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well done V. Taking the piss right outta SK, Dooce and other shiteous “mommy bloggers” or whatever the fuck they are.
Finally, finally I get the answer as to why V won’t call her blog a blog. I guess it makes some sense, and even when it doesn’t, this was still good and funny V stuff.
Ah, some good ol’ V humor! Funny how there doesn’t seem to be that much difference between V’s (accurate) idea of a blogger and those damned attention whore wannabe celebrities.
I love the way you worded it. So sarcastic and humorous.
I admit, I have related pointless and uninteresting things about my life in my writings, and I have said that I keep a blog for myself to write…
But, I don’t revolve my life and world view around what “readers” have to say about me…. mainly because I have no readers… but, hell, I laugh at mommy bloggers and other such low esteemed persons.
Love your stuff, V, and I appreciate it also.
I wonder if V is an MTF? So cryptic, I wish she wanted some friends. I only read about 6 websites and/or blogs and V is right up there. V, do you read Joe Bageant? You are he are the only two who really make some sense and aren’t stuck in some introspective vapor bubble. I like hearing you rail on the mommybloggers. Serious, young mothers, like teenagers ought to be rounded up and put in their own compound to fight it out to the death and leave the rest of us alone. And I don’t mean alone in cyperspace, fuck that, I don’t read ‘em anyway but where I live, they’re EVERYWHERE and a more self-absorbed lot never roamed the earth. I was wondering why V was so touchy about her thang being a “website” and not a lowly “blog.” I get it now, but the terminology is kind of hair-splitting. I think the real difference is writing that is worth reading and writing that is completely inane and stupid. Keep on truckin’, Vi! I love the way you piss people off, even if it’s ever me.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v461/IamJesusFat/vaboring.jpg
^^ heh, funny picture.. its nice to see you care enough to actually make it.
dear v, you make me lol.
Meh, semantics. Blogs were started by techies anyways, not mommy-bloggers/myspacers.
But its kind of funny, since V does claim herself a writer (albeit poor one) over being a blogger, and:
“I will totally ignore the fact that I have nothing better to do with my time than write long, tedious blog posts about people who make fun of me.”
…when the post itself almost fits that description if not for the injected humor.
Probably by design. C’est la vie.
Aye! fellow liar.
Though, V… you “seem” to take it to extremes. If there is such a thing as “objectivity,” college done you wrong.
Blog - weB LOG - Keeping a log on the web. Period.
Self contradiction is funny. A blog is a blog is a blog. Call it what you will. (She know’s it’s a blog… after that digg-test with the worms, no-one can claim it’s not a blog - even in the sense she just described what a blog is. Plus the constant first person writing style…) But I sure love self-contradictions. Like “I write for me!” vs “Someone asked me what my formula is when calculating the profitability of a rental property, so I thought I’d post it.”
And
” I AM A WRITER. ” vs “The Saga tells an epic tale of an innocent blogger (Me) who almost got sued within her first few days of writing because some bitter hags couldn’t take a joke.”
Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus, and so on and so forth.
So it’s sarcasm. Must be. I see the sarcasm, but I missed the point. I don’t know what she tries to communicate with this one.
Ach… What’s up lately? Those house-hustling postings, ok, I have no interest - some people might. Fine. But after that self-pity family saga she wrote - after that it’s been a bit of a downhill.
I go to VA’s blog (yes, I used the b-word) for entertainment. I want the internet to entertain me. This self-contradiction was slightly amusing, but it hasn’t been that spicy and on-the-point lately.
I want my entertainment! Dance for me!
http://www.violentacres.com/archives/167/i-was-not-born-to-entertain-you - Yes you were, if you post in a blog.
Now get back to your desk and write something good!
I don’t agree. I read a blog on marital arts, I read tech blogs and finance blogs - none of them fit the given description. At all. you should choose to read what you like to read. (And if you choose to read something you hate just because you enjoy hating, don’t proclaim it the definition of blog.) Not funny.
I figure a blog can be whatever you want it to be by definition. By that rule it can also be a place where you make fun of others. That’s the freedom of the web. I don’t really publish my blog per say, it’s designed to keep my friends and family up to date with my life. I could make it private but I would hate to see my poor mom trying to log into my site. She still has problems with the answering machine.
give it up
you’ve a blog, you’re a blogger
let’s just say there’s good and bad blogging…
I Care!
Made me think of this: http://xkcd.com/124/
There are different types of blogs, V. Yours is great, but the mommyblogger obsession has stopped being entertaining… find someone else to destroy! There are plenty of ripe targets out there. Stab and twist.
Looks like The Girl Who is calling V out again. I Love it.
http://www.thegirlwho.net/
@17
Seems like someone who writes a particular blog doesn’t understand how irony works and that V understands it.
this is the first post you’ve made mocking other bloggers and the lame-ness of their sites, which I actually thought was amusing and worthwhile. It is funnier when you make general points about the stereotypical traps that they all fall into, instead of singling people out individually to point fingers.
…although, I HAVE discovered other fun blogs that way….
V’s post is not ironic, it’s hypocritical. The Girl Who is right on the money with this one.
Anyone who says ‘The Girl Who’ is right on the money with ANYTHING is obviously an idiot. That post of hers was so damn stupid that it’s not even worth replying too. I really hope V doesn’t take the bait and waste her time with her nonsense.
http://www.thegirlwho.net/monica-bielanko/2007/7/27/pot-kettle-black.html
Goshdarned. I withdraw whatever I said earlier.
Touché, VA, touché.
I love you V
IR, you’ve obviously not read the The Girl Who. She and V have sparred before and it’s because The Girl Who has V’s number and V knows it. THe Girl Who is just the only one who has the balls to say as much as opposed to all you V lovers. V is a blogger just like anyone else and I would argue she’s even worse because she uses shock tactics to get readers when other people are just blogging for themselves. So who is pandering more? V or the blogger who just writes about their boring day? For V to declare herself not a blogger is a huge load of crap. She writes about her life, she has ads and I think The Girl Who is a far better writer.
See, that’s where you’re wrong, Soda. I HAVE read ‘The Girl Who’…..or at least I TRIED to. She’s barely BARELY literate. It’s so funny that you think her method of ‘calling V out’ is ballsy, when the reality of the matter is her entire thought process makes me wonder if she has a learning disability. Seriously, I highly doubt she’s cutting V to the bone with her oh so witty commentary. Honestly, 99% of what she says barely makes sense. I imagine sparring with TGW is like sparring with a barely functional retard I honestly don’t know why V wastes her time. The most hilarious part of all of this is that TGW is probably patting herself on the back after writing her big ‘call out’ post and morons like you are there to say, “Oooo, GOOD ONE!” My little sister and her friends used to do the same thing when she called me a ‘poopyhead doo doo pants.’
Also, have you ever stopped to consider the only reason TGW even posted that mind numbingly absurd crap was because she is desperately trying to engage V again, thus driving traffic to her crappy blog? Hey TGW! If you’re reading this (And I highly suspect you’re actually Soda…no one with an IQ over 70 would defend you) the only reason people read you IS TO MAKE FUN OF YOU!
Also, CAROLINE IS PRETTIER AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT! Also, she has talent. You, my poor disillusioned friend, do not.
Nice. I think you just shot yourself in the foot with your idiotic post. Likening Monica to your immature little sister and then yelling how someone is prettier than someone else. What a loser you are.
I didn’t call Monica OR my little sister immature. I called them stupid. There IS a difference.
Now I KNOW you’re Monica. Only Monica wouldn’t understand the definition of words we all learned in grade school.
Why are we talking about her? Are we going to start discussing everyone who writes a disjointed, meandering, mess of a reply to something V writes now?
@IR
There is no way Caroline is prettier than Monica…sorry. Also, Caroline’s music sucks hard so basically, that’s my basis for liking Monica more and my IQ is (just barely) over 70. I don’t get why some people get so passionately angry about blogger wars. I can just see you sitting at your keyboard at 4am seething with cyber-anger thinking of the most biting insults to throw back at someone you don’t even know (disillusioned? i think you may have to actually MEET SOMEONE IN REAL LIFE to know that much about their personality)
P.S. saying The Girl Who is “barely literate” is “barely amusing” IR, get some new material douchebag.
Oh, please. Monica was a HUGE step down from Caroline for Serge. Why do you think Serge was so reluctant to tell his friends and family he was married? Oh please, you didn’t believe that garbage he fed his incredibly dumb and podunk wife that it would be more ’special’ if they kept it a secret, did you? OBVIOUSLY HE WAS ASHAMED OF HER. Which is probably why Monica had to invent fake screen names for herself to spill the beans about her super secret marriage on the Marah message board. She was in love and wanted to shout it from the rooftops! Unfortunately, her husband was worried what everyone would think of his tranny looking man-faced wife. ESPECIALLY after he had a hot piece of ass like Caroline.
Speaking of fake screen names in defense of herself, Monica, which one are you? I’m still betting my money on Soda. Using the word ‘likening’ when you really should have used the word ‘comparing’ is a typical Monica thing to do….she often tries to ‘dress up’ her writing with words not used frequently and only ends up sounding awkward. Also, that sentence was a fragment. Monica LOVES her fragments. I think she thinks they make her seem artistic and clever…..too bad she ends up looking painfully uneducated. Also, Monica often refers to V’s ’shock tactics.’ In fact, she uses that exact phrase. Hmmm….I think the cat is out of the bag, Monica.
Hey Jenny, how do you know I HAVEN’T met Monica in real life? See, that’s the most wonderful thing about her! People she describes as her ‘close friends’ are all secretly laughing at her behind her back!
You think Caroline is a hot piece of ass?! Ugh you are wierd but different strokes for different folks I guess. Monica’s not THAT much better, but better all the same. Caroline tries so hard to sing like Tori Amos and fails miserably in my opinion. She’s still trying to get famous off of a song she had in a Mandy Moore movie like 7 years ago. I think it’s about time for her to realize it just ain’t gonna happen for her….Anyways I don’t know why you’re even debating the looks of these two women, the man they fought over isn’t anything special either. I gotta admit though, there’s nothing like reading about hilarious drama between strangers to pass the time at work, I’m not too proud to say when it happened I spent about three hours straight on my bosses time reading about it on those two blogs, entertainment at it’s finest!
IA, you are scary. You’re obviously a woman, because no guy would care about girl blog battles. As a woman the fact that you’re so determined to call Caroline a hot piece of ass (which is quite the stretch) makes me think that you’re either creepily obsessed with Monica or friends with Caroline. Either way, let it go. You’re scaring us.
Ha! Compounding the sin of failed self-justification, by pissing in the wind with self-serving pseudonyms. Monica, we love you for the entertainment you provide!
Soda is definitely Monica – it’s the name of a song by her husband’s band, fer Chrissakes – and truth be told I’d bet my front teeth she’s Celery as well. In fact, it may well be that the only people who come to boards like this and defend TGW are all her! Which is perhaps why she likes to think the only people who would enjoy telling her how awful she is must be Caroline’s friends. ‘Fraid not, Mons Pubis, it seems you incite this response in total strangers. Now why would that be, I wonder?
The thing I love about TGW’s response to VA’s post, is that despite being long and rambling, it doesn’t manage to make much of a point other than, “So what if my writing is a pile of crap, stop being mean to me!”
You’d think that if TGW had an ounce of talent or self respect she might, you know, try and REFUTE the suggestion that her writing is an abomination and an insult to English speakers everywhere. But no: the best she can come up with is to wistfully defend the right of idiots like her to ‘blog for themselves’, no matter how appalling their spewed garbage is.
So you ‘blog for yourself’ do you, Monica? Then why did you hope/believe that doing so would earn you a book deal? Stop bullshitting, baby, the people ain’t buying it. And the fact that she seemed to think her wailing nonsense served as a genuine retaliation, ha!
Keep it coming, though, Monica. We’re all really enjoying watching you drown in a sea of your own mediocrity. And VA – great post.
I think the comment about ‘You’re scaring us!’ from Celery was particularly telling. It’s exactly the kind of blogging cliche that VA hints at in her post!
You women are so weird. The amount of time and attention you’re devoting to this and your complete lack of self awareness at how messed up you are over a girl you don’t know and who doesn’t know you exist is staggering. Was junior high and high school really so bad for you you’ve got to take it out on strangers?
Like I said before when you were pretending to be someone named ‘Jenny984,’ how do you know I DON’T know you, Monica? (Opps, I mean Celery. Or Soda. Or whoever you’ll be in an hour or so) Also, if you’re going to pretend to be multiple people, please be careful that you don’t repeat yourself under the wrong screen name. You’ll just humiliating yourself…again.
Listen Mono-celery, here’s how it works: We don’t know you, but we talk about you because you are like an illiterate clown who has wandered in off the street and demanded that everyone pay attention to you. Thing is, you’re not a very good clown, so at first people giggle to themselves and shift uncomfortably in their seats, and stare at you because its embarrassing to watch but hard to look away. You’ve mistakenly taken their continued attention as a signal to carry on, blindly assuming it’s genuine interest instead of morbid fascination. Wrong. See, you look stupid a whole lot of the time. You can’t help it. People would feel sorry for you if you weren’t so narcissistic along with it. You are both vain and mean, which is not a fabulously likeable combination so sympathy is sort of hard to muster when it comes to you. In the big picture you don’t count for all that much, but we make fun of a lot of people who behave like idiots on the internet, and you just happen to be one of them. You’re a joke. Get it?
Biotch no one is pretending to be me I’ve been posting on this thing since it started!