Lost, and Found!

Well, I did something productive today on my Tumblr, so I thought I’d record what I wrote here so maybe the mojo would spread. Here’s what’s on Tumblr:

I FINALLY FOUND THE FOLLOWERS PAGE!! I’m sorry to shout but I just now figured it out. Maybe I’m stupid but I absolutely could not find this page before. My only excuse is that I do 95% of my Tumblr-ing from my [stupid] iPhone. That limits me from… Oh, who cares. The important thing is I now know who is following me. If I had thousands of followers and had been doing it for a while I might not have been as freaked out, but I’m fairly new to Tumblr, and anyway I am one of those people who likes to thank people for following and who will also probably follow you back. So it was really messing with my OCD that I didn’t know. I would see someone with a trillion followers write notes listing all their new followers and thanking them (long lists!) and I’d feel like shit: “If that person can take the time to type that many names, what’s the matter with me!?” So you can understand my joy and relief at finding out who all of you are. So here’s what I would like to say:

THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING ME. I believe I am now following you all back (not just because you’re following me; I checked your profiles and we all seem pretty compatible). And don’t worry, I’m not going to bug you with big grateful speeches like this again. It was just bothering me for so long. I have this idea about manners and I felt like I was being rude. And truly, on Twitter or Tumblr or whatever, I think if someone takes the time to follow you and listen to what you have to say, that’s a wonderful thing.

Well, now I guess I’d better go fill out the About Me section. I’m a n00b. Thanks again, people! XOXO

P.S. It would be both funny and sad if everyone stopped following me after this post.

Add a comment November 29, 2009

It’s Not Going to Write Itself

What can I say. I have no direction, I’m going in all directions. Nothing is getting done. I would be more upset about it if this wasn’t a new thing for me. For an obsessive-compulsive over-achiever like I USED TO BE, this is new territory. I don’t know what’s happened to make me this way. To think that I used to be so productive I’d type up pamphlets and photocopy them at Kinko’s… Now I can publish a blog (actually several blogs) from my phone only — I don’t. Why? What’s wrong with me? Have I burnt out? It’s probably not permanent, whatever it is.

Anyway, I was reading this blog about writing blogs (at least I can still read) and the author had some good advice. For instance, even if you don’t have something amazing to write about, write about something anyway. To get yourself in the habit and all that. And that seems like a plan. It’s a direction. So here I am. God, that wiped me out! But hey, I wrote something.

Add a comment November 19, 2009