I’ve been having some serious brain fog. No really. Brain fog (to those just joining the program) prevents me from posting as well as commenting. I’d explain it all but, shit fire, I’m sick of going through all of that nonsense. One of the veterans will have to fill you in. Or you could keep in mind that the Archives are your friend. Just sayin’.
Anyway, if I had a BFF in the blogosphere it would be Awaiting. And she’s been gone for some time now (very sad for me, dontcha know). But she’s back!! Yay! So, the pointing and laughing can commence once again.
Enough with the niceties.
I’ve been reading some rumbling in ye ol’ ‘Sphere that folks are dropping their blogrolls. *ahemPaulaahem* They say that it’s easier to read from one of those reader things. They say the don’t like the upkeep involved and that it’s easier to get rid of the ‘roll than to read whiny emails asking why someone wasn’t added or why someone was dropped. Keep everything nice and neat and off the page! Well, I say poppycock! I won’t be joining that trend, no sir. And you can’t make me.
Back in the day when I was doing serious blogging and before I started cursing in public (can you believe that shit?) I read all over town how linkage was like currency. And how the higher your TLB rankings the more important you are. SEO literature will tell you that it’s important to boost site rankings to gain visitors, because Google and Technorati like to list more popular blogs first in searches. Of course, commenting at spots other than your own and creating a lot of controversy can help that too, but we’re not talking about that. Ok? Settle down back there! And so, I had a pretty big fucking blogroll. I split it up into like 4 sections, too. It was awesome. Back then when you linked to someone they linked back, so all this effort was mutually beneficial. The world has changed in a few short years. *sigh* My habit was born then.
Now, I only link to blogs I actually read. And I use the front page of my spot as my homepage (politics are handled separately, of course) and bounce around from here. For those that like visitors (and pay close attention to that sort of thing) they can look in their site stats and see a referral from here with a Verizon extension and know it’s me. I don’t comment a lot and so this keeps me on some folks’ radars. And if it’s someone I just started reading then they can look in their stats (or in Technorati, or they’re WP dashboard) and see that they have a referral from here- then pop on over to see what’s going on. Sometimes I even get readers that way. It’s just too much damned work for me to go all over the ’sphere to leave little meaningless comments so that people follow me back. I might have to work on that though. I mean, once I get the itch to get some traffic. I kind of like only having so many readers- less pressure to update regularly that way. And I don’t have to be all witty and insightful and shit all the time. But back to what I was whining talking about.
I won’t delink anyone either, once they get on my ‘roll. Unless they close down their blog. Shoot, that requires maintenance, and if the blog isn’t a 404 page I ain’t doin’ the work. Ya know? I might delink if someone is a complete turd and has dropped off the edge of sanity. Fuck that noise. I did do something to illustrate that keeping the sidebar clean and maintaining a ‘roll here in my home isn’t all that difficult. Look to your left and you will see 5 links in the sidebar. What you’re not there? Check again. Still not? Look up. See that link that says “Full Links List”? Look in there. One thing I just LOVE about WP is that I can not only make my links appear in random order(so that it’s always someone different at the top- to soothe those insecurities and shit) but I can make my blogroll mighty small and put the rest away for safe keeping. So every time you load the page the sidebar changes- taking links from the link page and putting them here. It’s a beautiful thing, isn’t it?
Can I just say that I’m sick and tired of people and their goddamned soft feelings? Honestly, just because I say something doesn’t automatically mean I’m taking a silent jab at anyone. Fuck, if I do that I pretend it’s subtle but it really isn’t subtle at all. The other day I was sitting on the porch talking to the Mother and I said:
“I got my first crop of radishes. You know, those things are really good straight from the garden- all soft and tender. Not like when you buy them in the store.”
She says: “I’m not stupid. I know what they taste like. I lived on a farm, remember? Why does everyone think that I don’t know what a vegetable tastes like out of the garden? I’m not stupid, ok?”
Go back and reread that.
I say: “I am really sick of walking on eggshells around you fucking people. Look, I made a general observation about radishes, because I had never had them straight from the garden before, and it had nothing to do with you. I was talking about me eating radishes. When did you hear me call you stupid?”
By this time I was pretty loud. And Lil’ Miss was laughing pretty hard. And the Mother and her damned soft feelings had broken my back with that last straw. I went on a longer tirade about her, TheMan, and Millie thinking everything was a damned insult directed at them and how it was annoying and I wasn’t going to take it anymore, but I don’t want to rehash. This was just to illustrate why I’m sick and tired of worrying if my saying “The blogosphere is round…I think” might insult someone because they see me secretly sending signals to someone that… Oh, fuck it! I just had to rant and if that’s a problem well too flippin’ bad. Ok? Good. I’m glad to get it off my chest.
You know what’s really bad about brain fog? When I get interrupted I lose my train of thought and don’t know where I was going and all of this starts to look pretty damned stupid. That sucks donkey balls, for real, yo. And I have to get to a doctor’s appointment, so I don’t have the time to figure out what I was going to say next. I’ll come back to this later, I guess. Now, I could just hit “Save” and not publish this, because, it’s not finished. But, holy shitballs, I haven’t updated in like a lot of days, so here goes nothin’.
Updated:
Blatant displays of racism will get someone kicked the fuck off my precious blogroll. Also porn sites won’t get added (duh, racist ones won’t get added either). Racism is one of my biggest pet peeves and I don’t stand for it. Ok? So, if you see that you are no longer part of my court think hard and you might figure out why. Also, I won’t respond to an email asking why, because I’m bitchy and selfish like that.
Now, I’m off to find more shit to add, just cause I’m in a mood and I can do that.
Peace, love and lollipops.
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Hey hey! Nice to see you ranting I mean posting again. Sorry about the brainfog and hope that all gets better. Lately everyone seems under the weather — I’m taking half a day off to get my daughter to the doctor, and I don’t feel so great myself. Anyway. Yep, the blogroll was part of the obsession with stats, counts, rankings, and crap, and I finally realized I’m never going to be a Giant Gorilla or whatever, so fuck it. (Not to mention that TLB is totally upfucked and has been for ages.) Got tired of worrying about it, hits, linking, linkbacks, yada. And I was clicking all day when half my peeps rarely update, bla de bla. With my iGoogle, I see at a glance new email, new posts, news links, kitty pics, and my game of the week (currently Hangman). So much more convenient, and if my hits/comments fall, so be it. I’m actually visiting more blogs now that I have all this time freed up and have made more contacts. Anytime I see a blog I like, I throw the feed in the reader and don’t give a thought to whether they like my blog or not. I only wish I had done it sooner.
“Well, I say poppycock! ”
I wish more people would say that. Poppycock. Poppycock……
Yep, MUCH nicer than “bullshit!”
As far as blogrolls go, I’m much in agreement. Mine’s pretty much in the order in which I met people, so if anyone doesn’t like the order, they can just hop in their time machine and meet me earlier than they did. I put in the blogs I want to read regularly and advertise. I don’t take many down, but if I don’t want to read/advertise you anymore, out you go.
And if my comments had secret meanings as often as they’re said to, I’d have George Tenet’s old job!
Paula,
Sorry about the brainfog and hope that all gets better.
Fucking episodes suck ass. For real. After I spend two days lazing around because I just can’t move my body seems to have healed and has jacked itself up- three or four diet cokes might have contributed to that, though. Heh. I hate those fucking episodes, I’m telling you. Oh, and I have a doctor rant welling inside of me, just begging to come out. Just wait.
I don’t want to be the Big Banana anymore either. That’s too damned stressful for me. But I can’t get into that reader thing. I’m trying (again)- really. I forget about it a lot, too, so that might be why. Sometimes, though, I like to feel important. I’m sad and insecure like that, dontcha know.:)
Joe,
My granny used to say “Poppycock”. Love it. What the hell is a poppycock anyway? Never did find that out.
My blogroll has no rhyme or reason. Hell, some of them aren’t even blogs. But I put them there because I’m too damned lazy to make a new category for them. I have taken folks off my coveted spot before, but only because they don’t know I exist and I’ve gotten bored looking at the link. One person just started to really annoy me and I had to say adios. Not that they cared about me, because they had no idea I was alive, but the writing really took a hit and I couldn’t read it anymore. If I can’t pop over every once in a while and see what’s up without wanting to smack the hell out of my pc then no linkage. Ha! Take that! Oh, and I add people that add me, if only out of courtesy, but only if they’re halfway interesting do they stay up. (Blogwhore away!!!)
And if my comments had secret meanings as often as they’re said to, I’d have George Tenet’s old job!
I really, really don’t appreciate you saying that. I demand an apology and if I don’t get one you can expect some pretty heavy consequences. Ok? Think gremlins and trolls, buddy, because I’ve got an army. Ok?
Heehee, sorry, I’m a tad silly. Just go with it, because I have a feeling it’s not getting better today.:)
Well, I’m sorry you took offense.
And you’re threatening me with TROLLS? I bet most of them owe me either money or a favor.
And you’re threatening me with TROLLS?
Crap! I forgot about that. Hmmph. Don’t worry. I’ll think of something. Grrrr.
I used to care about reciprolinking and all of that, but I realized I just don’t care at this point if my blog gets any more ‘popular’ and it’s not worth the headache of people wondering why I didn’t add them/deleted them if I decide to. So I got rid of mine a while back too. Plus I rarely visited people from my blogroll anyway. I usually just respond to people who leave me comments.
Awwwww….you got me all emotional over here.
*sniff*
*sniff*
Okay, enough of all that…the dang train is ruining my moment here.
Friggin’ Arkansas trains!!
About blogrolling…call me prehistoric, but I’ll stick to mine.
That and by the time I get to blog, I am so intoxicated, I can’t be bothered with anything but.
Blogroll is your friend.
It helps.
For shizzle.
You got my word.
Word.
Unless, I totally missed the point of this post, in which case, excuse the drunken commenting.
Damn your blog ate my comment! Now I gotta be brilliant two times — grrrrrr!
Anyway, I gotta go old school on the blogrollin’, too. Every blog I list I visit when I have the time. I put them in alphabetical order to mask which are my faves and which not so much. But they’re all there because they either currently do or at one point did tickle my fancy — whatever a fancy is.
I will visit the blog of anyone who leaves a comment on my blog or I see is now linking to me. Whether I add them or not depends on a lot of things: do I have the time to really check em out to determine whether they should be added, am I just tired/lazy/busy, and some of that X-factor Simon Cowell talks about… whatever that is.
Is it anything like a fancy?
Anyway, regardless of fog, you still be rockin my blogoverse, JJ — you keep on rantin, girl.
Oh and I noticed you used “holy shitballs” ((c) Schad 2007) up there. Sweet, there’s another quarter!
webmiztris
I usually just respond to people who leave me comments.
See? That’s what gets me in trouble. Because I visit, think of something awesome to say, then immediately forget what it was and delete the comment. So then it looks like I never comment. Really, I do comment, but I never push send. Ya know? Please keep that in mind.:)
Awaiting,
I hope you passed out after that comment. Because I really think you needed to.:)
Schad,
I thought it got sucked down the spam hole, but I was wrong. I tried to get it, but failed. I’m so sorry.
I thought I was getting my fancy tickled once, but it turns out it was just gas. (Booo!! Bad joke! Bad joke!)
Also, I would like to add that I am a Schad groupie/stalker. I was going to keep that a secret but then what’s the point? The world already knows.:)