What I Did For Blog.*
by sweetney

fussyContributing Editor Tracey Gaughran-Perez also blogs at sweetney.com

Mrs. Kennedy from Fussy is not alone in her massive, unyeilding dorkitude. Oh hells no.

Though we all may be loathe to admit it, if you've been blogging for any length of time you most certainly have a Blog Dork skeleton or two lurking in a closet somewhere (or, in the case of Mrs. Kennedy, bolted to the rear-end of your car). And ladies, I for one think its high time we out ourselves (oh c'mon, it'll be fun! Really!), because being a Blog Dork should not be something we have to hide (unlike being a fan of Bill O'Reilly, or a lover of all things Paris Hilton... please keep that shit to yourself, m'kay?). I AM NOT AN ANIMAL, I AM A HUUUUUMAN BEEEEEING!

Okay, I'll go first! Ready?

Significant blog-related dorkitude I've engaged in:

1. Attended MULTIPLE local blogger gatherings (this should be filed under "glutton for punishment").
2. Printed up "blog business cards" TWICE (the new ones are professionally printed, unlike the first batch which were lame inkjet printer cards... But I think its safe to say the fact that I've now gone so far as to pay to have professionals print up blogcards for me scores me AMPLE Blog Dork points).
3. Made blog logo-type T-Shirts and sold them on my site.
4. Okay, fine, I'll admit it: I read ProBlogger and The Blog Herald. DORK!
5. I have uttered the word "Blogosphere" (if reluctantly).
6. Oh Statcounter, I love you. No, wait -- I HATE YOU! Awww, c'mere ya big lug...

Yes, the truth hurts. BUT THE TRUTH SHALL SET US FREE!

Now you! Go! EMBRACE THE DORK.

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*Sung to the tune of "What I Did For Love" from the Broadway musical A Chorus Line. Because I'm JUST THAT DORKY.

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Tracey Gaughran-Perez | sweetney.com

Submitted by sweetney (view blog) on Fri, 06/02/2006 - 11:37am

Comments

 

I am ashamed to admit to

I am ashamed to admit to half of my blog-dork actions. I've bought blog clothing, blog stickers, and I've researched all avenues of blogging. I'm also testing new blogging packages as we speak (I already have blogs with four different platforms) so I can be the geekiest of the blog-geeks.

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Kim ~ misszoot.com
My {free} Blog Designs

Submitted by Zoot on Fri, 06/02/2006 - 12:26
 

Ya mean...

Ya mean my hand-dyed, custom silk screened blogging t-shirts (sample to be premiered next week) are going to make me MORE DORKY?? Not hip, with it, cool and eccentric fiber blogger?

Ok, when people ask what I "do".. I say I blog. make that I PROUDLY say I blog.

I blog about meeting about bloggers...

Stands up:

Hello, my name is Debra and I'm a blog dork.

Debra
A Stitch In Time
Simple Still Life

Submitted by debra roby on Fri, 06/02/2006 - 13:22
 

i have the jennster license

i have the jennster license plate too.. but i had it before i had the blog. LOL

Submitted by jennster on Fri, 06/02/2006 - 13:35
 

Recursiveness? Mmm hmmm.

I read blogs about blogging (ProBlogger, Copyblogger). I blog about blogging. I blog about how to do stuff with your blog (like how to add Google Adsense ads between posts). This here comment could be construed as blogging about blogging about blogging.

Submitted by Asha Dornfest on Fri, 06/02/2006 - 16:27
 

all that and more

I have been known to say to friends, "You would KNOW that if you ever READ MY BLOG." Best followed with a *big huffy sigh*

With the shape of a D on my forehead,
M

--
Mir from WCS
(BlogHer Mommy & Family contributing editor)

Personal: Woulda Coulda Shoulda

At Ty's Toy Box: Listen to your Mommy!

Submitted by Mir Kamin on Fri, 06/02/2006 - 17:20
 

You would know if you read my blog....

Heh, I say this at least once a day.

~Denise
Daily Dose of Denise

Submitted by Denise on Fri, 06/02/2006 - 17:54
 

At least you don't say, "You

At least you don't say, "You don't even read my blog, do you?"
Super-dorky and really annoying.

And there's so many more where that came from.

Tracey Clark
Mother May I
Picture This

Submitted by Tracey Clark on Fri, 06/02/2006 - 20:55
 

*Raises hand*

Oh! Oh! I'm one! I'm one!

Guilty of all of the above. These days, I don't even cringe when friends tell me, "Oh ya, I already read that on your blog." In fact, sometimes I wonder why I even bother trying to interact IRL.

The revolution will be blogged.

Mary
BlogHer Contributing Editor, Mommy & Family
Mom Writes

Submitted by Mary Tsao on Fri, 06/02/2006 - 19:14
 

My inner dorkiness? I want

My inner dorkiness? I want to put on my answering machine, "I'm not at home but if you'd like to leave a message, please check my blog". Heh.

Space and Time

Submitted by manicmom on Sat, 06/03/2006 - 00:08
 

I like that! I could have

I like that! I could have written it!

trendoffice

Submitted by trendoffice on Sun, 06/04/2006 - 00:22
 

In the blog closet

I have yet to let my inner blog dork come out. Other than the lame laserjet blog business cards - I did that.

Who had that great cartoon up on their blog - a man and a woman in bed after sex and the woman is saying "Was it good? Read my blog."

Submitted by suebob on Sat, 06/03/2006 - 06:02
 

"Friends"

Because most people don't even know what a blog is, when someone is telling a story of something that's happened to them I will chime in with, "oh I know all about that. The same thing happened to my friend in California/Houston/Virginia (wherever) and this is what they did...blah, blah." Sadly, I have never met ANY of these people. I just read them everyday and their daily lives become important to me...they have become my friends.

Hello, my name is Vicky and I'm a Blog Dork. I clearly need some fresh air!

~Vicky Bach
Desperate to be a Housewife

Submitted by raava on Sat, 06/03/2006 - 21:07
 

More Dorkitude

I also bought a copy of "Blogging for Dummies." I'm so ashamed.

Submitted by M Kennedy on Mon, 06/05/2006 - 11:12
 

Now see, if I had known they

Now see, if I had known they had Blogging for Dummies, I would have bought it. I bought Parenting for Dummies, I think I left shame along time ago.

Space and Time

Submitted by manicmom on Mon, 06/05/2006 - 11:40
 

Admitting it is the first step.

Like e-mailing friends who rarely check the blog (because they actually talk to me PLENTY in real life)to tell them about the "story I think is kind of funny" that I just posted? Blah! It's nice to know I can chalk it up to dorkiness as opposed to extreme blog narcissism. Or can I????? (And no, I will NOT cop to copying and pasting a howler of a blog post into an e-mail and sending it out. I won't. I so won't.)

Submitted by lauriewrites on Mon, 06/05/2006 - 22:34
 

I emailed my sibs..

last year and said, "sorry I don't email you often, but really.. you can read all about my life on my blog." Thought I'd be making it easy on them.

My sister in law responded with that "sour pickle" tone in her email: I communicate with friends I personally know.. and haven't the faintest idea why you want strangers to know about your life! She refuses to read my blogs!! Such a 20th century attitude. blech!

Debra
A Stitch In Time
Simple Still Life

Submitted by debra roby on Tue, 06/06/2006 - 06:06
 

If you read my blog...

I've actually lost a friend over the "you can read all about me on my blog" comment. She took it to mean "Hey, I don't care much about hearing from YOU but if you want to know about ME, read my blog." Not my intention, but she has not responded to my cards or emails for nearly 9 months.

Golly some people are just *so* sensitive and *so* stuck in the dark ages.

Shannon
PHAT Mommy

Submitted by Shannon on Thu, 06/08/2006 - 08:08