Carousel: Week Ending 20th November 2009
[ 20 November 2009 ]
Happy Friday! Welcome to the one, the only, the original Carousel!
Stickers & Donuts tells us what they love about Amsterdam. International playgirls ahoy!
Did you subscribe to If It’s Hip, It’s Here yet? If not: these brollies change colour, these beds are amazing & balloon mania.
This is old but amazing: One Is The Loveliest Color. The quotes are brilliant & fascinating:
Do you make your own blue shoes?I go to leather fairs and have the factory make me shoes. I also buy white Chanel and Christian Louboutin shoes, and I color them blue with custom-ordered electric-blue Sharpies.
Why gray?I actually wore turquoise for eight years, but last September, I switched to gray. I’d had a bad year and needed to get out of it.
That’s a big switch.
I like everything to be clean, and gray is clean. Gray is between black and white, so it’s a noncolor, almost. I feel messy and unclean if I wear other colors.
I went to Rome to do my master’s in ’82. I wore all black, with pink hair. But that was considered Fascist. I had to tone down my dress.
I can’t fall asleep unless I’m wearing green.
Julie linked me to the Through The Viewfinder group on Flickr, & it is awesome!
There’s only a month & a half left of the year (ARGH), so check out The Frisky’s Astro Guide 2009 to see how to make the most of it!
50 practical tips to save you a lifetime from the Times Online.
Mystic Medusa makes me laugh my ass off. On wearing a “serenity helmet”...
Virgo – If it is likely to enhance performance and they can wear it whilst spreadsheeting, cleaning and writing obsessive compulsive lists, YES! How does one clean it and does it come with a guarantee?
More fun with statistics from the OkCupid blog: Your Looks & Your Inbox. How does your attractiveness affect your inbox? Now you know.
Oprah is ending her talk show in 2011. BOO.
We know this already but I like it anyway: Fashion not a betrayal of feminist ideals, says leading headteacher.
She said that women are sometimes judged “harshly” for their choices, and women are often guilty of judging other women. “We must resist the impulse to judge women, to judge them harshly and judge them narrowly,” she said.
A Glorious Mess is all about how Nabokov was a control freak. I do love him.
I was sent cupcakes with unicorns on them once, but they didn’t look like this. BEAUTIFUL!
Jane from Sea Of Shoes has turned off her comments. Since I read that, I’ve been thinking about it all morning, & I talked about it a little bit on Twitter. Gretchen was inspired to write about it too. It’s an interesting thing — sometimes the comments of a blog can be enormously positive & useful, they can serve to bring a community together & make it stronger, but sometimes they’re just a waste of space. Sometimes they degrade the actual content posted above. This is especially prevalent when the content is more personal than fact-based, & there are so many bloggers who have shut down their operation entirely because they are fed up with hearing what complete strangers think of their lifestyle choices. I think a lot of bloggers will see what Jane’s done, breathe a sigh of relief & follow suit. What are your thoughts on blog comments? I feel that Jane has made a good decision, I don’t think she’ll regret it for a second & I am positive that it will not affect her negatively in any way. Also I love her so I am kind of biased. Haha.
Also, Jane introduced me to the wonder of Lumigram. HELLO! I want these tablecloths at the next big party I have.
Worn Fashion Journal does some amazing stuff, & they have just suffered an epic setback. If there is any way you can help them out, it would be so much appreciated.
Want to win a $750 shopping spree with Charlotte Russe? (I have a bunch of stuff from there which I love!) Design a t-shirt & you just might!
Okay, I hate to mention this but it is almost Christmas shopping time. (I KNOW, RIGHT?) My friend Jess, who owns Sugadeaux cupcakes (yes, still the best cupcakes I have ever eaten) has a shop full of cupcakey merch which will delight anyone with a sweet tooth. I like the ‘Shut Up & Bring Me A Cupcake’ shirt, personally. Also anything which says ‘Breakfast Of Champions’, ‘cause we all know cupcakes make for the best breakfast.
Baby flamingoes ‘scared of pink’. Uh oh.
Have you seen F*ck Yeah, Tattoos! yet? It’s a goodie.
DEALBREAKER: you don’t eat & your wallet chain.
JAK & JIL went backstage at Victoria’s Secret.
The Lula scrapbook is quite adorable & lovely.
The YOU ARE REMARKABLE book is available now! I haven’t seen it in person but it looks fantastic, is only $15 (or enter greatbook at checkout for 10% off!) & is full of stuff to make you feel really, really good.
I LOVE THIS KID. Will Phillips, 10-Year-Old, Won’t Pledge Allegiance To A Country That Discriminates Against Gays. HOLLER. Jon Stewart loves him too:
Trailer for Tom Ford’s A Single Man.
Beautiful, sheer Virgoan perfection.
Love letters & feather headdresses,
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RE: comments
Nothing makes me happier than seeing comments on my blog. its instant feedback and such a thrill to actually realise that people are reading what I write! I rarely get negative comments but if i do i just delete them and think. “oh well that’s an essay of hate no one will ever see” The good far outweigh the bad in my opinion anyway…and aren’t comments what make blogs sooo much better and stand out from print media?
kat — I think they can be valuable but they’re not always. I think comments can bring people together, which is great & is definitely better than the way “traditional media” does it, but how often do you read comments which really enhance the content? That usually only happens when there’s a contentious issue at hand, & even then there are a bunch of people who have had a bad day & just want somewhere to vent.
There’s also the problem of spam — Darren Rowse of Problogger turned off comments after 90 days of a post going live because otherwise he spends his entire life deleting spam comments. I have a similar problem, even with a spam-catcher in use.
I love reading my comments but I don’t think they are essential to a blog’s success. Plus, you still hear what people think even if they’re turned off, via other people’s blogs & email. It’s really all about what you’re trying to achieve. If you’re building a community, people need a voice. If you’re just a person who likes to write about style, they’re less essential. It all depends on your goal.
I like getting comments because for me they’re so few and far between, but I can see where they might reach a point that they’re more upsetting than they are helpful and fun. But in other news – A Single Man looks so bizarre and excellent! What a random cast! And that Jon Stewart response to Will Phillips is all kinds of wonderful.
Awesome Carousel :) I kind of forgot it was friday because its my day off & it feels more like sunday or hmm maybe tuesday _
First of all as an ex-amsterdamster i would say that the guide is a bit on the tourist-trap-side but anways.. Wait a minute Oprah is what?? Didn’t she say something like this before? Can we not change her mind with mind blowing free goodies? Hmm.
The more I think about this, the more I have to say about it! Argh! Just because having comments turned on is the way it’s always been doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the right thing or the perfect way forward. As blogging gets more popular & traffic goes up & up, the signal to noise ratio changes & so people have to make choices that make sense for them.
Oh & I read this quote today which may or may not be relevant to the issue at hand! (From www.positivityblog.com/index.p…)
“6. More external validation won’t save you.
Every day I get dozens of messages via comments, email, Twitter and Facebook about how cool some article I wrote was or how awesome my blog or I am. It is pretty nice. Here’s the thing though: after a while your mind gets used to it. You don’t get giddy or overly happy. It becomes a part of life.
Now, some comments or emails make me really happy (usually the ones that are really specific about how some article helped someone to overcome a dark period in their life or solve a problem). And I do appreciate all the kind words. But nowadays I mostly look at it as being happy for the people who said the kind things because I am glad that something on my website could help them and that they are in such a good place that they feel like expressing their appreciation.
But my main point here is that your mind gets used to pretty much anything. So if you think that getting more validation from other people via a blog or some other place will somehow save you then you may be disappointed. It’s all good and nice. But in the end I do believe that the only way to pull yourself up out of not being that fond of yourself or low self esteem is by creating more inner validation of yourself. You can’t find that groundwork outside of yourself.”
I love this. You are such a day brightener … :-D
thanks for linking to my article gala :)
i just have to agree with what you said above – comments should enhance your blogs content or be a mechanism for meaningful interaction – not negativity. jane did the right thing.
anyway, it’s HER blog – she can do with it what she wants…sometimes people forget that and think that the blogs we read are public property – that they “belong” to us somehow…
I understand both sides. To comment,or not to comment. Not all criticisms are constructive. It’s such a personal choice.
The little boy not pledging allegiance to a country that does not accept gays really moved me.
Reminds me of one of my favorite Dorothy Parker quotes “Heterosexuality isn’t normal, it’s just common.” So simple and true.
Thanks for the Amsterdam link! I’m going there in two weeks on a research grant, and it will be great to know a few places to visit! :)
Britt — That quote is great. I love Ms Parker!
Lauren — You’ll have an amazing time, I love Amsterdam very very much! A few years ago I was convinced I would live in the Netherlands, it is fantastic.
ARGH I just wrote up this whole thing and then my internet was like “Oh hai, I’m on your computer, stealing your comments!”. grr. rawr.
I definitely need to check out Fuck Yeah Tattoos! The only problem with loving tattoos & wanting so many is that I have no idea what to get next. Paralyzed with indecision! (I believe that’s a Libra quality?)
I’m not sure where I stand on the comment issue…I personally feel like one of the best things about blogging is that it builds a community. But then, we have an f’n lovely community over at Independent Fashion Bloggers, and I think that has less to do with comments on any of the individual blogs and more to do with willingness to help each other out and such. I can see turning off comments after 90 days, because any good discussion would have probably been done by then, although I don’t do it. (But you know, I get probably 1% of PB’s traffic, haha!) But in the case of a blog like Jane’s, I would think most of her comments would either be things like “omg cute outfit” or “jesus you’re a spoiled brat”, so, you know, not a lot of great discussion going on there. I can see turning them off in that case. So…uh. You know, do what makes you happy? (I think this seeing-all-sides-of-everything is also a Libran quality. Or maybe it’s just the head cold talkin’.)
Oh and that kid? I want to buy him a big box of chocolates. What a sweetheart!
Thank you for posting about Worn! That is so sad. Next week I will hopefully be buying their whole back-catalog & sending a donation their way.
Now I’m off to go read the rest of these links & paint my nails purple-black. Thanks for the delicious reading, Gala! I hope you have a fabulous weekend!
I’m generally good at quelching negative comments with intelligent discussion. I’m surprised by how well that works actually and how receptive internet people can be. It’s changed my mind that the internet is all bitchiness and flame wars.
Also kind of random. Did you know there’s a Cupcake Crawl this Sunday?! I’d love to organize one with my friends. I’ve got a pretty good handle on the best bakeries in the city at this point haha. newyork.going.com/event
First – I loooooooove Lula. Doesn’t it only come out biannually though? I wish there was more Lula to go around. sigh
Second – I can definitely see the appeal of turning the comments off. There are a lot of trolls out there who will inherently want to hate you for being on the internet.
But… I like the idea that people can come here and talk about what you’ve found, what you’ve said, and what you’ve discovered. Like Michelle said, it does build community and I’ve learned of a lot of awesome people by flinging through the comments at the bottom of your (Gala’s) posts.
I actually turn off all comments after a certain amount of time. Or maybe they’re moderated… Like Michelle said, all the relevant discussion is probably already done by then.
(Also, HA! Michelle – you totally crack me up.)
Great carousel, Gala.
I’ve found that I’ve been pretty lucky with my blog comments. I have very supportive and kind readers but occasionally I do get rude things out of nowhere that are obviously unfounded and pointless. I haven’t gotten one in many months, but actually allowing anonymous comments opened a nice little gate to me for disgruntled ex friends to use which only happened a couple times and then ceased. Honestly that’s no reason to shut down the support from all the people who do like what I do and want to tell me. The positives far outweigh the negatives and I do find simple comments like “I like this” constructive because it’s positive. Everyone could use a little more positivity and I like to know when people like what I do.
Sometimes I’ve even had mind blowing comments about how a little of my writing inspired someone to change their life in a drastically positive direction. I’d never want to shut that out. I’ve seen these types of comments on your blog as well and I’m sure you love them.
I also really like having discussions and contests with my readers and I know they like it too.
Though, in Jane’s case she mostly posts her lovely photography and beautiful outfits which doesn’t necessarily need feedback, I agree. If she hasn’t found them helpful either way then why not shut them off? It’s her blog and whatever she prefers.
I see how there are definitely two sides to the issue, so all I can really do is speak for myself:
I started my blog because I moved to a new city and was lonely. The blog has been an amazing outlet for me and I’m so, so grateful I’ve stuck with it.
I like comments because the people I receive comments from are usually people I consider friends (or potentially new friends)—usually other bloggers whom I take the time to read their blog, get to know, enjoy, and share some of the same interests with. It is easy enough for me to delete mean or spam comments, so I consider it a non-issue.
I think it depends a lot upon how much traffic you are getting and whom is interested in your site…maybe because my blog has NOTHING to do with fashion or posting pictures of myself, I am not as susceptible to 100’s of “fluff” comments, which I can see being very draining & hard to keep track of (but then, 100 people saying they like your shoes really isn’t hurting the blogger either…so why not let people leave comments? hm…again, two sides, & probably stuff I would not understand!)
I really enjoy every comment I get on my blog, answer nearly all of them, & probably would not have as much motivation to keep blogging without knowing others were enjoying/relating to my posts, because sometimes you just want to know someone else enjoys whatever odd ball thing you do, you know?
And that is why I blog. I don’t blog to have serious discussions or talk about politics or feminism (in fact, I am not even interested in blogs like that—not that there is anything wrong with blogs like that, I just prefer to hold my debates IRL).
Blogging for me is FUN, not business.
I don’t ever think there will be a point where I am unable to appreciate everyone who reads my blog. I am still astounded when I look at my blog stats & can feel all the love : )
I probably would not frequent a blog without comments. It seems boring and almost like a “corporate” move. Blogs are for discussion & hands-on involvement!
Yes, I read all the comments on other blogs I love too!
xx
It’s funny, ‘cause even the comments here on this issue prove that comments can be useful, intelligent & interesting. Haha.
There needs to be a worldwide goodbye party for Oprah’s show. It will end in a drunken signing of a petition to release past shows on DVD, but mostly everyone will squeal and hug each other about how much they love her! Who’s in???
Comments are great for any blog looking to expand, but I agree with Jane’s decision to turn hers off! At some point they don’t add to the blog anymore, and the discussion within the comments just gets lost in a sea of complacence. Especially since a lot of Jane’s work is done off-screen, and her blog is just that – a blog. An online log of things going on in her life, except that her life happens to revolve around lots of unseen happenings (go-go twitter!).
Don’t turn off your comments, Gala.
I think comments are interesting and a very good concept.
They offer instant feedback, with a lower threshold than e-mails. Some may think this is a good thing, that if you don’t bother to sit down and write an e-mail, then it’s not worth commenting either. But I believe that it will keep some people from giving feedback, and I think feedback is always good (unless it is spam).
I agree that style blogs don’t necessarily need that kind of feedback.
But I do know that on your blog, Gala, I as a reader love to read what other people think as well! I really like to read what people find interesting about your posts, their additions, their thursday loves and their questions.
And I think this would be lost if a blog has no comment option; the interactive aspect is gone and the blog post becomes more like a one-way communicating magazine.
Love, Marthe
oh my god colours are so interesting!! my mum always always wears exactly the same tone of green. personally, i’ve always been obsessed with hed to toe burning fuschias and reds or other pinks. i feel so so me in those colours, c’est bizarre!
xoxo
I totally see how comments can be a problem. However, I gotta say, I hope you personally don’t turn yours off; never on another blog have I found such a community of people so accepting and intelligent. We even argue with class here, haha. ;)
Comments can be a problem, as their are many rude people out their with nothing better to do than be obnoxious (hello youtube comments!), but, I think that they can be helpful as well.
In Jane’s case, she was getting lotttts of comments, some of them about the clothes, some about her personal life. I posted a comment recently on her blog about a 10 animal fur poncho she wore a while back. Typically I love her style, but I thought that the poncho was unsavory in its excess, and so I commented on it. It was not at her personally, but it was directed at the clothes, which I do think is fair (especially because those who wear fur WILL garner complaints in this day and age). Personal attacks are dumb and obnoxious, and I don’t blame her for wanting to get rid of them. They do degrade the content, as you said, Gala.
I personally love the option to give a comment because I feel kind of empty as a reader if I do want to, but I can’t. I think you should keep your comments on, but its up to you!
And heeeey, my hand/clutch/rings are on your blog! How awesome, I love your blog :)
www.flickr.com/photos/fartssic…
Lumigram drapes! Oh my, how magical!!
Oh and I thought you might like these, they are very interesting!
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=science+of+sex&search_type=&aq=f
Gala – true true but i still love lovely comments :oP Even if they don’t always enhance the post, it’s nice (on my blog – ie wedding blogging) to read comments even just saying ‘wow this is so gorgeous, what a fabulous idea for a photoshoot! Thanks for the inspiration’
My spam catcher seems to get all the nasties I’m lucky but I do spend a large proportion of my day moderating comments!
Anyway, don’t get rid of your comments…how will we all add our own things we love on a thursday or one!?
keep up the fabulous job gorgeous girl
Ohhh!!! Wonderful Carousel!!
By the way, I HIGHLY suggest you try Through The Viewfinder photography! I have an adorable brownie starflex and the shape of it itself makes me happy! Plus its lots of fun and it looks goofy while doing it =]. You can usually find the cameras on ebay for $20 or less!
Have you checked out www.photojojo.com ?
Also, I really really think you shouldn’t close commenting, I look forward to reading your blog comments, I’ve found some of my favorite blogs through comments here, and I really feel like your site’s made such a wonderful, loving (although I understand the need to moderate the not-so pretty comments) community! I can kind of see how Janes blog would benefit from turning off comments, but when yours is sometimes directed towards helping people, advice, TiLT, and other interactive things, it really enhances the blog and its just…special =]. Please don’t turn off commenting!!
P.S. I love Darren Rowse! yay
Well… I think Jane probably gets more negative comments than most fashion bloggers just because of the really high pricetag/brandname of her clothes/shoes/accessories. (if I want it, I can’t go buy it… as opposed to possibly like a forever 21 dress you wore or something) Ahaha, I also have to admit, her being featured in fashion magazines probably sparked some jealously also. I believe it’s important to hear what other people think so we can have a discussion… so I wish she’d keep the comment open, but she had reasons, and it’s her blog. This is something I wouldn’t really understand.. but she mentioned people were knowing too much about her and family (privacy issues) do you get that also Gala? If this is common, I really don’t blame her for turning the comments off.
I’m not turning my comments off! I have been exceptionally blessed in that my readers & commenters (that would be YOU GUYS!) are some of the very very best on the internet, & I really believe that! All I’m saying is that I don’t blame her. Internet fame is a very strange & sometimes creepy thing — when the line between the online & real worlds starts to blur, & people who don’t like you make it their business to get involved in your life (& it which sounds like this has happened to her), then turning comments off would be a welcome respite, for sure.
jess — YAY! I didn’t know that was your photo, I will credit it right now! The photo is brill, I adore it.
I think sometimes the value of comments comes not even just from what visitors to the blog have to say and the discussion that can be generated there, but from what extra clarifications and discussions it could help to prompt from the original poster. It can mean a simple way to get answers about things that were posted or little opinions etc. things that I think enhance the post and allow the poster to get them out of the way without a whole follow-up post or an edit later on. However, obviously this requires people who are happy to use their noggins when writing a comment and aren’t just posting nonsense and cruelties.
I think perhaps for Jane, a fashion blog like that
wouldn’t really require much extra user input or much discussion from visitors, it’s almost more of a showcase of her life and passions. Therefore opinions on the morality of her choice of fur vs not fur or the price of what she bought or the amount of clothes she has etc. are irrelevant and unnecessary. I’m sure by now she knows what people think of all that and is sick of hearing about it every single post.
I vote Will Phillips for president.
‘Nuff said.
Ahh, too crazy! I have met that woman who wears only green on the “L” train. She had the same green hair, nail polish, the entire outfit and a little green backpack. She’s a teeny, tiny person. Too funny!
I do follow Janes blog, and I love to read her posts. I have commented a few times but HARDLY any. I agree with turning them off, it is her blog. She can do what ever she wants. I do have a fashion blog myself and I do agree that my comment section is not nessecary at all. But I do love getting reading my comments. I like to know that people like what I write and think about fashion enough to talk to me about it. I personally have never gotten a bad comment as I do not have many readers and hardly get comments which might make me getting a comment seem sooo special. To me it just depends on the person and how they want there blog to be, if they want it just to share, or to talk about things too. Sure I think it is nice to have the option if you want to comment. Jane knows that people love her blog and that seems like it is enough for her. Let her work on her fashion. She can share it with us if she wants. LOVE YOUR BLOG GALA!!!!
great links, this will entertain me for two days
ps. did you guys hear the model daul kim died? so sad
I really love having comments, it adds a sense of connectivity, and the feeling that your thoughts really count for something. I also love reading what other people think. I think Jane’s blog is much more day to day focused in such a lot of her personal life is exposed and I could understand why it’s a bit too much for people to comment on said things. You’re blog/site is a go to for fashion, advice, style – pretty much a general pick me up required once a day. And to be a bit selfish, I love being able to give my opinion on things, more so when it’s being able to comment on something written by a personal style icon.
That little kid is so brilliant! :)
I linked the video of that 10 year old kid and started chaos on my facebook. Apparently he offended my parents and other conservative love-America-no-matter-what types. Ah well.
oh wow! had’nt read that. you’re probably sick of the argument now but:
the comments part makes icing more than just a blog than anything, because you get what you give out, and here the girls make a really nice community-feel. just because flattery/interesting opinions become diminished by their hoards, it would be a great mistake to underestimate their true value added. sea of shoes definitely suits having no comments but i don’t think it resonates with icing’s message.
Power to Jane! I doubt she needs the validation, and we can all still admire her clothes & shoes & draw inspiration from her creative outfits & photography. Win-win, pretty much! Who is going to miss writing ‘great outfit’ at the bottom of her posts!? She’s right; it’s pointless.
Obv iCiNG is another matter entirely! ;)
When I spent all my time in LJ Land, I took the time and turned off commenting for a while. I, for a bit, felt that no one’s feedback had any bearing on my life. What I found, for me, though, was I was missing out on community. I came crawling back after a bit. But at the very least, I can say I tried.
So, with that, I can def see both sides of the issue. I couldn’t ever close down comments off my blog or anything anymore, because I feel with that I’m turning my back on the community. Or a community. I dunno, to me it sends a message like people who comment aren’t worth my time (be it good feedback, bad feedback or comments that mirror whatever anyone has already said one million times.)
Yeah, it’s an issue I’m torn on. Some parts of me say it keeps you from worrying about what someone is going to say about something you do and it makes it more storybook like, more fanciful and far away and then the other part of me wonders what blogging is really all about then.
Hrmm..
Or, you know, I get like 3 comments a post and it’s usually people I know, so maybe I have no idea what it’s like and I can’t come up with a valid response cause of that.
Ahh, internet! Good for her though! Doing what makes you happy is the most important thing anyway.
Gala, it’s so nice to see your website updated frequently with delicious new content. Keep up the god work!
oh wow, so much amazing work on Fuck Yeah, Tattoos!
Love the nailpolish and jewelry great shot
pinacoladakisses.blogspot.com/
I understand why someone would want to cut their comments off. The only drawback I would see is someone who makes money off their blog. I think it would alienate a lot people and the blog income would suffer as a result. But maybe not, I don’t know. I personally like getting comments, but I can see why someone wouldn’t want to deal with it. With a blog as popular as Jane’s, i’m sure she gets comments sometimes from rude or jealous people. She has a fabulous blog though, I will continue to read it regardless :]
Ugh gawd, I would love to have a VS stylist come do my makeup/hair every day. /sigh
Honestly I don’t see blogs without comments being much of a trend. That’s always been one of the cornerstones of blogging – being able to interact with the audience. Honestly I don’t read blogs that regularly disable comments. I just find it frustrating.
Hey Gala,
Not that this is pertinent to this week’s carousel, but I just wanted to thank you for being an obscenely inspirational and happy person. Years after reading your articles on being a stronger person and being happier, and I still find myself thinking about what you wrote. I usually refer to those articles too when I have to make a difficult decision.
So just simply, thanks for being the inspirational person you are. You’ve helped out a lot of bunnies because of it.
-Ashley Skye
I can understand why someone who would receive a lot of homogeneous comments would want to turn them off…but I don’t see it being a trend otherwise. We can still admire such bloggers photos without commenting, too!
Wonderful carousel, heaps of goodies! Yippee for cupcake shirts!
The Astro guide for 2009 for Gemini was ASTOUNDING. It spoke of breaking free of past lovers, and completely changing everything in the second half of the year…and being open to new excitement and adventure. This corresponds with meeting my amazing boyfriend, and just in generally becoming so excited about every day!
Thank you for the post re fashion vs feminism “not mutually exclusive” – a matter close to many of our hearts :)
The “don’t feel guilty re taking time out for raising kids” is a tricky one though, nobody’s telling the lads to “chill out, it’s ok to take care of the kiddos whilst your lovely lady shimmies up the career ladder” – interesting comment on the article at this link
thehandmirror.blogspot.com/200…
Good ol’ New Zild blog, excuse the blunt article title.
Love your work girl.
x
I was wondering about one thing in no context to anything here, though…, have you decided what you want to be in the future? Or is Icing what you aimed for since the beginning? I was just wondering if this was maybe a period in your life, and then you would move on to writing novels or something and we would lose icing… =p or is blogging what you always wanted to do?
Just curious!
Btw, I don’t mean it as a negative thing, I’m not saying it would be “better” to be writing novels compared to blogging, since you are of course a professional blogger, which is different than the ones with “what-I-did-today” blogs… anyhow, enough rambling.
TheBunnyGeek — Awwwwww. Thank you so much. xo
Hikari — The way I see it, & have always seen it really, is that I am a writer & blogging is the primary way I do that — at the moment. It’s just a vehicle for what I do. There are a zillion different avenues a writer can take & I’m no exception. I’m working on a book & I write for magazines & I do copywriting etc. etc., in addition to running this site. At some point I’m sure there will be a shift, & when there is I’ll evaluate all my projects, but I do love iCiNG very much!
I know that is not a very comprehensive answer but it’s all I can say at this point :>
www.vessel.com/prod_kids_tipi….
thought of you, dear!
I like nice comments. My spam blocker blocks out all the bad stuff. You always have the best links!
The “50 Practical Tips to Save You Half a Lifetime” article was great! Oh, and that Sugadeaux place looks amaaazing! SO CUTE!
I really loved this post, but I felt compelled to give my two cents about bloggers and comments. Hope nobody minds! =)
I think what it comes down to, whether bloggers keep or delete comments, is ‘Does the posts content mean more than the comments content?’. Posts take a lot of time, effort, and an substantial amount of personality. If authors find themselves drastically happy or sad after reading positive and negative comments, maybe they’re affected more by how everyone might like or dislike them rather than the impact of their posts bring to the blogosphere.
Good or bad, if criticism isn’t constructive it’s useless. I happen to like comments because it’s instant feedback and connection with readers. Many readers won’t email what takes two seconds to comment. If nice readers are still commenting and visiting after bad readers comment, you’re doing something right and should be proud.
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