I like the term "reader" better than I like the term "follower". Google should change that.
Anywho, today is photo day. Here's Jera's photo:
Unexpected
Let us know what you think.
Now I just want to give you guys an update on what's been going on with me. I haven't had much time for such writing of late because of the vampire series, which occupied all of last week, and because I just started school again. I won't say things have felt hectic, because for me, hectic is hustling to stay high or drunk and hoping that I don't meet any cops along the way. But things have been busy.
I am quite enjoying school so far. I scheduled all of my classes for Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I still have quite a bit of "free" time, although that time will undoubtedly be cut to size once my homework load increases. I've been trying to get a little more consistency in my life where the 12 Steps are concerned, as I was definitely wavering for a period. I could feel the effects of that. In my experience, if I am wavering and feeling effects, then I am already pretty close to relapsing, so it is of paramount importance to stay connected with that portion of my life (which was the main point of the trip to Florida).
Oh, and the big news is that on the 28th I celebrated six months clean! I haven't been clean for six months in a row in a couple of years at least. It feels like a major milestone for me. I am proud of that fact and encouraged when I think about how relatively easy it was yesterday to not get fucked up. If I do what I did yesterday to stay clean, then I am told I can expect the same results today. There are only a few people in my circle of acquaintances who believe that I will use again. To them: get fucked, you rotten soulless pieces of shit.
I have the greatest possible mix of people in my life, and to all of you who help me along this path, I'd like to say thank you and acknowledge what is essentially my life debt to you.
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Well I'll be goddamned. Don't read much into what I'm about to say... but... I never get writer's block. But here I am. Blocked. This is worse than the constipation I had that I told you guys about a couple of weeks ago. An unfamiliar feeling. Perhaps the result of not enough sleep. Or too much sleep. Or something.
Fuck it.
Tell me about you? Where are you from? Do you write a blog? How do you find blogs you are interested in? How old are you? What's your stance on the death penalty? Did you know that human produced carbon emissions only account for 2% of total carbon emissions worldwide? Do you think I should turn my blog into a "Dear Abby" kind of thing, where I just sit on some proverbial high-horse and dish out advice to unwed teenage trailer trash mothers? Do you prefer Heinz 57 or A1? Let me know.
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Great colors in the photo. The lollipop was a great idea to ghost the colors of the yellow and red objects in the distance.
First off, congrats on your upcoming sobriety. My husband battled alcohol addiction for years. Shit hit the fan, he got some major help and he'll be one year stone sober this Sept. It can totally be done, especially when you have amazing stuff in your life to look forward to.
I write a blogel. Every day I put up a chapter. Today is the last day (sniffle). One month = one book. I need some money and a long vacation, so my goal is a book a month until someone is willing to pub my shit. The cool thing is the people who follow give me instant feedback, so I can edit each chapter a couple of times with help instead of trying to do it on my own. And they (at least pretend to) seem to like what I'm writing. So good there.
It will come...just like the other end. You can't be bound up forever.
www.forgivingtrinity.blogspot.com
Simply congrats on the cleanliness. I know from a personal standpoint what a triumph that is. It does get easier - eventually. I am proud of you, for you, and with you. Here's to another six.
Hmm that lollipop reminds me of this huge candy they used to sell at the fairs in Cuba when I was about five, before fairs got cut all together and we were forced to play with rice and tin cans as children. I can see now where all this pent up creativity is stemming from.
CONGRATULATIONS! You seem (at least from this point) to be doing great and you will continue to succeed with the help of your loved ones, Jera and your desire to turn things around and keep contributing that wonderful gift God has given you.
Of course I believe in the death penalty, making an example out of people always works. This may be because where I come from, if you rape a child you get hung (no questions asked), hence why rarely do you ever hear of anyone raping children or committing the heinous crimes I have to watch day in and day out from my tube. It's horrific.
This comment got heavy, eh?
Can't wait til' Thursday (yeah, I'm unveiling your schmexy tranny self to the world a day earlier as I'm going away for the weekend with my father).
Happy Monday!
Congrats!! That's way cool. 6 months. :)
congratulations on six months!! i still drink socially, but will be celebrating nine years clean on november 21st and cannot believe it sometimes.
it's funny - when you said that for you, 'hectic' was hustling to stay high - i can completely understand that. busy days sober or drug free are never as hectic as the days you spent hustling or scoring. sober living gives you a completely different outlook on life.
i only recently started a blog, but writing has always been an outlet for me. i'm from new york, living in florida, just turned 30, and am trying to go to college for the first time (unless you count the six classes i went to in 1997 before i dropped out). i find blogs i like by clicking on comments that i like on blogs i already read :D
keep it up charles <3 good stuff.
http://justanotherwastedday.blogspot.com/
Who am I? Well I am female, Aussie, mid 40's. Wife, mother, daughter, friend etc. Yes I write a blog, well more just random stuff that amuses me. The death penalty is just wrong. Life is too precious. Your blog is your own and inspiration will return. Congrats on the 6 months. I think you are amazing. Hugs :)
Congrats on your six month milestone! No doubt there will be many more milestones to celebrate in the future.
As you know, I am a self-proclaimed Empress whose current goal is to get B.O.N.'ed. My blog is anonymous because:
1. I want to have the freedom to write what I want without having concerns that my candor may somehow impact future employment opportunities.
2. I think that a cloak of anonymity helps limit any preconceived notions about the writer like age, country of origin, etc. While I rant & rave I do so to 'connect' others through their common interests, dislikes and experiences.
My intention is to NOT discuss political matters on my blog, some of which I am quite vocal. I want my blog to be a platform to rant about things which most people can relate in a hopefully humorous manner. The topic of politics just doesn't seem to lend itself to humor.
I'm sure you would do a bang up job dishing out advice to unwed teenage trailer trash but I think your writing is too good to waste on an advice column.
Have a great week Charles! xo The Empress
http://rantersbox.blogspot.com
Heinz 57.
Only losers read blogs.
Vampires suck.
Death Penalty is OK, but only if I get to choose the recipients.
Congratulations on your sobriety. I had a boyfriend who made it a month after he wrecked his car drunk and then he bought a new car and decided to celebrate and wound up getting drunk and arrested and...Well, I was a b**** and broke up with him after that, but I was eighteen and he was twenty three and I was not mature enough to handle those kinds of problems, especially since I didn't drink and couldn't see why he couldn't just cut himself off. It's good that you can make it six months, though. And don't they say like the first month is the hardest? Please pretend I didn't just throw like in the middle of a sentence. Anyway, I think you can make it to that year mark and I hope you do, for your sake.
Please don't turn your blog into a Dear Abby thing. If you have to go the advice route why not like Savage Love? That's a more enjoyable advice column. It's always funny. Dear Abby is NEVER funny. Ever.
It's funny you should ask how I find blogs to read. I find them on StumbleUpon, the most addictive time wasting thing you can find on the internet because it brings you the internet you like. So that's how I found your blog. And some others. I do have a blog, but it's like a personal freedom thing and not like I want people "following" it kind of thing.
Heinz is a ketchup. A1 is a steak sauce. One is for steak, one is for burgers and hot dogs. The two are NOT interchangeable. I'm from Texas and the rule is you NEVER put ketchup on a steak. Ever. It's just...wrong. And you ONLY use A1 if your steak is overcooked or not seasoned and marinated properly. And even then...you really just shouldn't eat the steak. You should give it a little dignity in its damnation and send it on to a better life...in the Dog's stomach.
I'm not answering all of your questions because...well, I'm at work and the phone is going nuts which makes it hard to type with one hand and only half my brain thinking about what I'm writing.
Congratulations. Seriously awesome shit. Your past is interesting, and you've obviously learned a lot. Kick ass.
From Sacramento, lived in OK last 7 years, just moved to panhandle of Florida. (And I burst into flames everyday too)
I write a blog about my two incredible kids, since we're so far from family, for the family to keep updated with them. It's boring to anyone that doesn't adore my kids and I have like 13 followers. I'm thinking about starting a new one journaling about batteling depression and finding my inner optimisitc self.
I hardly find blogs I'm interested in, this is one of about 7 I read on a regular basis, though I just got here from your blog of note win.
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Did you know that 94% of statistics are made up?
How about letting Count Dread run the "Dear Abby" portion of your blog?
Neither.
I don't remember if I've commented on any of your posts before but I really enjoy reading your blog. Jera's picture this week is cute and colorful, but I wish I could see the lollipop full-on instead of from the side.
My name is Shannon and I have a blog (www.iwishihadacoolurl.blogspot.com). I'm 19 and I kinda just write about my life and such, but not with as much flair as other people I look up to. The main way I find cool blogs to read is through links on OTHER blogs that I happen to like already. I prefer ketchup over A1. In theory, the death sentence is hypocritical (a murder for a murder? that sets a good example) and it's an easy way out for some criminals. I think a long life in prison is a good form of punishment instead.
You're lucky you never get writer's block. You might be freaking out right now, but don't worry, it'll go away soon. I think you could write a funny post answering a few readers' questions in your typical humorous voice that would provide for some good entertainment, but don't turn all Dear Abby on us 100%.
Oh yeah, and congrats on the 6 months! That's really awesome.
Six months is awesome. I know what it takes to get there and I am immensely proud of all of what you have accomplished in that time, including many other things besides staying sober. Oh and execute the dirty rotten, soulless pieces of shit when they are convicted. They do not deserve to breath the same air (or emit carbon) as the rest of us. I would gladly give my life wrongly convicted than even one of these animals ever goes free!
OK, let's address this in order:
The photo is fun, I like the blues throughout, but think the stormy cluds on the left could be punched up to provide additional contrast to the fun stuff in the foreground - abit of Something Wicked This Way Comes thrown into it.
Congrats on staying clean - pretty good shit!
"get fucked, you rotten soulless pieces of shit" should be on a t-shirt.
And now for the answers to your burning questions:
I am from Northern CA, I write a blog or two, I search for witty commentary on blogs I already read, and then read the commenter's blogs - that's how I found you. I am 43, and exactly the same age as Pamela Anderson. Not fond of the Death Penalty, especially if applied to myself. However, if I was the survivor of a heinous crime, I might change my mind. I'm reserving my opinion on carbon emissions all together for lack of personal research into the matter. I think you should have the weird emo/scene kid do a dear (whatever her name is) once in a while. I prefer Heinz chili sauce.
You ask...I answer.
1.) I'm from NH, NC, PA, and CA. I'm not sure where to call home anymore.
2.) I write a blog called Living and Loving in California. Here's the link just incase you wana browse. http://livingandlovingincalifornia.blogspot.com
3.) I find interesting blogs to follow from reccomendations made from other people or their blog. It's an eclectic mix.
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5.) I support the death penalty.
6.) I did not know about the 2% human emmision thing.
7.) No, I do not think you should become 'Dear Abby" or anything that resembles it. I enjoy the randomness of your current writing- writers block and all.
8.) I hate both Heinz 51 and A1.
Cogratulations on 6 months of sobriety. Here is a giant cheese ball to celebrate with- I belive in you and the power of your positve thinking, you can do it. I also am a firm believer that the 12-step program works...my dad has been sober for 29 years using the program. He still attends 3-4 AA meetings a week.
Hi Charles, congratulations on your sobriety! YAY!!! -gives you a party hat-
Anyways regarding to your other questions you so politely asked me to answer, I am Morgan (The Adorkable Ditz) and I am from sunny Southern Coastal California. Born and raised (really isn't as good as it seems :P). Yes I write a blog (which you can find on the link exchange on here :D) I am 17 going on 18 on Annah's 6 month blogaversary (September 15th baby!).
My stance on the death penalty is, if they kill, they should be killed, lifers drain the economy.
Yes I knew about the carbon emissions, no do not go dear Abby on me, and I prefer neither Heinz or A1.
Anything else?
The Adorkable Ditz
http://theadorkableditzmissteps.blogspot.com/
I really like the photo!
I'm invovled with a project where you take a picture everyday. Its really neat and I enjoy looking at all the pictures.
And I wish you all hte best to stay clean. It took a while for someone close to me to not to give into his addiction. His friends and family were the ones who helped him through.
I write a blog. Just letting people know whats going on in my life. Not all that exiciting.
I'm from Canada. It rocks. I love it here. Although I wana get out of my province. Or at least out of my city.
Death pentaly: don't really have much of an opinion. I don't think it exists in Canada. Althought I do think child molesters, serial killers and animal abusers are on the top of my list.
Emissions: No, I did not know that. Weird
Heinz 57 or A1: I dont know what those things are. Are they still ketchup?
Congratulations on six months clean! Or... is that what you're supposed to say? I've never been to an AA meeting, but I've been to enough Al-Anon meetings to know that there's this whole other language associated with the steps.
I believe in the steps and I'm very proud of you (I'm a bit older than you, and I'm a mom, so I'm allowed to say that...)
Change can be tricky, so just go with your instincts and keep talking to people--whether it be us or actual flesh-and-blood friends. (I don't know about the rest of your readers, but I'm totally a pre-Cylon avatar trapped in the body of a robot, so I have neither flesh nor blood...)
I believe in you.
Meanwhile, I'm a Jersey girl w/ a blog, to find good blogs I read comments and follow links, I'm 29, I'm against the death penalty (yes, in ALL cases), I didn't know that about carbon emissions, I don't think you should do the Dear Abby thing, and I prefer spicy mustard to any tomato based condiment. Grey Poupon, if you really want to know.
Oh, and you didn't ask, but I'm a vegetarian.
Why do I feel like I just answered an ad on eHarmony?
Great job. I've always been a heavy drinker, but since I committed to this blog and am launching another site this fall/winter, drinking gets in my way. I've been sober for I don't know how long just because I enjoy this more. I believe in you, my friend. Enjoy your life.
Townsville, Australia (though I'm originally from New Zealand). Yes. Normally through "Blogs of Note" or just general blog-hopping. 18. Undecided... some crimes I think merit it, others dont. Yes. No. Cant really say, as I'm not familiar with either.
Also, CONGRATULATIONS! Six months is a huge step, well done!
Dani-Q
http://thedaniquechronicles.blogspot.com
mazel tov Charles on your 6 months. Believe in yourself with your sobriety and your writing.
YAY!!! Well done on the sobriety milestone! That is a big deal and something to be very proud of. Just keep going and you'll be great. :)
As for me, I was born in Washington state, but have lived in Utah since I was 4. Now I'm 28 years old, a mother, and a full-time student. I do write a blog, and I have enjoyed the blogosphere very much.
I find interesting blogs through comments on other blogs, and the Blogs of Note list (that's how I found yours!) I believe the death penalty can be appropriate in extreme cases. No, you shouldn't change your blog to an advice column. Oh, I definitely prefer A1, and I didn't know about the carbon emissions thing. You learn something new every day. :)
http://candicesstories.blogspot.com/
DUDE. I seriously thought, and hoped, you'd never ever ask.
1) I am Alexis and I'm a little bit of a whiner and a bore.
2) I'm from St. Louis. People think it's cool here and they are usually white college kids from even smaller towns.
3) I wish I had enough sense to get off this sweet laptop I have and find other blogs, but I'm on Faceboo most of the time. I did just find one tonight that is riveting. Since I have a dear friend that is battling cancer, age 30, it sorta hits home. This guy looks like he's beating his cancer at least. Trying to convince my homie to start her own blog.
http://www.cancercenter.com/patients/eddie/about.aspx
4) I just had a birthday. I don't tell my age. And I don't know you very well, so...
5) Death penalty is bad. I think it has its perks, but I don't want to have my thumb on the juice, ever. I wouldn't care to think about it. Scary stuff to be in the reality to have to think about it.
6) And about the human carbon emissions ... are you talking about our own fecal matter that we produce, or the man made machines that need them. I was under the impression that the vehicles were jacking up Antarctica and Greenland, but it makes sense if we also emit those emissions from our own bodies. We're full of it that's for sure.
7) Do not become anyone giving advice to anyone, please. You would be mean! You're funnier this way, on your soapbox.
8) I think I like A1.
I can't begin to try to figure out what you are like in person, or make any kind of judgment call. But you're a silly dude. I had fun filling this out. But i'm probably still a bore. My own blog is proof.
prov2024.blogspot.com
Have a blessed day/night/whichever time of day you return to these responses.
Hello there! I found you on Red Means Go and am glad that I came over to give you a read! Just love the blogs. I’m Jewels and I’m from Pennsylvania. I do write a blog (just started a couple weeks ago). It is meant to be an online journal of sorts. So far it’s about the fact that I’m about to turn 30 which I am not necessarily happy about. It’s a recap of some funny dating stories and my takes on life; a review of where I’ve been and where I’d like to go. Since you asked I am pro death penalty for those who deserve it. I was aware of human carbon emissions. I think your blog is perfect just the way it is and I hands down prefer Heinz 57!!!
I’d be thrilled if you stopped by my blog and let gave me some feedback.
http://jewelsturning30.blogspot.com
Way to go, Charles! Keep it up, dude!
I am The Opto-Mom, not to be confused with the psycho Octo-Mom. I'm insane, but not psycho.
I am from Texas.
I do write a blog...come visit if you're feeling goofy.
I find most blogs through the comments on other people's blogs. If they are funny or insightful, I click on them and check them out.
I'm 30-something, but I'll have to ask my daughter for the exact number.
Death penalty? I'm from Texas, remember? So hell, yeah.
Great news on the carbon emissions. I'll start breathing again now that I know I'm not single-handedly causing global warming/cooling/changing or whatever the f*ck they're calling it this week.
I think you should do a Dear Abby type segment once a week. And please don't limit it to trailer trashy unwed teen mothers. The rest of us need help too!
A1 or Heinz 57? I would have to choose A1 out of those 2 choices, but I really like Worcestershire the best!
I have shared about myself in our messages. Hopefully you remember. I do have a blog and I hope that you even read it from time to time.
I think it is wonderful that you are clean, I pray that you continue to go forward. I've come to enjoy your work, and have become fond of you as a person. Sounds strange, I know I've never met you, but what I do know about you I like. I would miss you terribly if you could not continue your work. Press forward!
Please don't take for granted the progress you have made, take care of yourself first and all else later.
God Bless,
Chaplain Donna
By the way, the picture is really nice. It is very professional.
I do write a blog, not sure if it's your type. I enjoy it! Just wanted to say you have a stunning girlfriend. Absolutely gorgeous-and you have one of my favorite blogs! Keep it up!
www.themadnesscont.blogspot.com
Just in case you wanted to check it out. The latest ones aren't the greatest, I'd go back some if you bother reading it at all.
Thanks, Charles!
I love how this post is 50% synchronized to Annah's... ANYWAY..
Because I'm a woman, I'm vain, and narcissistic (and anything synonymous) I will respond to your last paragraph. I'm 18 and from the tri-state area of New York. BLAH BLAH BLAH. I think all of them need to die.. kidding! Though that was probably a bad joke. Here's the truth: I don't THINK of death penalty. I write a blog but it's mostly for myself so DON'T read it. I found Annah and other blogs I follow through the blogs of note. I found you through Annah. Yes I actually knew that but did you also know that environmentalism is a fad the establishment is milking on while the poor Earth is deteriorating? Did you know there's no such THING as a carbon foot print but THERE IS such as a thing as deforestation and over pollution and high-fructose corn syrup, polyethylene fucking with prepubescent children's growth hormones, and a whole lot of ass whooping we give ourselves? And no don't turn this into Dear Abby. Personal problems of others are typical but this blog about you is interesting. Oh and congratulations on your staying clean!
Neat photo, and congrats on staying clean. Bathing is very important.
In no particular order:
Three cats, two blogs, and the rabbit is fake.
Sometimes Blog of Note, but usually blogs I find through other blogs I already like.
46; no death penalty.
Yes, something around there or a little more, but it's enough to make a difference. The carbon balance of our planet is a rather delicate thing. It's true that we've always had ice ages and warm periods, but now we're all comfortable with today's climate (more or less), we'd like that to stop fluctuating. It's not nice to have drought and famine and etc.
People who write to Dear Abby deserve the advice they get, so just make sure it's screamingly funny.
Neither.
First off, I have a blog called afreshstartwithkalei...I am 56 and a widow for 9 years... three 'kids' 2 adult girls and one 20 yr. old ocd son that is putting me thru the wringer... Congrats on staying sober... I hope u keep up the good work.. Earlier this year I had to end a relationship of 5 years to someone who has a drinking issue and I only learned about it after almost a year into the relationship... I had given him 2 chances and I tried encouraging him to get help.. He claimed he did and then would go back to his old ways... He was the master of lying and deception...
As far as the photo, I love it... Did the subject just happen to be wearing the same color top as it seems to reflect the others quite nicely... My blog consists of my photos, my feelings... my interest is photography, gardening, reading, music... Right now I have posted a fairly new artist: Sara Barielles who happens to have gone to the same college that one of my daughters went to...
Me: I am just looking for happiness.. I've had a lot of loss over the past 9 years as well as the loss of a relationship earlier this year... My patience is definitely being tried by my son and I am hoping to be able to get thru it..
I enjoy your blog as well as Jera's... Love both your writings- a lot of honesty and feeling...
I'm Heather I take pics and blog about it at http://dirtqueenphoto.blogspot.com/ Yes to the death penalty, No to dear Abby, and A1 for sure.
Congrats btw! Just remember hugs not drugs!
it's always good to read the little random thoughts and entertaining comments you have x
and good job about being sober btw! it might feel boring sometimes, but honestly i truly believe it's when you feel most alive- and that' the best part.
galatea
http://candidebyvoltaire.blogspot.com
And so it goes...
You, constantly battling to stay clean, as I continue fighting to remain as dirty as possible.
((sigh))
Two ships. Night.
((sigh again))
Seriously, mate, that's brilliant news and I salute you. And I can do that properly from both sides of the pond now, having recently "befriended" and RAF pilot who taught me the British salute. But never mind.
Anyway, I'm a big fan of misbehaving right up until the point when it starts to f*ck up your life. Fortunately, I have never struggled with dependancy, so I can only imagine what a feat these last six months have been. Here's to many many more celebrations of this nature.
As for your questions:
I'm from a small town in Florida called St Augustine, which I never miss except for the 4th of July, when the whole place used to gather on the bay front bridge to watch fireworks over the water and I would always ALWAYS see dolphin playing. London has no dolphin and is absolutely the poorer for it.
I'll ignore the age question. It's been a bit of a plague of late.
I am sadly not well enough informed on the death penalty arguments (for or against) to hold a firm opinion, though my gut says it's probably not the best solution we could come up with as a society.
I did know about the human emissions thing, but only because a client of mine deals in carbon credits.
I would vote 'No' on Proposition Dear Abbey, but mostly just because I would think giving advice in the requisite monosyllabic words would be quite draining for someone as eloquent as yourself.
And finally, A1. No question. It's sharper and less sticky. (A bonus for all kinds of reasons.) (Yes, I have.) (Because it was the only thing available and we had just watched 9 1/2 weeks.) (What?)
- B x
Congratulations on your 6 month clean mark (and on starting school again)!
Please, God, no Dear Abby. Well, maybe occasionally, with visits from Count Dread asking which cape makes his ass look better or Julia asking...well...on second thought, maybe the whole Julia thing is an awful idea.
I'm Nicki, I'm 22, I do write a blog and everyday I fret because all the freelance writing gurus tells me YOU MUST HAVE A NICHE, and goddamnit, I just don't have a niche. So my blog is adrift in its identity crisis. Hmm. Guess that's a good reflection of me.
Jera's photos are always lovely, and I love that she started her own blog so I can ogle the other photos in the series.
I'm such an A1 fan that I debated launching a coup on Burger King when I realized their A1 burger is the biggest gyp in condiment history. More mayo than A1. Atrocity.
Seriously though, congrats again on the milestone and good luck with your adventures in academia.
http://theloadedhandbag.blogspot.com
CONGRATS on being sober for 6 months!! that takes some serious inner strength and control!
So umm to your ending questions, hi there my names connie im from Canada, its north of you, sorry ive just heard americans cant find us on a map so i thought id give you some direction! LOL im kidding!!! please dont send the army up here kay?
im 23, and i dont like the death penalty, i think thats too easy, murderers, rapists, child molesters and the like should suffer for a very very long time, in a cell infested with mice and feeces.
and ya i do write a blog. i love to write, but im not gonna lie your blog is causing me to suffer from writers block, its really well written, and i hope that memoir gets published id love to read more!
First and foremost, congratulations on the six months clean. Seriously, well done. I can't talk from experience, and can't begin to imagine how difficult that must be, but you have passed a major milestone. Keep it up :0)
I, for one, definitely prefer the term reader. Follower probably sounds a little stalkerish, I suppose! Maybe you can change it in the designer editor thingy, not sure! I should try, really, rather than just saying "maybe you can...". Awesome, just checked, and you can actually change it...
Go to Dashboard > Design > Edit HTML and search for a tag that looks something like
widget id=followers1 title=Followers
You can change the title to whatever you want, the only thing you can't change is that the button will still say "Follow Me" or whatever!
As for me....
1. I'm from Guildford, which is a small town outside of London, UK
2. I do write a blog, yes. I don't think it's all that good though, especially when confronted with some of the other blogs out there (Yours, and Annah over at RedMeansGo
3. I don't really search for blogs as such. I tend to look at the BON section, and through comments and links on other peoples blogs!
4. 29 (NOT 30, lol!!!)
5. We don't have the death penalty in the UK, and I believe that it should stay that way
6. I was aware of that, yes. Did you also know that cows produce one heck of a bigger carbon footprint than humans. If you are interested, and haven't already read it, take a look at State of Fear by Michael Crichton. It is essentially a novel, but there are some truly awesome discussions on climate change, and the whole "Save the Earth" thing. ("People talk about saving the Earth, but what they really mean is Saving themselves. The planet has survived everything in time, it will certainly survive us" - Ian Malcolm - Character in Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton)
7. In all honesty, no, I don't think you should do that!
8. Heinz all the way. Did you know that when they first put the slogan together of the Heinz 57 varieties, they already had more than 60 varieties. The number was chosen because the number 5 was Henry John Heinz's lucky number and the 7, his wifes!
:0)
HI Charles,
I found your blog on blogs of note. I dig your sense of humor. Wish mine was half as sharp. Congrats on 6 months. Addictions are some of the toughest demons we face as humans.
I'm from small town middle America in Ohio. I've been blogging for 8 months now. I love it and you seem to meet the most interesting people in the blogosphere. I'll be 40 this year so I thought I better start writing stuff down before I forget it all!
I do support the D penalty but like politics I find it much better for my well being if I just ignore it and concentrate on my family and myself.
Global Warming does indeed exist but it is cyclical and I do believe mankind's contribution to it is minimal. I'm just glad Al Gore invented the internet so we can be having this discourse.
I'm with Christine- Let that bitter ass-hat Dread host the Dear Abby column.
Above all keep up the good work!
-RCT
I just stumbled across your blog and I love it! I look forward to reading more in the future!
Jumble Mash
The picture is outstanding! One of my favorites so far. If I had any real knowledge of photography and such I would surely compliment a ton of technical terms and colors and all that jazz. Well done, Jera! Keep kicking ass with that camera.
Hooray! Sobriety is rough but worth it. You can do eeeeeeeeet!
To answer your questions:
1. I live in Atlanta. Atlanta is home so that's what I'll go with.
2. I think about starting a blog every day. I'm obsessed with blogs! Sadly, it's hard for me to find good blogs. I rely on people who already write good blogs to have links. I'm kind of a blog snob so I don't follow just any ol' blog. I found you when you were BON...go blogger! I also read Annah's blog. I was excited to see you guys get into bloggy mischief together! (LOVE your recent photo shoot, btw).
3. I'm 25. I have a birthday coming up though. You should probably start looking for gifts.
4. I'm against it.
5. I didn't know that. What is your source of information? I'm slightly interested.
6. Dear Abby? No. I think you should not try to get trailer trashy teen mamas in to frequent your blog. BUT it could be fun for you to do a weekly Q&A or something like that.
7. I suppose I would choose Heinz but I rarely eat ketchup and I never eat steak sauce (since I never eat steak). I recently started eating BBQ sauce. I lump these in the same category because they're all redish/brownish and go well with meat. Although, BBQ isn't really something one would dip french fries in so maybe I should make a separate category?
you can stay sober fo eva old chap. you are that powerful. i just got back from AZ. did not receive any alien anal probings (much to my dismay). unless they erased my memory banks...
now, what is it you are studying again? english/writing? that's cool... i have been considering going back to school for computer science. this ecology degree is about as useful for getting a job as a swastika tattooed on my forehead. i just don't want to get raped by debt. what do you think?
i used to write a blog. maybe i should start again? it was mostly poetic language and philosophy based... but maybe i could write about aliens, striped stockings, that sort of thing.
tbh i don't usually read blogs unless it is someone who i know (in which case i might stalk the heck out of them).
punish killing by killing? there's a flaw in the logic there. paraphrasing einstein, you cannot solve a problem from the level of consciousness that created it.
not surprised about anthropogenic global warming, i'm pretty sure al gore is fulla shit. though certainly humanity does have considerable environmental impacts if our activities are considered as a whole - ecosystem destruction and segmentation, greenhouse gas emission, environmental pollution and disasters, even changing the reflectivity of the earth due to roads and development, etc. but is it the end of the world? probably not... if humanity became more united and began working as a team (which is a MUST if we wish to survive for another say... 100 years) we can easily reverse these problems, and the permanent losses of species and diversity should be quite minimal. life will go on living just fine with or without us...
write about what excites, write about what you can, even if it's writer's block. i recommend retaining your adaptability. maybe a dear abby thing whenever you want to, but still with a story or opinion or review when the time is right. maybe some guest blogs too (merlin's AZ alien experience? maybe... hee hee)
maybe that gives you a little to chew on. glad to see you are moving in a direction in life that pleases you. maybe some day when all the dust settles we can hang oot and do some thang.
Hi Charles,
I am Odie Langley and live in NC and am 63, married with 3 grown daughters. I have been blogging for a couple of months, can be found at
http://odielangley.blogspot.com and is called The Simple Life. Email is odie@qualityofficeequipmentinc.com. When I am checking out my blog I sometimes go to the top and click next blog and check out others that way and follow the ones that look interesting. I am definately for the death penalty. Did not actually know about the 2% emissions. Please "no" dear Abby. I prefer A1. Congratulations on staying clean and have a great rest of the week.
Odie
I stumbled across your blog a month ago, and apparently I really needed to read it.
First of all, CONGRATULATIONS on being clean for 6 months! That's HUGE!!!
Secondly, I stumbled across your blog about a month ago, and boy, did I need it. After 15 years of marriage, my husband left me with three kids (two have special needs). I had been crying for hours one night, had writers block, and I came across your blog. I was up till 1:30am reading your blog and laughing till I was crying--but not tears of sadness. I like your raw honesty and sense of humor. Keep it up--some of us really need it.
www.ourannasophia.blogspot.com
You're the funniest person I don't know.
I have a blog. http://priscaknitsbyknittingbyheather.blogspot.comIt started out as an etsy thing. I don't want to be all negative all the time, so it's a little boring.
I like to grill steak the day before and then slice it up and marinade it teriyaki sauce for about 4 hours. Then heat up the whole thing with some sauteed vegetables. I haven't had A1 or 57 since the 1980s. Oh, yeah I'm 35.
I'm mostly against the death penalty, but since I've had my daughter I've started to understand a little.
If you make up the letters, you should do the Dear Abby thing, because you're funny. I found your blog from the RedMeansGo one. Love the duck face.
Congrats on the sobriety thing. Remember to focus on long term goals, not short term desires. That helped me anyway. :)
ummmmm
*shy*
my first comment to your blog :)
I am a girl going to be 23 years old on 20 september.
yes I write a blog
http://hyphen666ify.blogspot.com/
and about other things.... I am tooo stupid to answer :p
and heyyyyy
NICE BLOG
:D
Hey Charles!
Congratulations! It really is a big achievement, right now im going through helping my friend in the same situation, It's always so reassuring to know people who have managed to stay clean.
As for me, I have no idea where Im from, let alone where I was going! I wish I was joking, but then again, at 19 you don't want to know these things. Both my parents are Finnish, but I grew up in China and now I study Illustration in London. I guess you could say I'm Finchinglish? Or maybe you can't, I'm having a hard time trying to pronounce it myself.
I draw, I read, I drink unhealthy amounts of Coffee, and I love running around. I started blogging a year ago, more for myself then any one else. I wanted a record of my work because I'm the least organized person I know or have heard of, and always loose my work. But now I'm starting to really enjoy it. Blogging, I mean.
I'm undecided on both my opinions on the death penalty and ketchup.
I hate writers block! Except for me It's more like.. artists block. I've been forcing myself to brainstorm and draft for my current brief for 2 weeks now, and nothing! So frustrating. I guess what im trying to say is I SYMPATHIZE.
Anyway, thanks for writing such a great blog, I just discovered it last month but I've become a loyal 'reader'. Keeeeeep it up!
Saaratuulia.blogspot.com
Congratulations on 6 months.
1. I live in Kansas
2. I write a blog on a variety of issues (insert shameless self promotion here http://tangentx.blogspot.com/)
3. I'm seventeen
4. Little known fact by killing the killer you reverse the murders he/she did think about it.
5. Yes
6. I just surf around to find blogs I enjoy.
7. A1
Love the colour play in Jera's photo!
Congratulations on six months!!
I am from the island of Trinidad, of the twin island country of Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies; I did one blog post so i don't consider myself a blogger; I came to your blog from the "blogs of note thing", just so you know yours is the most notable I have read since you always ask me to think about something whilst most others tend to be self aggrandizing only;29;I am for the death penalty;only 2%?hmmm... I was taught that sometimes the true value of something is found by looking beyond what we are told it is; How about dear Count Dread?; neither, I'll have my Uncle's barbecue sauce above either any day. And I would prefer "reader" to "follower" I am not a sheep!!
Nova Soctia,
just started one http://polishingthedullside.blogspot.com/ ,
purely by reccomendation,
twenty-six,
I'm glad not to be the one doing the judging or the condemning,
had no idea- thanks for giving my carbon footprint a little less guilt,
I think if you start referring to yourself as "Abby" you might confuse the teens- better make it "Dear Brittney",
I'm a pure Hellmen's Mayo kind of girl......
Congrats on the 6-month mark. I know it's a big accomplishment. I'm 26, cautiously against capital punishment, and not really a fan of steak sauce.
Speaking of six months...I also write a blog - www.hotmisst.blogspot.com
I found yours because it was a blog of note. I hope mine is one day too.
Everyone: There are so many responses here! You are all my blogosphere heroes for telling me about yourselves, and for your encouragement!
I am going to invest some time mining the data out of these responses. I will write a post about what I find later. Hopefully I will even coax some graphs or pie charts out of it. Of key interest to me: the A1 vs Heinz 57 rivalry. For me, I just like raw horseradish and salt. Or nothing at all. I dislike steak sauce.
Watch for a report on all this soon. I will try to hit up your guys' blogs when I get a chance, but there's no promise that it will be immediately, as my schedule is stacked with school, 12 step meetings, and cross dressing. Love you guys.
Tell me about you? -- 25, SWF ... har, har, just joking. I am white though, not like caucasian white; really, really while, like irish, german, scottish, & english, I fry in 10 minutes or less white. And I must say congrats on your 6 mos. At a meeting I go to, whenever someone picks up a chip/key tag, they say "if you don't think XX of time is a long time, get XX time!" -- I paraphrased that though. I'm new to recovery, close to 90 days myself. But on to your other questions, cause they look like fun ... (p.s. I never lay claim to being cool, I like silly questionaires!)
Where are you from? -- Florida. Central. It takes up too much space to explain all the places in florida I have lived, it's much easier to take up an equal amount of space essentially saying nothing at all.
Do you write a blog? -- Yes. I'm not very active right now though.
How do you find blogs you are interested in? -- I look on the featured blog list and click them randomly.
How old are you? -- How old do you think I am??
What's your stance on the death penalty? -- Oddly enough, I do agree with there being a death penalty, however, I have no confidence in our judicial system to sentence that penalty justly.
Did you know that human produced carbon emissions only account for 2% of total carbon emissions worldwide? -- No, but now I do. Thank you.
Do you think I should turn my blog into a "Dear Abby" kind of thing, where I just sit on some proverbial high-horse and dish out advice to unwed teenage trailer trash mothers? -- That might be very entertaining, but then we might miss such jewels as your blog-duel and why men's nipples are pointless.
Do you prefer Heinz 57 or A1? -- A1, for sure. Love the tang.
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