...it's not dark yet, but it's gettin' there...
The purpose of this blog is to:
1. Bloviate.
2. Increase awareness and appreciation of good poetry.
3. Make fun of people, especially celebrities.
4. Interact with like-minded folks.
5. Promote my own ego-satisfaction.
It is not the purpose of this blog to:
1. Present ironclad arguments in favor of my stated positions, although i sometimes try to do that.
2. Regurgitate the party line, as all long-time visitors should know.
3. Sacrifice honesty to the god of consistency or slay the demon of fallacious reasoning, although i tend to favor those ideals.
4. Be nice, although i often am.
5. Promote your agenda; your website; your point of view; or your online gambling/porn/prescription drug scam.
i've successfully avoided posting a Statement of Blog's Purpose for over two years, but i think its time has come. i'm sick of people telling me what i should and shouldn't do with my own bandwidth. [Well... Pixy's bandwidth.] If i want to make fun of Lindsay Lohan, i will. If i want to do a non-religious post on Easter Sunday, i will. If i want to drop a subtle hint that i might not be celibate, i fucking will. If i want to run your ass out of the comments because i don't like you for no good reason at all, i will. Even though i almost never do that, i reserve any and all rights.
That is all.
More: Wow. i thought i was pissed off. Check out Beth. Right on girl!
amen sister. i especially like the placement of "fucking" in relation to celibate.
Posted by: Blu on Jun. 30, 2005What about Porn?
Posted by: Casca on Jun. 30, 2005O-o-o-o-o-o-k-a-a-a-a-y. That's sufficiently "in your[mine/theirs/whoever's] face" to meet this month's quota.
Posted by: Iam Doubt on Jun. 30, 2005Yes, Boss. Gettin a drink of water over here, Boss.
Posted by: Jake on Jun. 30, 2005I also am not in favor of regurgitation. It amazes me to discover that some people love it. "Sean Hannity (or Al Franken) said it...I believe it...it's goo enough for me."\
My blog included a statement of purpose in its very first post. Occasionally I revisit it to see how far I've strayed.
Posted by: Ontario Emperor on Jun. 30, 2005"rosebud" eh Emperor?
Posted by: annika on Jun. 30, 2005Just you keep shakin that tree, cool hand Jake.
[as long as we're doing movie references.]
Posted by: annika on Jun. 30, 2005Annika:
Yessssssssssssssssssssssss.
You got my obscure movie reference.
Yessssssssssssssssssssssss.
You know everything.
I don't get people telling me what to post about mainly because I get about 30 visitors a day. *Sigh*
On the plus side, I've received a total of two pieces of hate mail.
Posted by: Mark on Jun. 30, 2005as annika's journal becomes more popular/well known, and it is/will, more of this will be necessary.
cap'n ed is getting trolls.
i recognized one here in a different thread, but have chosen not to feed him.......so far.
i'm not going to kiss annika's ass and go into the reasons i think her site is becoming more popular.
i would, however, kiss her ass for numerous other reasons.......and she would liiiiiiiiikit.
Hey Annie, it's your sandbox; I appreciate you letting me build castles occassionally. If others find the time to post comments explaining how you should run YOUR blog, might I suggest that you engage in some judicious word rearranging of their comments. It might surprise some people to be the top ten results from Google when the search criteria are "molests baby squirrels".
Words of wisdom that I heard in "Long Gone": Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke. Nah, sex is a good thing. The better choice would be to NOT fuck 'em. Just my opinion, of course. I could be wrong.
Posted by: physics geek on Jun. 30, 2005It may be time to retitle this place. How about, "Beauty and the Geeks"? The hairy-palmed throng lining up here these days... ah well, I guess one must take all comers in this business.
Posted by: Casca on Jun. 30, 2005might I suggest that you engage in some judicious word rearranging of their comments. It might surprise some people to be the top ten results from Google when the search criteria are "molests baby squirrels".
I do creative editing of troll comments--but I never even thought to use it to my advantage (Google bait)! w00t!
Annie, you're such a doll for linking to my bitchy post after yours was done so well!
Posted by: Beth on Jun. 30, 2005Excuse me, Annie, but was I married to you?
Posted by: shelly on Jun. 30, 2005Beautiful banner! (I changed mine too this week. It looks good considering I don't own PhotoShop.)
Who's the blondie on the left side?
Posted by: Mark on Jun. 30, 2005some bitch.
Posted by: annika on Jul. 1, 2005" Promote your agenda; your website; your point of view; or your online g*mbling/porn/prescription drug scam."
I am personally offended as I often try to present my scams to he world for public offering.
Posted by: cube on Jul. 1, 2005long time reader from the east coast. keep up the awesomeness of your site. But why no buzzwords in your mission statement, such as:
"Leverage core competencies with a goals-directed focus combining proactive action with dynamic paradigms in a synergistic fashion that highlights overall strategic output."
Posted by: albo on Jul. 1, 2005i like it, Albo. But isn't that the mission statement for all blogs?
Posted by: annika on Jul. 1, 2005