10 Things That Piss Me Off About Blogging.
May 28, 2007
1. Pay per post. You want me to read your blog? Don’t feed me commercials. Sorry, but it sucks. Have at it with ads, and feedreader ads, I don’t care. But actual posted content about your favorite fucking cleaner? GET A REVIEW BLOG. Unsubscribe is the new black here.
2. Stay at home moms who are constantly bitching about being a stay at home mom. I’ve been a working mom, a stay at home mom, and a work at home mom. IT IS NOT THAT FUCKING HARD.
3. Memes. Stop tagging me.
4. Ranking systems. I’ve removed mine. Fuck it. Read, or don’t. I don’t fucking care. I don’t blog for you.
5. People who blog a mountain out of a molehill. I mean really. It’s a fucking molehill.
6. “10 things” lists.
There’s been some accusations lately that I’m a snob. I am. Deal with it. My neighbour called me that. My friends call me that. Fellow bloggers have called me that in jest. But the best nickname I got EVA was this past weekend from my cousin who is about to get married. Her and I are tight. Like TIGHT. We party hard together. Always got in trouble together. She surprised me Saturday night by showing up with booze and chick flicks and nachos with dip. Not only is she kick-ass that way, she nicknamed me.
Ready for it?
VODKARELLA.
Fucking right on. I think this blog might have a new name now that Thomas is growing up and out of the Troll Baby phase. I just gotta design a new header. Give it time - I’m into the vodka already so it sure as hell won’t be tonight.
I rock and that’s all you need to know. Check out the new design, bitches.
May 28th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Vodkarella - best nickname ever
This post - best “10 Things” list ever
I totally removed anyone that has Pay Per Post from my feed reader, so maybe I am a snob too!
May 28th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
LOL… the things we all think but are afraid to say…
May 28th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Oh I am so with you on the PayPerPost thing! I hate checking my reader and seeing that someone has 6 new posts and all but 5 are freakin’ PPP. Although, I myself do an occasional product review (only 2 ever! Don’t hate me!) and will eventually have a review only blog, but right now I don’t do enough reviews for that.
Vodkarella? Awesome.
May 28th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
May 28th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Gee, Karen, don’t be so shy. Let it all out!
I always knew you weren’t just a mommyblogger - not that there’s anything wrong with being a mommyblogger - I mean, ah, er, oh, you know what I mean!
New design? Totally awesome.
I dropped 6 folks off my Bloglines because of PPP. I hate it. I understand the need for cash - but that’s one step over the line. IMHO, that is.
Now all you need is to drunk blog. That could be even more fun to read.
May 28th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Amen, amen, amen… times ten.
May 28th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
i loved this post. hahaha….
May 28th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Best nickname ever. Love it!
May 28th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Haha, I still like Metharilla.
And are those six things directed at me? Well that one about tagging? I tag you a lot, but in my defense…I don’t really know anyone else
May 28th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Holy Shit. I fucking love the design…and I’m still laughing about the 10 things-thing. Heh. That is classic. Karen you’re off the hook, biznatch!
May 28th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
I am afraid. Very, very afraid.
May 28th, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Love.. love.. love it!
May 28th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
You crack me up. One of things I most like about you is your ability to be completely, unapologetically straightforward. The truth may sometimes hurt but you ALWAYS know where you stand with Karen!
And uh, I have to admit that I don’t really like PPP either, particularly on personal blogs.
May 28th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
absolutely hilarious! hahaha…
May 28th, 2007 at 11:52 pm
Freaking cool.
I love that you dont bullshit around the bush
May 29th, 2007 at 12:28 am
I love the new look. Great banner. Great name.
Agree with you on memes and especially on PPP. I hate them. I don’t have one on my bloglines. Not one. They irritate the hell out of me, and they’re like the Jehovahs Witnesses of bloggers…always trying to recruit you to their evil ways!
May 29th, 2007 at 6:46 am
My love for you just grew a little stronger.
May 29th, 2007 at 6:47 am
OMG! Buahahahahahahaaaaaa!
LOVE the new header and name. Too funny!
May 29th, 2007 at 7:24 am
I love it, you fucking snob.
May 29th, 2007 at 7:46 am
May 29th, 2007 at 9:20 am
You are sooooo awesome!! And I love the new name and look!! I have been told by quite a few people that I can be quite the snob as well but I could carealess - you either love me or hate me.
May 29th, 2007 at 10:15 am
Listen I have been thinking alot. I mean not just alot but ALOT and I wanted to talk to you about it….I know I probably shouldn’t do this where everyone can see but I am sick of being ashamed…….I have been thinking about Sushi! I don’t want to hide it anymore, no more stealthy trips to the supermarket and eating it (shamefully) in my car so nobody knows. I am putting it out there….I am a sushi goddess and that is cool with me!!!!! PS Listen…..Vodkarella….God your ugly! Love Ya Biotch (Obvious Nelson says “Ya she does!” PPS I do NOT smell like ass..Bitch! xo
May 29th, 2007 at 10:28 am
you are a total vodkarella.
love it!
May 29th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
New name rocks! I’m insanely jealous that you got it first
May 29th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
buwhahahahaha! Vodkarella!
May 29th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Pfft! I’d still be broke if they paid me to post! Not that I’m bitchin’ ya know
Love the new name or nic!!
Thanks, I need a drink now
May 29th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Wait, help! What’s number 4 — ranking? I’m too stoopid to know what that one is!
May 29th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Fucking right on! No, seriously, you are so appropriately twisted–I love you. It is such a relief sometimes to come here and escape the G rated world. This blog is like a spa. Buh-bye, Troll baby. Hello, Vodkarella!
May 29th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Man. now I’m all worried about my blog name.
And I make no claims to know what brought this on as I am pure, innocent, and never ever drink
May 29th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
And the good thing about vodka is that it goes with just about anything! Like new summer sandals!
May 30th, 2007 at 9:07 am
I just may have a girl crush on you now.
May 30th, 2007 at 10:31 am
Yeah, I’ve been guilty of the molehill thing and you know it…but I’m learning from sitting at your knee…
I HATE PAY PER POST. HATE IT.
Love your new name, LOVE IT.
There ends my Love It/Hate It post.
And I DO have a girl crush on you.
May 30th, 2007 at 11:18 am
So ummmmm…what do you really think?
Love the new nickname!
May 30th, 2007 at 11:19 am
LOVE IT. The name AND the design. This design fucking rocks.
May 30th, 2007 at 11:31 am
could not agree MORE with the top-10 posts and my pet peeve, MEMES. WTF.
May 30th, 2007 at 11:41 am
love the nickname. I totally need a cool friend/family member who would do that.
And now I’m totally going back to my site to reread and see how many of your pet peeves I’ve done. ooops. It’s all about me.
May 30th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
hey whore.. vodka loving WHORE. i fucking hate pay per posts too. what the fuck?! if i wanted to read a bunch of a fucking advertisements- well.. i’d read an advertisement site. or something. i think it sucks.
i hate being tagged for things too. know what else i hate? i fucking hate when people have contests, but the topics are always the same- “what makes you a great woman/mom?” or “how has blogging helped women?!” why does everything have to be like that?!?! about an “issue.” it’s annoying.
May 30th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
You are my favorite fucking snob.
(And I totally love it when you cuss on the blog!) xo A
June 5th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Great new look, great new name. But hey, same great taste!
June 6th, 2007 at 12:24 am
And just like that I fall in love with you all over again! Ha! (Not to mention the many people who commented here that I must start stalking now because…YES!) And you a snob? Since when do snobs pee themselves?
Do you KNOW how many I can add to that list? Tons! (Bitter much? Hell yes!)
Tell your cousin I want a fun new blog name! Get on it! Now, bizatch! Mwah!
June 6th, 2007 at 9:17 am
Excellent, dude. Duuuuuude.
On this -
“5. People who blog a mountain out of a molehill. I mean really. It s a fucking molehill.”
- It depends. An oft-used tactic of misogynists and their sympathizers is to diminish and minimize feminist causes. We’re not to worry our “pretty little heads” about reproductive rights, the welfare of our children and inequity in salaries. Our “mommy wars” are relegated to the level of silly spats, rather than the offshoot of a patriarchal system designed to split us apart, as bringing mothers together would be too powerful a force for the status quo to endure.
So, it depends on who is defining the “mountain” and “molehill”.
Sending a bitch-power-fist-raised-high salute your way, dollin.
June 6th, 2007 at 11:08 am
I love the new name and the new design rocks (like that’s anything new - your designs ALWAYS rock!).
You have me worried with the PPP thing. What about if it’s not the main focus? I do PPP sometimes but I try to limit it to things that I can actually review properly. Like, I won’t review colon cleansers because I uh, don’t do that. But if it’s something I actually like or use, then I go ahead once in awhile. (Mostly I tend to forget)
Can you use PPP with a review blog? I’ve thought about doing a separate review blog since I get a lot of them via Parent Blogger Network now, but I wasn’t sure I could do that with PPP. I’ll have to look into it. I would hate to lose some readers just for a few $5 reviews here and there, so I’ll definitely have to think about this!
Now I have the urge to design a new layout, thanks a lot!
June 6th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
You do rock! And PPP clearly does not rock. Ugh.
Love your latest design and the name change. I’ll go update your name on my blogroll now.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:37 am
I know it’s your blog-your rules, but I am CRYING here. The money I have made writing for PayPerPost is what is paying for my hotel at BlogHer this summer. My husband works very, very hard, but he just doesn’t earn enough to support a family of five with the basic necessities AND send his wife to Chicago for the weekend. I just wanted to take some of the pressure off of him!
And, I HAVE a Review Blog, but it isn’t old enough to qualify for pay blogging. I PROMISE, as soon as it is (first of August), I will shift the paid reviews over there. In the meantime, PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME! I’ve already cut a bunch of ads out of the sidebar and I’m going to limit the paid posts to one out of every three.
I love you, Vodkarella, and your awesome blog, too
June 7th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
How did I miss this? I know…I had a baby.
But it’s great. You know who you are. That’s awesome Karen.
June 7th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Hmmmm.. I am not so sure about your nickname. I don’t drink and I don’t speak English natively.
I really hate to see people put “Hire me … Blog on this site for $$$$” … That keep me away too.
I write a blog because I can’t remember all the stuff I did and I try to find a place to say something no one will never know.
Anyway. I am with you! Keep up the good works.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
This is my first visit and I have to say I’m skeered! I hope I haven’t complained about my work at home status tooooo much. I feel the need to go through my archives and see. Oh screw it, I’m just gonna go make me a lemon drop vodka and forget my shame. tehehe!
Very funny. I hate PPP too.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Coming out of lurkerdom to say I love the new design beotch!
Uh, I am guilty of having a love/hate relationship with memes.
Now, strangely enough, I’m craving vodka.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
Hi!!!
I just tagged you for a meme. Hope you don’t mind! It’s “432 things you wish you did not know about me but now you do so tough titties..”
(KIDDING!)
(though I do spew serious meme spawn, and am not ashamed to say so;-) am thinking of a “tag me, I’m a meme whore” button to show pro-meme status.
June 7th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Please. Launch. T-shirt. Now.
You’ve inspired me. Off to buy olives…
June 8th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Obviously I’m behind on my reading because I’m just now getting here, but hells yeah sister! You know how I have such a love/hate thing going on with blogging(ers). I’m happy to see (from your list) that we’re on the same page.
Rock it!
June 9th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Brilliant.
June 10th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
You know, I was going to just bite my tongue and not say anything but….nahhhhhhhh, you’re not the only one who can be blunt….
http://lifewithheathens.blogspot.com/2007/06/for-you-anti-paid-post-bitchers.html
Oh and all of you might want to hurry and read that. I’d hate for you to accidentally glance at a paid post.
BTW- I do enjoy your blog so I’m not here as just some bitch attacking. Just a bitch replying. Enjoy.
June 17th, 2007 at 11:56 am
LOL Love the list. I can relate to some of them.
June 17th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Holy shit, I need to expand my blog reading. I didn’t even know there are such things as PPP and ranking systems. Umm, what the fuck ARE ranking systems? Hope Google can tell me …
Refreshingly blunt writing! I’ll be back.
June 17th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Crap! Forgot to say how great your new look is. I mean, I never saw the old one, but still.
June 18th, 2007 at 8:15 pm
And, the cool thing with vodka now is all them special flavors — depending on your mood, you can be citrus vodkarella one day, vanilla vodkarella another….etc.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
June 19th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Great post. I love the name and your new look.
June 21st, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! fpsvzvwfvfq
June 23rd, 2007 at 3:38 pm
Realllllly interesting link to “What happens in facebook, stays in facebook?.
June 23rd, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Also, love your new blog style and banner (Well behaved women rarely make history). Great Quote, soooo true.
June 27th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Aww, I love Troll Baby, but hey, a girls gotta do what a girl has to do. Love the new name and love the new look. I never thought you were a snob…you are not really a snob, are you?
I’ll still read, snobs don’t bother me anyway.
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