Comments on: A Sh***y Post

By: Ash

Ash — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:05:25 +0000

A blog is a reflection of who you are - if you want to be fake-happy then that’s ok too, but if you want to reflect reality, and sometimes reality is pretty damn shitty, then shitty posts will have to happen.

It’s a bit like the first few times you have sex with someone new. You’re trying so hard to make a good impression, to be good, to do the right things. Someone told me that we were having ‘Cosmo-sex’ once. You know, like the magazine? Then after a few times you get past the Cosmo-sex and you start having real sex.

It’s a bit like that with the shitty blog posts. You’ve stopped having Cosmo-sex with your readers Neil - now we’re onto the real thing.

By: littlepurplecow

littlepurplecow — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:18:20 +0000

It feels good to be back.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:23:21 +0000

My shi**y posts nearly always come about when I feel some inane pressure to post SOMETHING. It’s when I remember that this whole exercise started - for me - as an electronic journal, and get back to writing for me, that I actually start to like my posts again.

Of course, by comment count, the external realities are often exactly opposite of the above.

Eh.

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:51:25 +0000

My mother is too self-involved to read my blog.

Occasionally, when I write something especially witty, I’ll direct her there.

Of her own volition, she can’t be bothered. Which gives me open license to complain about her without fear of retribution.

My mom’s pretty tightly wound. She’d probably like you until she realized you wrote the word “penis” on the internet. She’d say, “who does that.” (sheltered,too.)

By: CuriosityKiller

CuriosityKiller — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:34:10 +0000

You and I are from different worlds, Neil. I can only PRAY that my mom doesn’t read my blog… and I can’t help but actually write shitty posts.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:53:36 +0000

To me, it doesnt matter if it’s “shitty” as long as it’s real.

By: HeyJoe

HeyJoe — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:34:34 +0000

Your shitty posts are better than my attempts to not be shitty.

By: plain jane

plain jane — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:03:03 +0000

Neil,

No matter how shitty the post you’ll always have a warm place in my heart.

I read the post on Spitzer first and any guy who has never been to a prostitute AND doesn’t even care to, is high on my list.

I agree that prostitution should be legal. But do you know that 90% of prostitutes have been sexually abused as children? Read some “fun facts” about this “victimless” crime.

http://www.icasa.org/uploads/prostitution.pdf

By: Mid-Week Round-Up | Los Angeles Metblogs

Mid-Week Round-Up | Los Angeles Metblogs — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:46:22 +0000

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By: MammaLoves

MammaLoves — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:27:28 +0000

I think my mom actually stopped reading my blog.

How sad is that?