Are my posts too long?
(Seriously, I want to know!)
What do you like best about this blog?
Do you read other blogs?
What other blogs does mine remind you of...or is it entirely original?
I know my grammar usage isn't perfect (Kris!) but more importantly (to me), are my ideas clear? How is the narrative flow? (I am way more about composition/narrative voice than grammar. Sorry if this offends you die hard grammarians.)
What bugs you about this blog or other blogs?
How'd you find me?
I truly am interested in who my audience is and why.
Please, please, please, comment and I will either sing for you, give you a great adjustment sometime, or promise to never ever bring my children to your house, your pick.
8 comments:
Anyone? Anyone?
You Lurking BASTARDS! I hate you and I hate your ASS FACE(s)!
Okay. I've been home all day. Lets chalk this outburst up to too much time on the computer.
of course you know that i love everything about the blog...i think you are the most witty, charming and entertaining writer, you give Carl Hiassen and David Sedaris a run for their money, IMO.
It also let's me into your inner thinkings while away from you and gives me (and I think other readers) a snapshot of an amazingly talented woman, whose opinions are so congruent with vitalism. I also love showing it off to as many people as possible, especially the pics.
I agree with Kris, I would love to have long posts, and more than one per day. Ah, but I know the life and times of Mar, who simply cannot give that much time to the whore that is Compaq.
But go and bite your pillow if you like, I'm just hubby and biased.
Hey Mary!
Love your posts...all of them! Your writing is as real as it gets (and sometimes helps me get through a rough day...with a smile or a happy tear).
Keep it up, I am sure more people will discover it and enjoy the work you do!
Take care,
Tracy
(p.s. Your children, and dog, are still welcome at our house anytime...maybe we'll have to take you up on a song next time we see you!)
Your blog is unique, but then your personality is unique. I've never met anyone quite like you.
Imperfect grammar doesn't bother me. But then I love rule-breakers. ;)
What bugs me about some blogs: when they read like my fifth grade diary. "Today I had a headache but I had to go to school anyway. As if that wasn't enough, Mrs. Mandel was really grumpy and gave us extra homework. She makes me so mad! I had a really good lunch though, that kind of made up for it." Blah de blah bla blah.
I want insight, new information, a point, revelation. Or at least humor. Which your blog often has.
Nope, not too long. I read Dooce and Finslippy. I can't remember how I found you, but I also can't remember what time my babysitter is coming over tomorrow, and why I asked her to come. I like to read about how you interact with your kids (I havve 3 of my own), I like to read about your home-birth and other related ideas (wish I could have done it myself, but I never would have had a healthy outcome). You seem real and down to earth, and very well spoken (written). I wish I could write as well, really get my ideas and feelings across, but I don't have that talent.
Keep it up!
Your posts are not too long, but I am soooo MTV - I appreciate brevity.
I like your honesty. We don't have the same life, but I like knowing that I am not alone in the feelings I sometimes have.
I read several other blogs. Nothing against Dooce, but that does not make my top 10. Your blog reminds me only of your blog.
I won't read a blog written by someone who has so little respect for the reader that she/he chronically allows mispelled words. They are visual potholes. I can take a small one occasionally, but over and over? Count me out.
I'm not so much at the grammer so color me a hypocrite and call it a day.
I linked to you from...I don't remember! How d'ya like that?
Free adjustment? How do I collect on this?
Mar:
How do you like my responses?
Are they too long?
Do they remind you of someone else's replies - or are they one-of-a-kind?
I may be an ASS FACE, but at least I'm not desperately pleading with my audience for an approval rating!
OK, loser - I'll bite and respond to your pathetic request, nonetheless. Yours is the only blogsite I've ever read to date, and I started because you asked me to check it out a couple of months ago. Due to a long-term Ritalin deficiency of which you're already aware, I'm typically unable to sit at a computer for longer than 10 minutes at a time. For your posts, however, I'm now willing to make an exception - 12 minutes, tops.
Your writing style is creative, witty, and intelligent - easy to relate to for a fellow parent, chiropractor, and friend (ASS FACE insults aside).
As for spelling, grammar, and usage - I'm not too uptight, but I love that you mispelled two of those three words in your post inquiring about such issues. Unintended irony, perhaps?
Criticism? Well, I am strongly in favor of acronyms. Some personal favorites include BTW, IRL, LOL, IUD, and ESPN2. It is my humble opinion that scattering as many of these ridiculous online abreviations as possible into your posts will only further enhance their content and quality. Here's an off-the-cuff example for you: "Gabe - who just turned 5 IRL, BTW - loves to LOL while watching ESPN2 on a TV no larger than an IUD."
See how easy and fun that was? Now you try it.
Other than that, I'm easily amused. Keep up the good work. Just be grateful that me and my fellow ASS FACES are always willing to turn the other cheek.
Patrick
Oh dear. Patrick is right. My spelling is atrocious. See what heppens when I don't run spell check?
(I fixed them all I think.)
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