{"id":831,"date":"2008-04-30T23:00:14","date_gmt":"2008-05-01T07:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=831"},"modified":"2008-04-30T23:00:14","modified_gmt":"2008-05-01T07:00:14","slug":"blogging-about-blogging-about-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/blogging-about-blogging-about-blogging\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging About Blogging About Blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I discovered that my blog was down, and I called out to my webmaster (i.e., my kid) to find out what was wrong. I was very pissed off, suffering from the delusion that my “readers” would be unable to access my blog and therefore lose interest. The whole purpose of a blog is to have interested readers, right?<\/p>\n

But I wonder about these readers. Apart from my personal friends, is there a readership out there? I’m beginning to see that the blogs I go to most are the ones that deliver a predictable element: either fashion, gossip, politics, or the arts. I’m wondering if anyone wants to return to a blog that might be focused on crime, grammar, fashion, or Horrible Stuff, with only a consistent point of view to connect the subjects.<\/p>\n

I’m disappointed that I don’t have millions of readers who leave enthusiastic comments like I see on the fashion blogs. Thirty people will comment on a blogger’s new skirt, for example. I’m lucky if I get one comment from some idiot who defends Kimora Lee Simmons, months after I’ve made fun of her.<\/p>\n

So in essence (and here I’m getting to use the phrase “in essence,” which I really like), I feel that my dream of being offered a lucrative book deal or a devoted following of brilliant eccentrics is not going to come to pass. I’m annoyed but maybe I can turn this into a positive experience by deliberately addressing myself to the one or two people who stumble into my cyberpath.<\/p>\n

Hi, you two! What’s new? Anything good or bad to report? Did you see the Jimi Hendrix sex-tape? Aren’t you sick of that Reverend Wright? What a fucking egotistical maniac, right? Oh god, and what about Rumer Willis being chosen as one of People Magazine’s most beautiful people? Hahahaha!<\/p>\n

Also, when I went to the dentist today I found out that I have six cavities, yes, 6. But at least my dental hygienist made me laugh by talking shit about the other hygienist, who apparently wears a wig.<\/p>\n

Okay then. Leave a comment about my skirt! \u00a0 Just kidding. xxoo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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