• Fallyn said on Feb 28, 2008....

  1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1
  
  *nods emphatically*
  

• wombat said on Feb 28, 2008....

  While I haven't seen the posts you are referring to, I am on your side here.  I think I used up what little intelligence I had a long time ago.  I enjoy the fact that I know I can post whatever I want (within reason) and it's ok.  I even get a kick out of it sometimes when I know I have posted something "wombie silly" because I know you all will smile and over-look me. It's one of the reasons I like SC. And I like your "math."  That's about all I know of it, myself.......ha.....

• mobil said on Feb 28, 2008....

  I'm like a mushroom, always in the dark and fed only bullshit. I have no idea what you are talking about Mimi, but I think it's about time you move to 2222222.

• PAPERBACKWRITER said on Feb 28, 2008....

  
  LOL
  
  I live for the absurd MissyMims
  
  3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3
  
  paper~
  
  XD
  
  p.s.
  
  if my brain is not having a chemical imbalance, i would have finished the blog discussing the same thing...hihihi
  
  
  
  
  

• sweetsoul said on Feb 28, 2008....

  Mimi I'm so disappointed in you! I have yet to read a post of yours that didn't share a bit of your soul...whether your humour, compassion, angst, or whatever. So smarten up woman and put some emoticons in with those 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
   
   
  btw I hope it's appreciated that I Americanized the spelling of humour for the tag. :D

• gingersoul said on Feb 28, 2008....

  Mimi...as much as i hate numbers.....i will read your posts filled with 1-1-1-1-1 anytime you will fancy one....:-)

  Mobil.......lets jump to 3 then...lol...

• Eilan said on Feb 28, 2008....

  How about dirty recipes?

• GrapeKoolaid said on Feb 28, 2008....

  I no not what you speak. 
  
  All my posts are thoughtful and well written.  >:p
  
  All the posts I read and comment on are thoughtful and well written. 
  
  Like this one, for example. 
  

• Twylarants said on Feb 28, 2008....

  I know one of the posts you're talking about MissMimsy. and I was a tad pissed when I read it. 
  I certainly don't have an intelligent thing to say, so don't hold your breath waiting for me to come up with deep, profound, wise, stimulating crap.
  Funny crap I can manage once in a while, but only once in a while.
  There are plenty of readers for the deep stuff...I wanna play!
  I love Wombie-silly and Pickers-silly and Des-silly and Polar-silly...they cheer me up, and I need lots and lots of cheering up!  
  

• botoni said on Feb 28, 2008....

  All I managed to accomplish here, other than relating to you as a soulmate MissMimi, is that I added the 'proper anglecised' version of humor.
  Hows that for unimportant and un thought provoking?

• polarheart said on Feb 29, 2008....

  See, even spammers think its a good post!!! LOL (check ann009 above)
   
  Mimikins, I've also seen the "complaints" and I'm thinking then why dont "they" (the complainers) do something about it i.e. write the though-provoking posts?  Its such a hypocracy!
   
  I have not written anything decent in ages and I'm fine with that!  So move over, Meems, lets do 1+1+1+1+1+1+1 together :-)
   
  Love Polarcakes

• broken_angel said on Feb 29, 2008....

  i haven't posted anything interesting and thought provoking either, but i totally agree with your post.. :)

• quietone said on Feb 29, 2008....

  I am with you all the way Mimi ~ If I had a good thought to provoke, that would be a start..for now, it will just have to be rambles and rants!  I also have not seen the posts you refer to, but have not been "out" for a while, so I am in the dark...trying to provoke some thought!  Maybe I will go sleep on it!  Keep up those thoughtless posts ~ I can understand them. (I like reading your every day life posts truely)  1-1-1-1-1 is okay too.

• Mamie said on Feb 29, 2008....

  I am going out on a limb here.....4 4 4 4 4 4 4

• pickersplock said on Feb 29, 2008....

  Let's see, just recently, I waded through the muck and mire of Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen).  It was a painful, but joyful read.
  Then I tackled Sense and Sensability. It took over a month because it kept putting me to sleep.  It was like verbal Sominex!
  No one could accuse Austen of being thoughtless and poorly written.
  That being said, no post here has ever lulled me to sleep.
  Carry on MissMimi!

• CreativeWoman said on Feb 29, 2008....

  Mimi,
  I love your blog. You are dear, sweet, kind and devilishly witty.  That sounds about perfect to me in my little world of blogging.  Don't ever change.
  
  I had a great big ol' fat pencil when I wrote my 1's.  :-)
  
  CW
  

• evil_twin said on Feb 29, 2008....

  None of my blogs are particularly thought provoking either. I just write what I feel like writing. To me, that's what a blog is supposed to be. And if you feel like writing intense philosophical questions, then cool. But if you feel like writing about what you had for breakfast, that's cool too! I'm more apt to find enjoyment in trivial things than something deep and meaningful anyway. To each his own, and if someone doesn't like what a person writes, they don't have to read it. But I like your blogs :-)
  
  -evil_twin LA
  

• MissMimi said on Feb 29, 2008....

  Fallyn --  exactly!  1-1-1-1-1!!

  wombie -- I like your wombie-silly posts.

  mobil -- 2-2-2-2-2-2!  Brilliant!

  Paperdoll -- so do I.  How are you doing today?

  ss -- I like to colour my posts with the flavour of a little humour.  :)   1-1-1-1-1-1!  :D  :p

  Ginger -- I might try that, but ALIEN might think he's being contacted by the mothership.  ;)

  Eilan -- I have a recipe for a kitty litterbox cake.  That's kinda dirty.

  Grape -- how dare you say that this post is thoughtful??  I was trying for brainless and absurd!  LOL

  Tweezerpants -- I relate.  I haven't had anything intelligent to say since 1979.  ;)

  botty -- thank you for anglicising my Americanised writing.  Nice to see you, cutie patootie.  :D

  Polarcakes -- I'll 1+1+1+1 with you any time.  :)

  broken angel -- Thanks!  Glad you stopped by. :)

  notsoquietone -- I'm with you.  Maybe if I had a thoughtful thought in my head, I could post it.

  Mamie -- You are such a rebel...  4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4!  So there.

  licketysplitplocketyplock -- verbal Sominex..  LOL  Try the autobiography of Ben Franklin.  zzzz.....

  CDub -- yes!  a big fat blue pencil with no eraser.  I remember those!

  e_t -- I love your posts.  You have such a gift for story-telling.  I envy you.

   

   

• skald said on Feb 29, 2008....

  Well what can I say ?  My blogs are very ordinary and I don't lead an exciting life. Maybe it is like filling out a form with lots on 1's 11111111 but it is my blog. 

• quietone said on Feb 29, 2008....

  Mimi ~ hey I figure at our age we can have any thoughtless thoughts we want..... we have earned that right!! LOL

• Zayda said on Mar 03, 2008....

  uno, dos, tres, quatro....ummmm...yeah. :P

• Twylarants said on Mar 03, 2008....

  I think the most profound thing I said in the 70s was....."Ooh, Mateus Rose' is only 4 bucks!"

• No_Laughing_Matter said on Mar 03, 2008....

  :-) I like reading your blogs.

• Siren said on Mar 04, 2008....

  I like reading your blogs too.  I love the nice "slice of life" feeling to them.
  
  Besides one man's banality is another man's font of wisdom.  Kind of like the trash-treasure thing.
  
  And your blogs are little gems.
  

• MissMimi said on Mar 04, 2008....

  Skald -- I like your blogs exactly the way they are.  :)

  notsoquiet -- one of the perks of maturity?  LOL 

  Zee -- cinco seis siete ocho nueve diez.  Bueno!  :p

  Twizzlesticks -- LOL  Mateus Rose?  Mmmmm the good stuff!

  NLM -- Thank you, and welcome!

  Siren -- That's a wonderful compliment.  Thank you.

• kruuyai said on Mar 05, 2008....

  Well I've complained (mostly to myself) about the decline of posting quality on soulcast, and although I haven't read the complaint that you're referring to... as I read this post and through most of the comments, it seems like many of you are taking the criticism personally and possibly misinterpreting it.  (I can't say for sure, because I don't know what people have said).  But I would say that a post doesn't necessarily have to be thought provoking or intellectual in order to be a quality post.  Rather than thought provoking, it could be emotion provoking, for example, and I'd get just as much out of reading it.  Posts about daily life are valuable both to the person who writes the post and to people who read it, either because they can relate to it or gain a different perspective.  Silly and humorous posts are also valuable. 
  
  What is both disappointing and irritating to me, however, is how the site seems to have become overrun by bickering and desperate attempts to gain "popularity" (either by bickering or by posting "simple questions" and "polls" that nobody cares about, including the person who posted.  I'll bet for most of those polls that draw a huge response, especially the multiple choice type, the poster doesn't even bother to read the comments.   If these things popped up only occasionally, it would be okay with me, but really, this seems to be what the majority of posts are on some days.   I actually considered publishing a post asking SCers to take a pledge to do away with polls and simple questions... or to post forwarded emails.  I would much rather read the most poorly written, un-well-thought-out rant, whine, or joyous news that comes straight from the poster's heart and life experience than that kind of meaningless drivel which is really nothing more than filler.
  

• MissMimi said on Mar 05, 2008....

  Hi kruu!  Long time no see! 

  The specific post I'm talking about bemoaned the fact that there were very few blogs with for example, political commentary or some other intellectual discourse (although, it could be argued that American politics and intellectual discourse are mutually exclusive terms).  If I remember correctly, the author specifically mentioned slice-of-life or happy news posts as being boring.

  I agree with you about the bickering and popularity contests.  Sometimes I'll read one of those posts, and marvel at how supposedly responsible adults can act like they're still in high school.

  Of course, now you've made me re-think a post I was working on:  Toilet Paper -- Over or Under:  My Take on the Subject.  ;)   

   

• kruuyai said on Mar 05, 2008....

  Mimi:  Hi!  Somebody's actually "on" at the same time as me... que milagro!  I suppose everyone has their own idea of what's interesting and what's boring, but as long as the person who's posting is writing about something that's interesting to them.. that's all that's important.  A lot of us blog as a form of therapy, or just because it has to get out through our fingertips before we can move on with our lives...  American politics and intellectual discourse.... well, yeah, that could sometimes be considered the original oxymoron, couldn't it?  :)  Still, I'm glad when someone puts one up.  I enjoy a good debate from time to time.  And other times, I couldn't care less. 
  
  On the toilet paper thing.... so much is in the presentation.  I'm sure if anyone can find a way to make it interesting, you can.  :)
  

• moonriver said on Mar 05, 2008....

  kruu, miss mimi -- don't mind me. i'm just following your comment-by-comment exchange, with keen interest. believe me, i learn a lot just reading well-considered comments such as yours. 
  
  

• kruuyai said on Mar 05, 2008....

  muun:  Duu I detect a note of sarcasm?  ;-)

• MissMimi said on Mar 05, 2008....

  Kruu -- It is a form of therapy for me too.  Nothing like a good whiny rant to set you up for the day!  And I like reading the debates too, I guess, but they almost always end up with one person, usually the author, calling a commenter that disagrees with him a doodyhead, and then all hell breaks loose.  Doodyheadedness is all in the eye of the beholder, I suppose.

  By the way, I've decided to forsake the tp blog in favor of paper towels.

  Moonie --  You may need to lower your expectations a bit.  I can't keep up this kind of commenting forever, y'know.  It would ruin my reputation.  ;)  You could always join in the discussion. 

• kruuyai said on Mar 05, 2008....

  Mimi:  Paper Towels.... a wise choice, madame!  Doodyheadedness.... yet another new vocabulary item to add to my course syllabus!  lol

• moonriver said on Mar 05, 2008....

  kruu -- not one iota of sarcasm in that comment, my friend.
  
  you know i agree with much of what you're saying here (in general terms, without prejudging any individual blogger). and your writings are consistently among the most solid and insightful ones. if i don't read some in full, it's  only due to one reason: THEY ARE SO LOOOOOONG! but don't shorten them unnecessarily, lady. your blogs are YOU. and i get around to reading them eventually. :-)
  
  mimi -- not to worry. my expectations are re-calibrated every 12 hrs. and that includes my expectations about myself. these past days it has been 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1.... mostly for lack of time and the pull of other RL concerns. so for now i'm mostly reading, reading, and reading other blogs... including this one, with keen interest. really. i'm serious.
  
  
  

• silverwhisper said on Mar 06, 2008....

  kruu: considering the frequency with which i post polls and your specific use of the phrase "simple question", you're referring specifically to me. why in the world are you still subscribed to me?
  
  ed

• kruuyai said on Mar 06, 2008....

  ed:  I don't really manage my subscription list, but I still hold onto hopes that you'll one day go back to your old habits.  In the past, you had some very thoughtful posts, and I'd love to see that happen again.  Why the change?  And BTW, although I did have you in mind when I mentioned polls and simple questions, I didn't have only you in mind.  If there were only one person here doing it, it wouldn't be a problem, but unfortunately, you may have started the trend.  Maybe you can reverse it too... if you want to.
  

• Zayda said on Mar 06, 2008....

  I have a question, Kruu. Have you actually read some of the "simple question" posts that Silver writes or do you just automatically ignore them because the description says "simple question"? I'm asking because some of them, quiet a few of them in fact, don't turn out to be so simple and promote thought-provoking discussions.
  
  
  And honestly, why does it bother you if people post polls and questions like that. You aren't being forced to read them.

• kruuyai said on Mar 06, 2008....

  Z:  The fact that there are some polls and simple question posts isn't what bothers me, per se.  As you said, I don't have to read them, and I usually don't.  (and yes, I have found some of ed's simple question posts to have more to them than simple questions... and others not).  But my complaint is that these types of posts (at some times more than others) seem to have taken over soulcast, and i find it depressing, when I'm looking for some interesting posts to read and comment on, and I can't find anything other than silly polls about what kind of underwear I wear or if I prefer jam or preserves.  That's not what soulcast was like when I joined, and I'm disappointed in the trend it's taken.  And, as I said above... ed is, by far, not the only one who indulges in this.  Gotta go to work.  Bye.

• silverwhisper said on Mar 06, 2008....

  kruu, i wrote those when i was commuting. i don't have the luxury of 1 uninterrupted hour twice/day during which i can write. my fiction writing's more or less stopped entirely since i stopped commuting as well, and frankly that's a loss that matters a whole metric buttload more to me than my blogging.
  
  as to whether or not my more recent blog entries are or aren't thoughtful, i suppose that's all in the eye of the beholder--and as super z observes, potentially dependent upon how attentive that eye really is.
  
  [shrugs]
  
  seriously: do yourself a favor and unsubscribe from me. at the end of the day, i'm here b/c i care about the people behind their blog entries. it's been nice to have you as a subscriber, kruu. i'm sure i'll see you on other blog entries.
  
  ed

• kruuyai said on Mar 06, 2008....

  ed:  Don't you think you're being a bit melodramatic?  As I've already stated several times, my comment was about soulcast as a whole, and where it's going.  That's why I'm expressing my opinion about those types of posts in general.  Seriously, if you were browsing around for a new place to blog and saw a featured posts page like the kind that more and more frequently pop up at SC... dominated by polls, popularity contests and bickering, would you be likely to linger?  I wouldn't.  It's only because of the relationships that I've formed here that I stay.  And because I know that if I look hard enough or wait long enough, I'll find the type of posts that I'm looking for.  But I'd say that there's very little these days to entice a newcomer.  Not like there used to be, anyway.  And let's face it... we could be in serious danger of losing this site.  There never seem to be more than a couple of hundred bloggers active here at any given time, and considering all the alts that people seem to have, who knows?  Maybe only half that.  How long can the site survive if it's so underused?  Isn't attracting new members vital to keeping the site alive? 
  
  That said, I've been guilty of posting my share of silly, simple questions as well.  I well remember the last one (or at least I hope it was the last one).  It was in response to a post that queenparanoia did on the subject of fluff, and just to be sassy, I ran over to my post and did a fluff post called "Do You Look Better Naked or In a Bikini?" and then watched with horror as it climbed into the ranks of my most popular posts.  lol  I think that was when I decided not to do it anymore and even thought about issuing a challenge to all SCer's to take a pledge not to post any more polls.  Never got around to it, though.
  
  So, in sum, my dear ed, my statement was general and not only aimed at you.  Did I hope to attract your attention?  Yes, I did.  Because I've actually been meaning to ask you for a while, what had happened.  And now, you've explained it.  I can certainly understand time constraints, and I can also understand making other things a priority.  Especially if you want to make writing a career.  I met a poet not long ago, and when I told him that I do a lot of blogging, he said that was bane to a writer's career.  I'd have to say I agree with him.  If I spent a fraction of the time working on my novel or play as I do posting here, I'd have accomplished something by now.
  
  I have to say I'm surprised that you did all that blogging before while you were commuting.  From the sheer volume, I couldn't even believe that one single person, even one who didn't have a job, could possible post and comment as much as you did.  Do you remember when I was living with Boss Lady in Poland?  I only worked five hours a week on Saturdays, and I had pretty much made SC a full time job, and I still couldn't even begin to keep up with your rate of posting or commenting.  I know you said you type fast, but so do I. 
  
  So, anyway, I understand why your style has changed.  It doesn't change my opinion about the types of posts I mentioned, though, and when have you ever known me to shy away from expressing my opinion?  I wouldn't be me if I did.
  

• silverwhisper said on Mar 06, 2008....

  melodramatic? no, not in the least. you've explained what you're after. i know that i won't be producing it. time is valuable, yours and mine both, so i see no sense wasting any.
  
  the funny thing is, i did say the way i was blogging would change. in fact, i've said it several times beginning over half a year ago. it's a shame you missed 'em, it probably would have simplified things.
  
  
  
  so you wanted to attract my attention? i think a PM probably would have been just as effective but hey, no big deal--you have it now. :> question is, what are you going to do, now that you have it?
  
  see, if you're not happy w/ what you see around SC, i respectfully submit that you have the precise same two tools available to you to effect that change as any other soulcaster does: your posts and your comments. produce more of the content you want to see and perhaps you'll effect the kind of change you want to see.
  
  ed

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