Comments on: blog identity crisis http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/ Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: becky http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-1632 becky Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:52:59 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/#comment-1632 Thank you for sending me a link to this. Yes, oh yes! The more I read, Julie, the more I like. I should be trying to post daily, but I have so much other stuff to write it's sometimes hard. So I am shooting for several times a week until my (outside) job ends. We'll see. A lot of my online and offline friends now know about my blog. I've debated using an anonymous one so I can write my black days, too. But I'm just not yet sure if I want to put that out there. Maybe someday. <em>becky's last blog post..<a href='http://misspriss.org/2008/08/03/and-so-it-goes-something-ends/' rel="nofollow">And so it goes - something ends, something else begins</a></em> Thank you for sending me a link to this. Yes, oh yes!

The more I read, Julie, the more I like. I should be trying to post daily, but I have so much other stuff to write it’s sometimes hard. So I am shooting for several times a week until my (outside) job ends. We’ll see.

A lot of my online and offline friends now know about my blog. I’ve debated using an anonymous one so I can write my black days, too. But I’m just not yet sure if I want to put that out there. Maybe someday.

becky’s last blog post..And so it goes – something ends, something else begins

]]> By: eva http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-1605 eva Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:59:49 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/#comment-1605 There is so much I could say about this post - I think you've successfully started a dialogue Julie! Suffice to say I love reading your blog, maybe because our babies are close in age and you so articulately and succinctly describe a lot of the experiences I have. So yeah, I read your blog to see how I SHOULD have written my stories. And maybe it's a good thing I didn't go to blogher - sounds like I would have had that high school not invited to cool parties deja vu all over again. Oh and the anonymous thing. Wish I'd done that, 'cause my biggest reader is my mom which kind of limits how much I can post about, you know, discharge and sex droughts and feeling blue and stuff. <em>eva's last blog post..<a href='http://glickers.blogspot.com/2008/07/blah-blah-blah-my-kids-genius.html' rel="nofollow">Blah blah blah my kid's a genius</a></em> There is so much I could say about this post – I think you’ve successfully started a dialogue Julie!

Suffice to say I love reading your blog, maybe because our babies are close in age and you so articulately and succinctly describe a lot of the experiences I have.

So yeah, I read your blog to see how I SHOULD have written my stories. And maybe it’s a good thing I didn’t go to blogher – sounds like I would have had that high school not invited to cool parties deja vu all over again.

Oh and the anonymous thing. Wish I’d done that, ’cause my biggest reader is my mom which kind of limits how much I can post about, you know, discharge and sex droughts and feeling blue and stuff.

eva’s last blog post..Blah blah blah my kid’s a genius

]]> By: Heather, Queen of Shake-Shake http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-1601 Heather, Queen of Shake-Shake Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:45:17 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/#comment-1601 Does my mind travel in elegant self-defeating spirals too? Well, I've never been accused of being elegant, but besides that, um, oh YES! Almost daily. <em>Heather, Queen of Shake-Shake's last blog post..<a href='http://queenofshake-shake.blogspot.com/2008/07/t-minus-13-days-and-counting.html' rel="nofollow">T-Minus 13 Days and Counting</a></em> Does my mind travel in elegant self-defeating spirals too? Well, I’ve never been accused of being elegant, but besides that, um, oh YES! Almost daily.

Heather, Queen of Shake-Shake’s last blog post..T-Minus 13 Days and Counting

]]> By: calm mama http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-1598 calm mama Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:15:40 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/#comment-1598 More on the subject: Many many bloggers weigh in on the to daily or not-daily post issue at this site: <a href="http://queenofshake-shake.blogspot.com/2008/07/to-write-or-not-to-write.html" rel="nofollow">Queen of Shake Shake</a> More on the subject:

Many many bloggers weigh in on the to daily or not-daily post issue at this site:

Queen of Shake Shake

]]> By: calm mama http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-1595 calm mama Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:15:12 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/#comment-1595 Hooray Charrette! Hooray Tricia! I too am a little tooooo obsessed with my stats. Of course we write to be read. Funny how my reach is in maybe the low hundreds on a good day here, and I used to be able to write for thousands when I was on staff at a newspaper. This is much more immediate, of course. And the interactive part is more fun. Maybe I'll make an archive page of my favorite old articles. More stuff to hope that someone comes by and looks at. Heh. @Leila: Just figured out how to follow you on Twitter. Now need to figure out how to message people there. Definitely sink-hole potential. Hooray Charrette! Hooray Tricia! I too am a little tooooo obsessed with my stats. Of course we write to be read. Funny how my reach is in maybe the low hundreds on a good day here, and I used to be able to write for thousands when I was on staff at a newspaper. This is much more immediate, of course. And the interactive part is more fun.

Maybe I’ll make an archive page of my favorite old articles. More stuff to hope that someone comes by and looks at. Heh.

@Leila: Just figured out how to follow you on Twitter. Now need to figure out how to message people there. Definitely sink-hole potential.

]]> By: Tricia http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-1592 Tricia Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:11:32 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/#comment-1592 My mind is constantly travel in elegantly self-defeating spirals, and sometimes I think blogging makes it worse. Stat counters, comment feeds ... unless the numbers are worthy of an ego boost, which mine are not, the self-defeating spirals can be intense. <em>Tricia's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Shoutdaily/~3/348553455/' rel="nofollow">A Hypocrite’s View of Leaving Home</a></em> My mind is constantly travel in elegantly self-defeating spirals, and sometimes I think blogging makes it worse. Stat counters, comment feeds … unless the numbers are worthy of an ego boost, which mine are not, the self-defeating spirals can be intense.

Tricia’s last blog post..A Hypocrite’s View of Leaving Home

]]> By: Leila http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-1591 Leila Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:21:59 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/#comment-1591 I mean, the existential question of "what is it all for" still applies. I just started Twittering. I vowed I would never twitter, because why bother? Now I'm twittering. And nobody notices, so I've added more people and put a link to it on my blog.... Probably just a sinkhole and another way to goof off online. We'll see how it goes. http://www.twitter.com/bedouina <em>Leila's last blog post..<a href='http://bedouina.typepad.com/doves_eye/2008/07/the-bus-to-the-beach-1.html' rel="nofollow">The Bus to the Beach</a></em> I mean, the existential question of “what is it all for” still applies. I just started Twittering. I vowed I would never twitter, because why bother? Now I’m twittering. And nobody notices, so I’ve added more people and put a link to it on my blog…. Probably just a sinkhole and another way to goof off online. We’ll see how it goes.

http://www.twitter.com/bedouina

Leila’s last blog post..The Bus to the Beach

]]> By: charrette http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-1589 charrette Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:12:36 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/#comment-1589 Oh, my goodness! THANK YOU for writing this and posting it today! Just what I needed to hear. I'm relatively new to the blogosphere. Created mine about 3 months ago. So, no, I don't have all the BlogHer issues. But I do share the downward spiral in terms of feeling less talented, less hilarious, less designed, and even less popular. I had no idea what I was getting into here. But here i am. I'm currently questioning everything. And trying not to beat myself up when something goes awry. <em>charrette's last blog post..<a href='http://divergentpathways.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-warm-fuzzy-world.html' rel="nofollow">My Warm, Fuzzy World</a></em> Oh, my goodness! THANK YOU for writing this and posting it today! Just what I needed to hear. I’m relatively new to the blogosphere. Created mine about 3 months ago. So, no, I don’t have all the BlogHer issues. But I do share the downward spiral in terms of feeling less talented, less hilarious, less designed, and even less popular. I had no idea what I was getting into here. But here i am. I’m currently questioning everything. And trying not to beat myself up when something goes awry.

charrette’s last blog post..My Warm, Fuzzy World

]]> By: calm mama http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-1588 calm mama Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:58:09 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/#comment-1588 I am truly amazed at how pervasive the malaise has been across at least some larger-than-expected subset of the internet. RB? AB? Lizette? All of us? It's pretty wild! Forgot to mention another esteemed blog friend who put the brakes on recently, <a href="http://damomma.com/2008/06/26/it-wasnt-the-booger-thing" rel="nofollow">Damomma</a>. I am SO grateful for your comments and stories. This is the best thing about having a blog, saying the thing you were afraid to say and having others say, me too, and rock on! I heart all of you. I am truly amazed at how pervasive the malaise has been across at least some larger-than-expected subset of the internet. RB? AB? Lizette? All of us? It’s pretty wild! Forgot to mention another esteemed blog friend who put the brakes on recently, Damomma.

I am SO grateful for your comments and stories. This is the best thing about having a blog, saying the thing you were afraid to say and having others say, me too, and rock on!

I heart all of you.

]]> By: Leila http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-1587 Leila Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:49:12 +0000 http://thecalmbeforethestork.com/2008/07/26/blog-identity-crisis/#comment-1587 "might even meet soon"... “might even meet soon”…

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