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June 27, 2007
Why I Quit Blogging (For Now)
Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy,
Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?
Despite the dearth of regular visitors I have these days (and deservedly so, since I haven’t written anything worth reading for months and can hardly qualify the cop-out photo-essay as a substitute for real work), I feel compelled to explain to the (declining) faithful the reasons why I have, for all intents and purposes, quit blogging.
First, allow me to dispel the myth once and for all that I abandoned my little corner of cyberspace because of any real-life threats to my employment, person or property. Those of us who wanted to continue to communicate online simply moved to a private venue where our discussions were not dissected and distorted by bored idiots and nutcases with nothing else to do with their pathetic lives. In fact, I still do a little writing, as it were, on that blog regularly; but those entries don’t compare to the kind of expository, satire, analysis or whimsical anecdotes to which my readers had become accustomed.
In fact, one of the reasons for my long hiatus is because I set the bar too high. It was impossible for me to meet the standards I had created for myself after over three years with this labor. Besides, let’s face it: I’m an all-or-nothing kind of gal, and if I can’t give 110% to my work, I simply don’t bother with it at all. When I realized that my priorities had vastly shifted from 2002 to 2006, I had to make a choice between competence in my domestic and professional life and my (low- or no-paying) blogging gig.
Kind of a no-brainer, there.
Nevertheless, I have continued to follow several pet issues religiously, including the 9/11 truth movement, our malignant and misinforming media, spousal murder cases, “missing” (presumed murdered by the boyfriend/husband) pregnant women, and political subjects near and dear to my obsessive and slightly paranoid heart. I only wish I had the time and dedication to opine on these subjects in my traditionally verbose and sarcastic fashion; because, as you can imagine, I have lots and lots of things to say that would be both amusing and enlightening to those of you who have enjoyed my way of putting things and agreed with my point of view. To those who didn’t, well, there’s the X up there, sweeties.
Oh, sure, I get inspired and formulate blog entries in my head about the latest scandal, crime story or hilarious irony only to be distracted in the composition by immediate concerns such as making a living, gazing out the window at my serene view of Lake Erie, completing endless training and certification courses for my career, chauffeuring children to sports, recreation, and shoe-shopping, and the other domestic glamour I have made an art of speed-neglecting all these years. The inspiration remains another skeleton of an outline never to be fleshed into blog-worthy fare. I regret that I have but 24 hours in a day as a mere mortal.
However, the misfit friends on my speed dial can attest to my continued irrepressible loquaciousness and that while I may not formally post entries on various subjects, I certainly have my opinions and theories. Perhaps sometime in the near future I can begin to write again when my routine is more predictable.
Then there is the matter of my surprisingly fabulous love life that was non-existent during the years that I followed the Peterson case. I knew that there was no way to reconcile the amount of time I devoted to my blog with a real-life relationship, so something had to give. The misfits affectionately refer to him as The Blog Wrecker; an accomplishment of which he is rather proud, I think. But, to be fair, my blog was a mere shadow of its former self by the time I decided to reenter the dangerous jungle of love where, as long-time readers know, I had been tied to a stake, cooked over a slow-burning kettle and devoured by pygmies in previous adventures. I am living proof of the adage, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
Heh. The worst that can happen is I collect interesting new blog fodder for future entries. Meanwhile, I am having a wonderful time and I wish you all the very best this summer. I’ll be bach.
Comments
Hi Loretta,
Even though I selfishly want you to be writing all the time and sacrifice your life for us, I'll let it go this time.
We couldn't have lost you to a better cause. Our loss is the Wrecking Blogs's gain.
Enjoy every minute of what you so richly deserve.
Posted by: Peggy | June 27, 2007 06:03 PM
Thanks, Peg. (One of the misfits on my speed dial.)
And here I had so many ideas about spoofing Ann Coulter again -- ideas spinning in my pointy little head, but I have to go out to dinner with the Blog Wrecker.
Dang. I guess The Gorgon in Tights will have to wait.
Posted by: loretta | June 27, 2007 06:08 PM
Elizabeth Edwards is telling AC how things work so you can probably take a night off.
Posted by: Peggy | June 27, 2007 08:24 PM
I just can't find the words to describe AC. She is beyond the beyonds of vile.
I agree with Peggy, we can begrudge you the Blog Wrecker. I guess.
Posted by: Lisa | June 27, 2007 09:28 PM
AC must not have a decent Blog Wrecker. She writes books. I know, because I was some at Half-Price Books the other day.
Your's was at Barnes & Noble, and not on the discount table, either.
Posted by: vero | June 27, 2007 09:34 PM
Oh yes. The Blog Wrecker. If he weren't so darned good-looking and if you weren't so happy with him it would be very tempting to resent him!
Posted by: stacey | June 27, 2007 10:09 PM
So, so, so happy for you. And you know I mean that.
Miss you, though. Sniff!
At least there is one consolation...I don't pee mah pants so much, these days.
Posted by: Mgt | June 28, 2007 09:21 AM
Loretta,
I do confess that I have missed your writing. Although I didn't post very much I did read every day. I still check in most every day to see if you have updated. It's great to hear that your doing well and haven't fell off the face of the earth. LOL Have a great summer.
Posted by: Missy | June 28, 2007 10:44 AM
I still read your blog, Ronnie's, and Lisa's.
I have missed your regular updates.
I am very happy for you, that you have found love.
Have fun with your life.
Good luck to you, your new love, and your beautiful children.
Posted by: Possumbear | June 28, 2007 11:07 PM
Your audience also was consumed by Laci Peterson news.
Perhaps it was a once-in-a-lifetime aberation b/c many Misfits share the same degrees of personal planets in her chart. We have Karmic Ties to Laci, which brought us all together.
Like you, most Misfits have moved on to new jobs, new relationships and responsibilities, but we keep in touch in our private blog. Until a new crime case grabs us, we just don't have the energy to include it into our daily consciousness. We are no longer obcessed. And that's a good thing!
But I still look forward to your quirky entries!
I'm proud to be a Misfit!
Howdy, Possum!
Posted by: Astrologer | June 29, 2007 01:12 AM
Hi Loretta,
WOW,
Hmm, What a difference a day makes.
You brought an incredible group of people together. I remain proud to be a "Misfit", and I will forever be grateful to have "met" every single one of them.
I wasn't the very best friend in the last few months. I need to apologize for that. Life has a funny way of throwing us all curves, but you and yours have never been very far from my thoughts and prayers.
I wish you the VERY best!
LTA!
As Always
Lesa
PS, Get this thing cranked back up! So we can have an outlet during the Michelle Young case. We shall need it!
XXOO
Posted by: Lesa | June 29, 2007 02:53 AM
Morning, all!
Lovely to see your comment, Lesa. Hope all is going well with you and your family. I need to thank you for keeping me up to date last year. Much appreciated.
Poor Vero is now holding the can...! LOL. Thank you Vero.
I will be AWOL for a couple of weeks. Hope to see a few more Misfits have checked in, when I get back.
Loretta, you have done a great job of keeping this site idiot-free. I, for one, have learned a few life enhancing lessons, here. Cheers!
Posted by: Mgt | June 29, 2007 04:51 AM
Hopefully, I will still have access in 2 weeks time.
Ciao, everyone!
Posted by: Mgt | June 29, 2007 10:47 AM
Mgt, I hope you have an excellent vacation!
Posted by: Nadine | June 29, 2007 05:23 PM
The threat of a Second Al Qaeda "Attack on America" is being used profusely by the Bush administration to galvanize public opinion in support of a global military agenda.
Known and documented, the "Islamic terror network" is a creation of the US intelligence apparatus. The "war on terrorism" is bogus. The 911 narrative as conveyed by the 911 Commission report is fabricated.
The Bush administration is involved in acts of cover-up and complicity at the highest levels of government.
Revealing the lies behind 911 would serve to undermine the legitimacy of the "global war on terrorism" which constitutes the main justification for waging war in the Middle East.
Without 911, the war criminals in high office do not have a leg to stand on. Their entire National Security construct collapses like a house of cards.
Posted by: 9/11 Truth | June 29, 2007 10:22 PM
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. Of course, you need evidence to claim “al-Qaeda” is behind the sloppy and wholly amateurish work in London today, but that has not stopped the corporate media or the fear-monger hacks with an agenda—i.e., slaughtering Muslims and divvying up the Middle East—from leading to conclusions and thus subjecting the public to non-stop propaganda.
Posted by: The Wizard of Oz | June 29, 2007 10:30 PM
The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
C'mon, haven't you seen the price of gas come down lately? Just be happy, okay?
Posted by: Chicken Little | June 30, 2007 01:38 AM
That was brillig!
Posted by: Jabberwocdk | June 30, 2007 02:23 AM
Picture the average American family sitting down to dinner as the Evening News blares on the TV nearby. The caption under the picture should read:
Propaganda, it's what's for dinner!
Posted by: Nadine | June 30, 2007 02:49 PM
MGT- I see that the muzzies have closed down the airport. Take care.
Posted by: Captain Joe | July 1, 2007 10:29 AM
Happy Independence Day, Misfits!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self control
Thy liberty in law!
-- Katherine Lee Bates
-- "America the Beautiful"
Bet Scooter Libby is celebrating his personal independence day today, how about you?
Posted by: Astrologer | July 4, 2007 04:53 AM
Happy 4th to all Misfits friends!
Regular work day here.
Posted by: Anne | July 4, 2007 10:47 AM
Interesting article here: http://www.alternet.org/story/55822/
On July 4, Put Away the Flags
By Howard Zinn, Progressive Media Project. Posted July 4, 2007.
Is not nationalism -- that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder -- one of the great evils of our time?
Posted by: Nadine | July 4, 2007 02:50 PM