.
As for online nastiness, I've found it pretty easy to disengage and watch from the sidelines in fascinated horror. Unlike problem neighbors/co-workers/family members, online personas are only as real as you allow them to be. But if you need to take a break, please send postcards!
It's another day. The sun is shining. And the it dawned in me ... I can be slow late at night. This wasn't a flounce was, it?
Thanks to all, apologies to some. I'm sure I haven't put enough effort into 'discovery' of good content. I know it's out there. Yes, I remember all too well starting here from nothing and having no readers... For me that wasn't that amazing because I wrote like shit. I've learned much though since that time, from those many who I read. Now I can pull it off passably, sometimes at least. I owe a debt of gratitude to this site.
Playfulness? Yes, that's what I miss. Once again, maybe it's that I'm not looking hard enough. I have been rather self absorbed lately, admittedly.
I've slept now. Re-reading this this morning I realize that it's way over-dramatic. Seriously though; didn't post this so I could disappear for two weeks, then post 'a blurb' and have people tripping over themselves to 'welcome me back.'
I'm sure I'll post. It's part of my life now and I just can't help writing my thoughts and observations. It's a therapy of sorts as I'm sure many would agree. I definitely need to spend more time reading and appreciating the many wonderful minds who put their hearts and souls out here. And yes, I need to quit mourning the loss of those who lost interest, or just disappeared from this place for whatever reason. Still, that part makes me sad. Can't help it...
CrazeCzar you fucking prick. My hair is my own. Not ashamed to FACE the camera either. I've aged well, and don't need a blue pill to get a boner either. Go WRITE something you negative creep. Think you can do that? Write something besides shitty comments? And when/if you can pull that off could you try something new, like leaving your comments open? Fucktard..
Beware of dragons, for you are crispy and good with ketchup.
Triglet, the chicks abide, man. Never doubt that.
(thumbified. rock on whicha bad self)
PS Happy to hear the good news about the blue pill, good for you!
There IS good writing still, but you have to wade through a lot of mediocre stuff to find it, which takes time. Which is hard to give to OS, if you're trying to have a balanced life.
I miss a lot of people that have wandered in and out of OS. But I used to post weekly to "keep up with the community," and now I find that there are just too many members for it to be a "community" anymore. Now I only post if there's something I'm needing to share, but I post so rarely that I have very few readers anymore.
And this has been the summer of suck for a lot people, and they may just feel overwhelmed with it all, and tired of blogging about how sucky life feels for them. And what with all the apocalyptic world shit going down right now, a lot of the OS navel-gazing seems out of sync with reality.
That said, I still come by and read a bit daily. And I'll probably post again, when I have something I think is worth saying. I hope you do the same.
Does this mean that from now on I can call you a freak'in self-proclaimed drama queeny, asshated, dick weasel?
How cool is THAT! :~D
OXO ~ **Snerk**
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You sorry asshole if you leave I will find you I swear. I have left lots of times simply due to my insecurities about my writing and the topics I choose. I am here just feel like I'm around creative people, and I don't claim to be a writer to enthrall anyone.
Seriously, I think I vented a lot of negative stuff just to show others they aren't the only ones going through stuff, then I know it gets old. It is just a part of our lives, not the whole thing. Then I feel bad, and delete.
I've enjoyed your work here and if you leave I'll come up there and put bengay in your shorts!
I am so sorry that you have a big plate of crappity crap to eat right now. We all get served up a few of those. No need to feel like you must be the upbeat guy all the time. How exhausting. You have invested plenty in the bank of OS and are entitled to make some withdrawals. I'm ready to read about the crappity details, no problem. While I hope that you will hang around, in case you don't, I am glad to have made your acquaintance.
you cant leave.
i havent flirted with you enough to piss off your stalkers yet.
thats my new goal. *waves at the trig harem*
seriously though...as you know, i too hate the fuckmuppet parade. lately i have looked at the cover and wondered if this was the sort of 'first impression' i wanted MY writing to have. the cover speaks to what sort of place this is & represents what sort of writers are here & frankly? it has never really represented me, but i was ok with that because the writing it showcased was solid. not so much lately.
the question for me becomes 'now what?' move on (other places are not so different)? stay & try to drown out the muppets? i dunno. i have to write...might as well do it here.
You are so dear for saying such a kind thing about me. I think you are one of the most authentic men I have had the pleasure of meeting here at OS as well.
If you fade-flounced, you can bet I would keep tuning in to your place to see if you were back yet every single day. Joni Mitchell in Carey said it so well: "Oh, you're a mean 'ol daddy but I like you!"
Now let's get on down to the Mermaid Cafe and drink us a bottle of wine.
Oh, yeah, and fuck off Harry.
I wish I could relate better to your OS gripes. But, since I visit the place only occasionally, I don't know enough about the personalities involved to comment. (I'm not hip enough to know what "fuckmuppetry" is, either.)
I do, however, know a few general things about the politics of message boards: how they give people license to say things that would get them knifed in a just world; how factions and blocs form; how online feuding becomes a low-cal substitute for life. The fact that many people -- including you, apparently -- burn out after a while makes me feel better about our whole species. If you'd been content to hang around forever, fucking muppets or whatever, I'd be worried.
Best of luck finding a new venue.
Oh, and you're ugly and your mama dresses you funny.
Isn't the internet FUN?
Some folks came aboard OS without care for whatever was already here: Good writing, generosity, kindness, and the occasional launching of the SS Dorothy Parker (Remember the Devonian invasion? Remember Ramesh?).
I keep reading that good writing still exists on OS, but I think that without the efforts of someone like WSFTC? (Is there anyone like our Cat?) it's a huge effort to find it. And that, I believe, is what has been lost on OS. Cat loved, LOVED, finding good pieces to promote. She loved finding good writing, even in snippets, and she did it all in her non-existent free time. It's a rare person who would do such a thing.
Anyway... I miss that spirit... and I understand why you feel the fade.
So by not participating in the comments, I never developed any true "followers" that I knew would even glance at my posts. My first post got 16 comments and it all went downhill from there. Soemtimes my comments were acknowledged, but other times I was skipped over in the midst of a chit-chat among friends. I used to think that I didn't care if people read my posts - that the writing process was cathartic and energizing - but checking back hours later to an empty comment section started to be demoralizing. If I'm going to invest my emotional energy into my writing, it turns out that I really DO want someone to read it. I've thought about writing about some personal challenges I've been facing lately, but I realized that I don't dare put it out there - I can't decide whether its worse to go unacknowledged or to have some idiot decide to offer their opinions on my writing style or grammar. Without a long list of followers, my only hope is that someone is intrigued by my post for the 10 seconds in appears in the New Post section, but that section gets swallowed up quickly by advertisements and "chit-chat" posts that really have no content (which is starting to feel like Twitter, i.e. let me tell you what I'm thinking about with a new post every 15 minutes). Or that someone likes a comment I made and decides to check out my blog.
But the real kicker was going on vacation - I came back home and just forgot that OS even existed. Turns out I didn't miss it - it had become a habit to check in, read a few posts, then move on to something else. Without any human connection to keep me engaged, OS is just another website with stories to read.
For the "don't let the door hit you in ass" contingent, I totally understand. That's probably what I would have said if I ran across this written by someone else, unless I knew them. Funny thing (kinda) is that those people never leave comments, but dash over here to help with a foot in my ass. We all can't like each other can we... and yes, I've rather "attacked" Kit haven't I. Why? Because I don't like her smarmy crap. Want to hate me for not liking Kit? Be my guest.
CrazeCzar... I bow to you. Glad I got to read AGAIN about your success in business (for someone that works 60 hours a week you spend a lot of time sniffing around OS for people to slam.. and I have a deck job starting tomorrow; I'm only a partial failure, so there). Oh yeah, you have healthy "relationships" too. Good for you pal. If you posted something maybe I could learn to hate you, like Kit. Go on being a dick. Hope your shitty attitude keeps serving you well. Hard for me to take criticism about my writing from someone who admittedly can't write.
Seems I have more friends than enemies though. I count that as good fortune. Thanks for the articulate comments, and the smarty pants one too.
I am in a transitional phase of my life.
Change is difficult dontchaknow, but I'm determined to make the next chapters in my life happy ones. I've raised my kid... successfully. THAT is my greatest accomplishment. He is an exemplary human.
No doubt I'll be back here posting the good the bad and the ugly (no I'm NOT going to post about CC) when I get back on track, hell, probably before then. I'm pretty much addicted to this format to tell the truth.
Yes, there is no question that some good writers have left. Sometimes they occasionally come back , which is nice. They don't seem to get the support they once had. I get the impression (and it is only an impression) that people make sweeping generalizations about whose side one belongs too. The new or old. The past is the past, folks. Make it what you want it. Or not.
I'm surprised by those who say they can't find good writers? Do they actually read or go on a pre conception. I'm not being snotty -- that is a valid question. There has always been and there will always be a circle jerk. Doesn't mean you have to join in on the jerk off. There are other campfires to gather round. Because of the climate here I have been only posting light fluff lately. I think it is time for a change.
Trig, your by-line at the top says it all.
::Off to write now.::
**disgusting chills from having Trig even THINK about my pants**
ummm, Lorianne and Amanda... seeing as how Trig completely disrespected you both by being such a condicending pig, I'd like to offer MY "friendship" and invite you to join the Anti-Harem... If you want we COULD let Trig join, but only after he grovels at our feet and builds us all new porches.
BTW, I really like what you did with your hair. looks nice :~)
P.S. Does anybody know why all the women in Trig's life call him "Tiny"????
And I've got the annoying burden of an often fucked up life to contend with. For me OS was supposed to be a refuge from all that crap. The last thing I need is more contention.
You told me OS was at the root a social network, so I try to be social. But that holds its own danger because I don't recognize cliques and when you're not wise to that dynamic, you often become an unwitting victim of it.
I don't know if I am a fuckmuppet because I'm not sure what that is. Judging others, particularly others I don't even know beyond what they choose to reveal about themselves in their writing, is a waste of time.
Labeling is a wonderful system of classification but it also has diabolical undertones. Vitriolic labeling leads to division and division leads to discontent and discontent leads to all out dissension and war.
I'll take dialogue over dissension any day.
I came here to improve my own writing by reading those who are better than I am and challenging myself.
I have yet to find one single writer here who does not have something of value to offer the mix no matter their level of technical competency. People here are really amazing.
If processing your grief and struggle through words helps you, keep doing it.
More people benefit from discovering they are not alone in their sorrowful challenges than tire from hearing about those of others. In fact, commiserating and providing solace to another is often the very best way to improve our own darkened emotions.
Backing off is good, too, but only if you think so.
We all do our share of venting, and you have a TON of friends and admirers here, amigo!
I hope these crappy days run through their course soon, trig. Theoretical darkness can weigh a ton. I'm sorry I missed you last week. Come around again sometime. I'll be here just fuckin around, filling in one hole just so I can dig another one. Like I said, it's a process, but I hope you stick around OS so I can continue to torment you with mine. You know I love ya. Be well....:)
Susan you are no fuckmuppet, for what it's worth.
WfW you missed a LOT of good stuff. Apparently it's still out there, somewhere...
He's talking about the Anti-Harem, ladies. Lorianne and I have him in here grovelling and mopping the floors. If he does a good job, we might let him sit quietly at our feet. That is if he stops his incessant whining.
BTW, DS, thanks for reminding me about his comments to Czarina. As a reward I think we'll let him urinate on a map of New Jersey or something equally cool.
Now, lastly, for my own edification ... what in hell's bells is a FUCKMUPPET?????
I'm stingy about sharing day-to-day concerns because I consider my life as well as current events, the lives of people I know, and history in general to be the material from which I build fiction. My hat's off to the lovely people here who are not as stingy as I am!
MissMisk and therealme, thanks for the input. I believe if you look at Drew~Silla's blog you'll find a definition of fuckmuppet. It's (supposedly) a term originally coined by ex-OSer Janie Brady of Toronto.
Harry it's the "two-faced accusers praising you while slinging peanut butter" that you have to watch out for. We all know who the easy lays are already. Me for example. You crack me up brother.
Think I'll start posting like twice a day for the remainder of CC's vacation for his/her entertainment. He/She is fascinated with me... obviously.
of OS.
I suspect he's not gone altogether though.
http://open.salon.com/blog/drew-silla/2010/05/12/fuckmuppet_defined
This damn long hot summer has got to end sooner rather than later..
I don't think I will ever leave this place. I jus' wish I could list it as an alternative address.
Keep your chin up buddy. Life takes unexpected turns sometimes.
Damn glad to read you got a deck job tomorrow. I still ain't got anything that even resembles work. But life goes on and Fort De Soto is a good way to waste time this morning. Sunburned I am....
My apparent "arch enemy" CC has posted an interesting critique. Visit the crazed one from New Joisey @
http://open.salon.com/blog/crazeczar/2010/08/17/trig_palin_os_hunka-hillbilly
i have been here less than two months and i find it addicting, dangerously so....maybe folks leave, not in anger or disgust, but quite possibly (again, i'm new here so cut me some slack) they just have shit to do......
I just wrote this in a reply to one of the many PM's I received regarding this post.
"Seems I was a 'newbie' only yesterday. Now I'm like the old man of OS or something. "Tenure" don't mean shit. The writing does... or even, not so much the technical aspects; more the content, keeping it edgy and real."
That's for you bethybug and several other "newbies" who left comments...
Some, many even, might say that the above quoted caption is bullshit, and that's fine.
Well, not quite, in that I made a speech in the comments.
But, really...I'm speechless...
I'll answer you from my perspective as you live in yours.
I think what can be gotten from here depends on what you want. I read about the deep friendships and that confuses me a little but then again, I'm not that kind of person...I don't reach out that way on a deeply personal level.
I feel immense love for the writing, the souls of so many of the people here but truly I do not know them, and so my love is of the limited type. I come here to write my wanting poetry and to explore the written word. it's all I can do here. I am limited by my lack of skills so I do my best.
tis true, steve blevens is always a joy, and our beloved troll girl is terribly, sorely missed and there are others, many others who make this the experience it is, but like life, they ebb and flow and come and go and this is what it is as it is.
I suppose we are like seaweed in the tides, we come and congregate and find a special place for ourselves and then a certain kind of current comes and washes us away.
there are pockets of great writing here. they are infrequent sometimes. I think there are pockets of frequent great writing but I haven't found many of them, but there are enough of them to keep me coming back. like vanessa. like spuds. like the wild new guy I need to catch up with. I don't have enough hours in the day. if I did nothing but keep track of people I'd do nothing but keep track of people. I can't do that. I'm old. I don't want to die online. I want to die living offline.
time and life are good measures. sometimes it's time to live. sometimes it's time to sit down and simply read a book, talk to someone, breathe the air. sometimes it's time to reach out. Ecclesiastes comes to mind.
there is no special time for here. only for living. perhaps you have metamorphosed and it's time to fly away. I hope not but this is what it is and what it isn't, it isn't. it can't take the place of life. it mustnt.
I"m reading the comments...you're getting good advice.
as for the suicide I want to add that it is a dangerous act, particularly to family and close friends. the statistics on suicides of families and friends of suicides is very high. if you find you or your son are depressed seek out a suicide support group and I can't stress that enough. we have suicide in our family. it fucks you up in big ways. maybe I'll write about it because it is a dance on the edge of a sword over a raging fire. just being near it.
stay away from this dump on saturday nights. I don't know what the fuck happens here on saturday nights but it's THEN and only then that the evil manifests. go get laid. it's much better for the soul.
hugs.
Basic human dynamics. Oh, and familiarity breeds contempt. Somebody said that once. I think there's some merit to it.
penelope... yep
And Shannon McKenzie, my detractor, also apparently can't quell her curiosity. I call that picture "pussy on the brain" Shannon.
I've been offline for most of the past week and I missed your post about the loss of your son's buddy. Please accept my condolences and my best wishes for you and your family.
I couldn't agree more and it is one reason why I am no longer around much. She is like a cancer that is eating this site from the inside out. There are still plenty of good people here, but having been on the down side of fuckmuppetry for quite some time combined with Craze Czar's vile, sexist comments about my husband and I apropos of absolutely nothing, we never had so much as a disagreement -- OS is not a friendly place to be any more. I can dish it and I can take it, but the lies and the low blows from cowards like Kit and Czar make me want to vomit. Frankly, I've got better things to do.
And crazy czar has been banned from my blog after his last comment at my most recent. Enough is enough. Sorry about the degree of harassment that always seems to come your way. I hope you'll post and play again one of these days. I totally sympathize.
if only i could tell off the real fuckmppets in my life.
stay warm and always have access to water.