A few weeks ago, a friend, LB, was talking about a commercial she saw that she thought was hilarious. I have no idea what the product that was being pushed, but at some point in the commercial, a man and a woman have a meet cute, and they both discover they have the same profession-- they are bloggers. And LB was telling me about this and she laughed, saying, "Blogging is NOT a profession! Its NOT a real job!" I disagree.
Inside, I was dying a little bit. I want to be a professional blogger. I hope she doesn't read this and judge me. I secretly hope someday people will send me free products which I can unethically push in my blog to you readers, and you will think I'm so awesome that if I say that particular lip gloss is awesome, you will all go out and buy it immediately. Even the guys. Its my secret hope to be a professional blogger. I mean, how awesome? Sit around and think of witty things to write? Get accolades and free stuff? Make a difference in people's lives who read your blog about that time you and Parker went to McDonald's for a late night McFlurry?
Unfortunately, blogging full-time will have to wait. I've got to keep my day job. So, for now, I will have to be thankful for the support I get as a semi-part-time blogger. And let me say, that support is awesome. I LOVE getting comments from you guys. It makes me happy. Sometimes, when I've posted a particularly witty (in my humble opinion) blog, I get really excited about seeing how many people have read the blog and/or posted. I check it first thing in the morning, and usually last thing before I go to bed to see if the number of readers, and to see if anyone has posted a comment. And while this says more about the state of my life in general rather than the actual number of comments I've gotten, its the way it is.
But I've noticed a whole lot of interesting comments that have come through more recently, and I'd like to share some of them with you guys. Perhaps you can learn something from these people. (This will also be a good look back to both my new and old readers-- enjoy this trip down Memory Lane.) My thoughts will be in brackets.
"Its hard to come by well-informed people about this subject [who does Anonymous hang out with? People less informed than me?], however, you seem like you know what you are talking about! [I do know what I'm talking about, Anon- pizza is my favorite food]" This was posted as a comment on this blog- Pizza, Tennis and Draw Something., by Anonymous.
Also posted by Anonymous on that blog was "Thank you for the auspicious [Webster's dictionary defines "auspicious as "conducive to success". So, this blog is very special and successful. Thanks, buddy!] write up. In fact it was an amusement account [I'll ignore your incorrect use of grammar here]".
And, my favorite, once again by Anonymous, "Having read this, I thought it was really informative [if you read this blog, you'll see it was quite informative. It informed the readers of my night at my friend Andrew's house, making pizza, playing draw something and hanging out with a great group of friends. It's all an English teacher ever wanted in an essay]. I appreciate you taking the time and effort to put this together [You are so very welcome, Anon. I appreciate YOU taking the time and effort to comment on this]. I once again find myself personally spending a lot of time both reading and posting comments [Again, thanks Anon. If only every one of my readers spent so much time both reading and posting, I'd be able to reach my goal of professional blogger. Unfortunately, you seem to be my biggest fan, based on your sheer number of commnets.]. But so what, it was still worthwhile [thats the attitude I like to see!]."
Anon also had the following to say-- "You can certainly see the enthusiasm within the work you write. The sector hopes for even more passionate writers such as you who are not afraid to say what they believe [um, thanks, I think? I was just writing about an evening spent with friends-- I wasn't standing up for the rights of Draw Something participants everywhere or anything] At all times follow your heart [Do you write fortune cookies as a hobby?].
Anon has also commented on other blogs:
"Your style is really unique in comparision to other folks I have read stuff from [like successful, actual writers?]. Thank you for posting when you have the opportunity [You are welcome. Thank you for reading it when you have the opportunity and can take time away from spamming other people's blogs. Guess I will just book mark this blog [ Great idea, readers, take note!]." Posted on this blog.
"My brother suggested I would possibly like this website [Your brother sounds awesome. Want to trade?]. He was entirely right. This post truly made my day [Thanks, Anon, you have made my day with this comment!]. You cannot believe simply how a lot of time I had spent for this information [wait, you spent a lot of time trying to find information about my birthday party at the Clarksdale DHS office last year? That seems.... strange. A bit creepy. Where else did you look for this info? Wait, are you stalking me?] . Thanks!" [Um, you are NOT welcome. In fact, I tried to ignore all the "check out my website at...." and "use this brand new software to get more visitors to your blog" and "on-line cash loans" stuff that followed all your comments, but I can't anymore. Be gone, Anon.]
Just when I thought Anon was weird and creepy, I saw this comment, that apparently slipped past the Spam Blockers on that Tennis, Pizza, and Draw Something blog (I've underlined my favorite sentence.) Anon summed up todays blog in one sentence. He's after my job, y'all.
I usually do not leave a response, however I read some of the responses here "Pizza, Tennis and Draw Something....". I do have a few questions for you if you do not mind. Could it be simply me or does it seem like some of these responses appear like they are written by brain dead individuals? :-P And, if you are posting at other online sites, I'd like to follow everything fresh you have to post. Would you make a list of every one of all your social pages like your Facebook page, twitter feed, or linkedin profile?
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