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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Blogging Community

Another guest poster here. I'm Kristabella, and I blog over here. Jennie asked me to fill in for her while she's in Toronto probably doing all sorts of Canadian things like eating fancy ham and calling it Canadian Bacon, referring to everything in kilometers and finishing all her sentences with eh? Because that is the only thing I know about Canada. That and Ali lives there with her "children".

I always have a mild panic attack when I am asked to guest blog. One, because I'm not sure why someone would want me to write on their site. I mean, come over to mine - I talk about Bacon, booze and I swear a lot. And now that I'm unemployed, I can talk of NOTHING ELSE. (Although, maybe that's why Jennie asked me because clearly I have nothing going on, I can easily go on and on on her site about nothing at all.) (When in reality, doing nothing all day makes you really boring and not funny.)

The other reason I don't like to guest blog is because of everything I've already written here. Who wants to read this? Don't answer that, Slynnro.

So I figured I should come up with some sort of topic besides bad dentists, belly button lint and cat nail clippings. Because that is as exciting as my life is right now.

But something I was recently talking about with my mom was the community that I have created online through my blog. The people I have met online are some of my closest friends. (Weird, right? I should get out more or write about dryer lint.)

It's weird how normal it is these days to have friends that you've met online. And how creepy it was back less than 10 years ago to fly across the country to meet people from the internet, let alone fly that far to go to a blogging conference with 1,000 other bloggers.

All of us bloggers have our own little community, our readers, who feel like close friends and family. People who genuinely care about you and are there to pick you up when bad things happen, like when you lose your job, or there to cheer you on or congratulate you when good things happen, like when you tell the blogging world you're pregnant after months of trying.

This blogging community that we are a part of, whether you write a blog or just read them, is really a unique thing. With the technology we have, with blogs and instant messaging and Twitter and text messaging, you're able to keep in touch with so many people who feel like they are your neighbors, when in reality they are scattered all over the country and all over the world.

The best part for me, is meeting so many people that love the same things I love, drink as much booze as I drink, say snarky things about the same people we don't like. These are people that I have so much in common with, besides just that fact that we all share our personal details on the internet for all to read. There are so many smart, funny, talented women out there on the internet and I don't regret for a second deciding to start a blog (a blog that once got me fired) and share my drunken tales on the interwebs because of all the great people I've come to know.   

Posted at 03:10 AM in Guest Posts |

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ali

Jennie was your hope at getting proof of my children...but, alas, her sister isn't sharing her. boo. so now you'll NEVER know! :)

Posted by: ali | Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 09:26 AM

Christina

It is so true. I have more in common with my on line friends than I do with most of my "IRL" friends. I don't know how I got on without them, I wish I had started writing years ago.

Posted by: Christina | Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 11:10 AM

-R-

I like all your stories, even the ones you think are boring.

Posted by: -R- | Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 01:18 PM

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My Very Grand 2012 To-Do List

  • 1. Create a business plan for the 5K I'd like to organize.
    2. Finally buy those investment jeans.
    3. Get brave with a new hair color.
    4. Read all my book club selections.
    5. Make Kyle's baby blanket and book of letters.
    6. Take at least one yoga class a month.
    7. Make a neighborhood friend.
    8. Organize the upstairs work space.
    9. Go to the Fort Worth Modern Art Museum and eat lunch at Cafe Modern.
    10. Write and submit a piece on parenting.
    11. PR in every distance (5K, 10K, half-marathon).
    12. Get a third tattoo.
    13. Throw a baby shower.
    14. Take a trip with Mike, to celebrate our fifth anniversary.
    15. See a therapist.
    16. Update my SS card and passport.
    17. Make a general doctor's appointment.
    18. Go horseback riding.
    19. Decide what to do with my race bibs.
    20. Make these envelopes for thank you cards.
    21. Create and fill up a magical thinking jar.
    22. Paint some mason jars for our kitchen.
    23. Do something with the space above our couch.
    24. Create a nostalgia wall on the wall by our stairs.
    25. Sneak in cans of champagne to a chick flick with friends.
    26. Replace our kitchen counters.
    27. Have a garage sale and donate half the money to our local food bank.
    28. Create an address wreath for our front door.
    29. Paint our front door.
    30. Run at least 250 miles throughout the year.
    31. Find a charity that speaks to me, that I can become a voice for.
    32. Say something out loud every day.
    33. Go back to College Station.
    34. Pose for a boudoir session.
    35. Wear pretty new under things on New Year's Day.
    36. Enjoy Boston cream pie cupcakes.
    37. Host a more organized run at this year's Blathering.
    38. Take a family trip, even if it's just a weekend drive somewhere nearby.
    39. Hold Natalie's baby boy in the hospital.
    40. Create an Activities Advent Calendar for an early month in 2012.
    41. Create my Christmas Plan by November 1st.
    42. Create a media kit for my Lush sites.
    43. Replace our stockings for 2012.
    44. Buy a tree skirt.
    45. Go to kickboxing, at least five times.
    46. Sell 50 shirts through Cherry Jean.
    47. Finish the 6-week boot camp class I've already paid for.
    48. No phone or computer between 6 pm - Kyle's bedtime.
    49. Start marathon prep.
    50. Host a champagne-inspired dinner (champagne risotto, champagne cocktails, etc.)
    51. Do something with our front porch.
    52. Take Kyle on a night out of town, just us two.
    53. Eat at Salsa Fuego, in Fort Worth.
    54. Throw Mike a very rad 35th birthday party.
    55. Re-read To Kill a Mockingbird.
    56. Post on She Likes Purple at least 3x a week.
    57. Play poker.
    58. Volunteer at a race.
    59. Karaoke, at least once!
    60. Regularly work out the month of December.
    61. Write a fictional story (here, on paper, submitted, somehow).
    62. Hit send on a hard email.
    63. Host an outdoor movie night in our yard.
    64. Wear a swimsuit.
    65. Put a new pin in our wall map.
    66. Buy a great pair of impractical heels.
    67. See Beauty & the Beast in a theater, again.
    68. See the Nutcracker, Christmas season 2012.
    69. Run 15 miles, at some point.
    70. Get a new blender and food processor.
    71. Go to the ballet.
    72. Take professional family photos.
    73. Write a letter to Mike once a month.
    74. Do 10 real push-ups and one pull-up.
    75. Run 3 miles for my 30th birthday.
    76. Create an awesome headboard.