Blogging Clichés
1. It is doing my head in - I am bringing it down.
Relax, breath deeply, it will pass. You have probably just started - in the honeymoon period; your head is spinning around filled with too many ideas; it is all you think about; it is all you about talk about. Just take it easy - it will be ok.
2. Oh my god! My family/work colleges/people I know in real life have started to read it - I am bringing it down.
So what? Maybe it is about time they found out what you are really like. This is a brave new world. How many problems in the world wouldn't have been problems if people actually knew what people were thinking? The only victim is deceit.
3. I can't think of anything to blog about - I am bringing it down.
Relax fella - put your feet up - it is all good. Maybe you have been spending too much time in front of a computer screen. Take a break: go out, have some fun, meet some new people, do something interesting. You never know - it may give you something to blog about. Anyway there is always 6 and 7 to fall back on.
4. My stat counter says I read my own blog 800 times more often than anyone else.
That is because your blog is more important to you than anyone else. Deal with it.
5. I check my stat counter every 30 seconds but it still says I have no fans in Outer Mongolia.
This is the blogging equivalent of checking your phone messages every 5 minutes when you are expecting a call. The only way to get Mongolian fans is to post comments on Mongolian blogs.
6. I think I'll do a blog post about my cat.
Go on then, if you have to - but make it funny and no pictures - ok maybe one.
7. I think I'll do a blog post about blogging
{cough}
8. My blog is an outlet for my creativity.
Yeah right! Come on! I can't believe there are any bloggers out there, especially single bloggers, who haven't given even a precursory thought to how damn sexy their blog makes them.
9. Ok I admit it - it is just a shallow vessel to pull. I want to find a new boyfriend/girlfriend so I'll write about how miserable, boring, lonely and unattractive I am. That's sure to drive 'em wild with desire.
False modesty may work in the real world but this is the internet - the land of the ego. You are more sexy than you think you are. Tell people about it.
10. So.. I think I'll start every post with "So".
So let me get this straight, the thing is, don't get me started on this and for another thing I am sure, at the end of the day, you get the picture.
Relax, breath deeply, it will pass. You have probably just started - in the honeymoon period; your head is spinning around filled with too many ideas; it is all you think about; it is all you about talk about. Just take it easy - it will be ok.
2. Oh my god! My family/work colleges/people I know in real life have started to read it - I am bringing it down.
So what? Maybe it is about time they found out what you are really like. This is a brave new world. How many problems in the world wouldn't have been problems if people actually knew what people were thinking? The only victim is deceit.
3. I can't think of anything to blog about - I am bringing it down.
Relax fella - put your feet up - it is all good. Maybe you have been spending too much time in front of a computer screen. Take a break: go out, have some fun, meet some new people, do something interesting. You never know - it may give you something to blog about. Anyway there is always 6 and 7 to fall back on.
4. My stat counter says I read my own blog 800 times more often than anyone else.
That is because your blog is more important to you than anyone else. Deal with it.
5. I check my stat counter every 30 seconds but it still says I have no fans in Outer Mongolia.
This is the blogging equivalent of checking your phone messages every 5 minutes when you are expecting a call. The only way to get Mongolian fans is to post comments on Mongolian blogs.
6. I think I'll do a blog post about my cat.
Go on then, if you have to - but make it funny and no pictures - ok maybe one.
7. I think I'll do a blog post about blogging
{cough}
8. My blog is an outlet for my creativity.
Yeah right! Come on! I can't believe there are any bloggers out there, especially single bloggers, who haven't given even a precursory thought to how damn sexy their blog makes them.
9. Ok I admit it - it is just a shallow vessel to pull. I want to find a new boyfriend/girlfriend so I'll write about how miserable, boring, lonely and unattractive I am. That's sure to drive 'em wild with desire.
False modesty may work in the real world but this is the internet - the land of the ego. You are more sexy than you think you are. Tell people about it.
10. So.. I think I'll start every post with "So".
So let me get this straight, the thing is, don't get me started on this and for another thing I am sure, at the end of the day, you get the picture.
posted by h at
1:03 pm
11 Comments:
Oh, no! Don't tell me people in ENGLAND are saying "don't get me started" and "at the end of the day"!!
I don't think half of the people who say, "at the end of the day" even know what they mean when they say it.
People used to say, "When all is said and done." That is kind of lame and "Silent Generation," I admit, but it makes more sense than "at the end of the day."
The Eighties thing was "the bottom-line is..." (Leo Rosten always claimed that was Yiddish derivation.) That was cool for a while, but got kind of Yuppie.
It was often used to put things that aren't business-related into a business frame of reference; e.g., "The bottom-line is, she better put out by the third date..."; or; "The bottom-line is, I had better get those tickets to Cancun or I won't be able to waste five days of my life getting plastered..."
What people usually mean by "at the end of the day" is: "When all this is over..."
It is usually said to avoid any discussion of the PROCESS of how you get to the proverbial "end of the day." As in: "At the end of the day, if there is another terrorist attack, Wall Street will have a 'down' year." Okay, Sherlock, how do we make that happen?
Don't get me started on "Don't get me started!" Just don't even GO there, 'cause I don't PLAY that!
Ya know what I'm SAYIN'?
Peace OUT...Keep it REAL, Homey!
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Zen Wizard, at 1:25 am
Well, when all is said and done the bottom line is that was the longest comment I have ever had.
IMHO British English is better at new words; American English is better for new phrases. Ya ken?
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h, at 1:46 am
So--
Listen,
Thing is...
Actually
This is unfortunately the way that I speak in real life. Perhaps I'll start inccluding sighs, uncomfortable pauses, tics & spontaneous dance moves to provide a more complete picture. hehehe
An addendum: Some people are LESS sexy than then think they are, & a big, deluded ego only makes them less attractive. Sorry dudes!
THIS BEING SAID--
Are you becoming a snob, dear? ;-)
Love the post regardless.
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Hope E. Ewing, at 3:40 pm
"sighs, uncomfortable pauses, tics & spontaneous dance moves"
Heh, I have a very vivid image of you talking now. I'll be sure to incorporate it every time I read your blog.
Moi - an English gentleman - a snob! Preposterous! Who had heard of such a thing!
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h, at 4:04 pm
hello Hen,just dropped by for a visit after seeing you post on a few other UK blogs I check on.
You're not having blog angst are you? Its seems to be a bit of an epidemic.
No, I don't blog for a creative outlet, merely to keep in touch with people and make new friends. There really are a lot of nice people on the planet!
Happy New Year. :-)
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Kyahgirl, at 4:13 am
Thanks kyragirl, and you are very welcome - put your feet up, make yourself at home.
I wasn't saying everyone uses their blogs as a creative outlet - I just hear that a lot. People seem to start blogging for numerous reasons but then they very quickly get drawn in to the whole social angle, which is not surprising because humans at heart are a social animal. But what is different about blogosphere is the socialising is unrestricted by geographical differences.
Yes there are lots of nice people this planet of ours - I would say the vast majority of the 6 billion which I find heart warming and easily forgotten watching the news of politicians, criminals and conflicts.
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h, at 12:03 pm
As my father Jor-el used to say when I was just a kid on the Planet Krypton,
"At the end of 1.3 Earth Days, the Interplanetary Council will either find a way to keep the planet from exploding, or you are going on a long rocket ride."
(That was 8.32 Earth Days to Krypto the Superdog.)
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Zen Wizard, at 6:41 pm
Glad you made it. I hear the traffic around Ursa Major is a nightmare.
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h, at 11:47 am
6 my cats have their own blog. They don't post all that often though
8 damn right
9 damn right too although arguably I'm a lot less sexy than I think I am
oyowfpw - a spiked Yiddish whoopee cushion
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GreatSheElephant, at 9:45 pm
I use my blog to score with men. Those Outer Mongolians, they're difficult to reach but they sure are worth it.
I am way more sexy than anyone thinks I am. Even if they've met me. Or perhaps especially if they've met me.
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Léonie, at 12:38 pm
That's the spirit leonie. I already think you are sexier than I think you are.
Hey look I cornered one http://newmongols.blogspot.com/
quick! comment on it before it runs away.
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h, at 9:10 pm
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