Anybody who has blogged for a while will have noticed a dip in comments and interaction following the Christmas/New Year break. People fall out of the habit, get busy, supplant writing with drinking, or just value the extra time not writing affords them. Whatever the reason, I wanted to bid them a fond farewell. This song goes out to them...
To all the blogs we lost this yearFor those dead homies I tip out some beer.Good luck in whatever you do(But how dare you find something new)Good luck focusing on your career.To all the blogs who post no more.To be honest your tales were kind of a bore.I valued you when you read my wordsBut you're not reading this so eat my turds.(I truly am a comment whore.)To all the bloggers who have moved onI miss your snark now that it's gone.You probably found another hobbyBut this and booze are my therapy.My last gift to you is this song.To all the bloggers who no longer read.Were we just there for your ego to feed?You could still come to see our writing.Our need for validation you are fighting.Farewell to all, we'll still be here if you need.
Goodbye, dead blogs, you will be missed.
Bonus points if you know what song I Weird Al'd.
Ha! I love this. I can't figure out what song it is because I've had the theme song to Shameless stuck in my head all morning. Bah!
ReplyDeleteSurely that has to be Willie Nelson, "To All the Girls I've Loved Before." Right??? If it's not, it still fits :)
ReplyDeleteSo sad, all the departer bloggers. I admit, I've thought about it, but I plunge on!
Winner winner Pad Tai dinner (chicken dinner is so boring). It is in fact Willie. I thought the theme of that song fit the sentiment.
DeleteIs it a bad sign that just automatically went into "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" without missing a beat?
ReplyDeleteDoes that mean I'm old or crazy?
It means you're right...and a stoner.
DeleteSo many people seem to have disappeared lately.
ReplyDeleteI however am not one of them.
I have just been busy soaking up the sun, out in the hammock, by the pool drinking margaritas....
Actually truth is, I have been damn lazy with the blogging.
Love the song
This was fantastic - no surprise there.
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking of the blogs I miss. How dare people let me into their worlds and then shut me out.
You'd best not take off on us Pickleope! I'd find youuuuuuuuuuu.
The holidays mess everything up!
ReplyDeleteIronically, I just found you today, and I am one of those bloggers that will be closing up shop due to circumstances beyond my control. I hope to crank back up in a new location in the coming months as soon as I get my bearings again. Good thing hammocks are portable. I have joined your site, plan to keep my blogger so that I CAN keep up with my favorite blogs and will check in and comment. :) When I do set up hammock elsewhere I will let you know!
ReplyDeleteAs long as you don't go Tumblr. Tumblr is for porn and nostalgic mash-ups.
DeleteI thought it was "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" and actually sang it out loud. That was fun. Can you please do more songs?
ReplyDeleteLove the parody. Now I have that tune stuck in my brain. Funny that important stuff never sticks though. HHMMMM I hate when blogs I follow go away. There have been dozens that I enjoyed over the last couple of years that just disappeared.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I've noticed a lot of blogs that I love to read have been withering away. Though, I can't really say much because mine has been extremely lacking, as well. And is the song "To All the Girls I've Loved Before"? (Just kidding, I had no idea what song it was imitating. I just copied the answer from the comments above.)
ReplyDeleteWell done! I hate it when people simply disappear without explanation, especially when I feel we've become "close" friends. Guess that friend wasn't much of a friend, after all.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
I have a whole folder in my Reader with a dozen or so blogs that have fallen by the wayside. Sad, too, since there are a few of them that still rank in my top blogs ever.
ReplyDeleteYikes! I think I might fall into this category right now! And seriously, I think this might just be the motivation I need to get myself back on schedule. In fact, I was just in the bathroom a minute ago thinking about how much I hate schedules but when I throw mine out the window I end up spending 8 hours skimming through The Meta Picture or Pinterest and accomplishing exactly nothing.
ReplyDeleteSo. There you have it. Here's to getting back on track my friend!
Not only did I recognise the song, but I sung it very loudly to the tune as I read it! My neighbours must be so confused right now.
ReplyDeleteI drink WHEN I blog. Is that wrong?
ReplyDeleteNope, that's the preferred method. Lubes the creative juices...ewwwe I grossed myself out with that one.
DeleteI was singing the correct song from the first line. Yay me, aren't I smart. That song will now be stuck in my head, supplanting Soft Kitty from Big Bang Theory, which has been earworming me lately.
ReplyDeleteOnly a couple of blogs on my reading list have disappeared this year, fortunately none of the better ones (present company included). Usually there is a tell when a blogger is losing interest; they start whining.
I am gonna go ahead and pour some of my 40 out for our fallen homies...
ReplyDeleteBut not a lot. Because 40s are delicious.
Hugs!
Valerie
Um. So. I didn't recognize the song. And that's because I don't know it. Willie Nelson? Really?
ReplyDeleteWillie, for sure...and Julio Iglatios???? True twang!
ReplyDeleteI knew the song also. The reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Over the years I noticed the disappearance of a lot of my favorite bloggers too. The ones whose posts encouraged me to start blogging in the first place, but sadly, they fell into the hands of that cruel, overly demanding, bitch called Life. I was bummed and almost stopped blogging for a while because of it.
ReplyDeleteI hope you can appreciate the irony of that...
But then I saw something funny in the grocery & had to tell everyone about it so I came back.
I loved Willie when he still read my blog. But now I have you, which is so much better than all the girls I loved before. That includes the turd-eating.
ReplyDeleteI loved Willie when he still read my blog. But now I have you, which is so much better than all the girls I loved before. That includes the turd-eating.
ReplyDeleteI come and go as I please. When I'm feeling like a total cunt, I stay away to spare people my acid, black Irish humour. Right now we're so broke I haven't eaten a meal in six weeks. One peanut butter sandwich a day and that's it. As for heating my house, can't afford it. We heat only 3 rooms with small space heaters. One of those rooms is not the bathroom, so I stink to high heaven. The thought of reading the blogs of whiny feckers right now would push me over the edge. I'll return to blog and stroke peoples egos after I've had a decent meal. I'm not joking-this is what life is like for me.
ReplyDeleteOMG!! You are SOOOO talented I would lick your pickely boots if I could!! Your song has brought joy to my heart, as any turd eating invoking image should. I don't credit drinking though as much as I do shameless love making and well let's not forget those unfortunate souls that went out and spent their life savings because they were sure the Mayan's had successfully predicted the end of the word last month. How many of those people gave up blogging to go get a second job, huh? Huh?
ReplyDelete"Eat my turds." Ba! Hahaha!
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