I understand that there is a web-logging community. People tell me this, so therefore it must be true. (Ha!) Ok, sarcasm aside, I know this is true.
I know this is true because I spend way too much time online. None of that time is spent reading any of the websites that belong to this community. Most of it's spent at either Figure Skating Universe or at the forums of Miscellaneous, Etc.. (Shhh, don't tell Mike I said he wasn't a part of that community, it may make him upset!)
So, these people that I talk to know about this community, some of them even pretend that they're a part of it. I'm not sure why, because if I don't know about it, it can't be that great, can it? (Ok, the sarcasm again, I'll stop. Maybe.) Ok, back to the community. While the internet is cool and undoubtedly full of all kinds of information, it is also full of crazy people.
Case in point. There's this girl, that was so excited about going to Journal Con last year that she was almost ill because of it. Yes, her nerves kicked in and it just wasn't pretty. She was going to meet famous people! Well, famous...in that the people in the web-logging community know who they are. Someone named Uncle Kraacker, no....wait.... Uncle Monty, and oh, I forget who the other famous person is. (See? Not so famous afterall!)
So, yes, the only famous person I've heard of is Pamie. And I've heard of Pamie because she wrote a book. And we all know that I work in a bookstore, so therefore I know about books. I even read the book. I didn't buy it (thank God because it was crap), but I did read it. Why is she famous? Please, somebody tell me. In fact, why was she published? I know a billion people that write better than her. Any one of those billion people would have been more deserving of a book deal than Pamie. No, I'm not an editor, but I'm a reader dammit, and I know what I like. As chicklit goes, it was weak. And that's saying something, because in general, chicklit is sort of weak.
Wow, that was quite a tangent, wasn't it? I apologize, for some reason Pamie does that to me. The poor girl, I'm sure she's perfectly lovely, but for some reason, she just evokes extreme hatred in me.
So yes, there's this whole community out there. I don't know about any of it. I can barely even remember any of their names for goodness sakes. And yet, there are some people who try and try and try to be a part of it. And all that effort completely mystifies me.
Posted by Michelle at March 18, 2004 08:57 AM