Actually, seems like a thought process I agree with a lot. Especially the boycotting of Sodas, HFCS will kill you! I quit drinking sodas in August of last year, and I’ve lost 110 lbs since then.
That is incredible and awesome!!
Good for you.
I gave them up over twenty years ago.
I am thrilled to have you here on this Blog.
It is my passion and sass back to Corporate America~
Considering how much they throw advertisements in our face, I don’t blame you. Can’t walk down a street here in town without running into some kind of an advertisement, that’s the thing that gets me. The subconscious training they give us, whether they mean to or not.
There’s a woman that’s been following what I write, for the third time now, and when I noticed her following a now-defunct blog I sent her an e-mail to ask why. She said that she liked what I was doing and ‘wanted to spread the poetry love’. I asked after the why, wondering just what it was I was doing that she liked. Instead of responding to this with something resembling an answer she told me I should just be ‘open and inviting’ and ‘don’t be the guy in skinny jeans and a beret scowling at people’, none of this or what was around it answered my question. I didn’t respond to that second e-mail of hers but that response is something I’ll never forget. It prompted me to write a poem, ‘Too Much’ in Empty Forms II.
Eventually she found her way to the blog that you, too, decided to ‘follow’. This time I did some digging to see what she writes and her blog and, well, I had to do some digging due to how it’s organised. I came across an entry where she wrote about either attending a workshop or reading a piece (I’m no longer sure which it was) and came across the notion that a given blog doesn’t matter if it doesn’t have at least 10,000 followers. This told me much about why she wanted to ‘spread the poetry love’.
I don’t receive very many comments and I find ‘likes’ to be superficial because, however much someone may agree with or actually like what’s being said, there’s no interaction and no way to tell if they actually read the entry or merely clicked a button -by accident or to get you to take a look at their own page. Because of this I also find ‘followers’ to be superficial, completely unable to tell whether or not someone is actually interested and reading, legitimate spam, or just there to try to get you to return the favour and pad their own numbers.
Of all the things I may or may not have, not a one of them is a fuck to give about followers. The shallow, faux-communication of social media can suck the roundest part of my ass. But when it comes to time, care and fucks, I’ve plenty to give when it comes to engagement and conversation.
Sumo Sized Ginger 
Riley, is it good to be random?
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Well….I think it is. But then again, I’m a very spontaneous person sometimes. It keeps people on their toes!
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You have a very nice blog.
I’m looking forward to reading more from this blog in the future.
Thanks for following me :].
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Thank you for the kind words! I hope you enjoy puttering your way around!
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Are you in the US?
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Yep, been all over the world, but I live in Washington state now.
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A supremely beautiful state!
Welcome~
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Very interesting~
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Thank you. /bow I try my best to diversify as much as I can. Wait til I start posting my weight loss book!
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Not sure of your literary tastes, but does this Blog appeal to you?
http://flawlesspandemonium.wordpress.com/
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Actually, seems like a thought process I agree with a lot. Especially the boycotting of Sodas, HFCS will kill you! I quit drinking sodas in August of last year, and I’ve lost 110 lbs since then.
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That is incredible and awesome!!
Good for you.
I gave them up over twenty years ago.
I am thrilled to have you here on this Blog.
It is my passion and sass back to Corporate America~
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Considering how much they throw advertisements in our face, I don’t blame you. Can’t walk down a street here in town without running into some kind of an advertisement, that’s the thing that gets me. The subconscious training they give us, whether they mean to or not.
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There’s a woman that’s been following what I write, for the third time now, and when I noticed her following a now-defunct blog I sent her an e-mail to ask why. She said that she liked what I was doing and ‘wanted to spread the poetry love’. I asked after the why, wondering just what it was I was doing that she liked. Instead of responding to this with something resembling an answer she told me I should just be ‘open and inviting’ and ‘don’t be the guy in skinny jeans and a beret scowling at people’, none of this or what was around it answered my question. I didn’t respond to that second e-mail of hers but that response is something I’ll never forget. It prompted me to write a poem, ‘Too Much’ in Empty Forms II.
Eventually she found her way to the blog that you, too, decided to ‘follow’. This time I did some digging to see what she writes and her blog and, well, I had to do some digging due to how it’s organised. I came across an entry where she wrote about either attending a workshop or reading a piece (I’m no longer sure which it was) and came across the notion that a given blog doesn’t matter if it doesn’t have at least 10,000 followers. This told me much about why she wanted to ‘spread the poetry love’.
I don’t receive very many comments and I find ‘likes’ to be superficial because, however much someone may agree with or actually like what’s being said, there’s no interaction and no way to tell if they actually read the entry or merely clicked a button -by accident or to get you to take a look at their own page. Because of this I also find ‘followers’ to be superficial, completely unable to tell whether or not someone is actually interested and reading, legitimate spam, or just there to try to get you to return the favour and pad their own numbers.
Of all the things I may or may not have, not a one of them is a fuck to give about followers. The shallow, faux-communication of social media can suck the roundest part of my ass. But when it comes to time, care and fucks, I’ve plenty to give when it comes to engagement and conversation.
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Whew! Verbose, and I don’t blame you about the likes and follows. Anyways, thanks for commenting!
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Just what I needed, Riley. ANOTHER blog to follow! lol I actually got quite the kick out of it 😀
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I know, right?
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Just ordering me to follow without justifying it, increases the odds of gaining me as follower exactly 0%
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You have a strong mind, and passed the jedi mind trick!
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May the force be with you too 😉
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