Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Tired and Rambling About Important Things

While I was a bit hostile in the last exchange, if he doesn't get it, seriously, I hope MC continues and stays up tonight, I really will continue. All the more important because I am still awake, and thus the hours will be long for me, so any conversation is worthwhile, at least as long as I don't feel that my intelligence is being insulted in the process, as is the case of my raised hostility in my last response. MC and I have weathered worse, but I think the rest of you need to understand that point.

While several conversations do ask of my response, and I will provide, here are a few points, some with minor consequences that I will provide:

The "Mother" posts will not stop. I can't help them.

The "White Wolf" posts probably will stop, even short of their originally intended beginning. Why? Because only one of you responds. Apologetically, I must admit, you are not one of the three of whom requested, and thus this was intended for. While I have yet to get to where I am, I will submit to base marketing strategy. If I don't get responses on my "White Wolf" posts that are present, I will conclude they are irrelevant to my audience and I will stop. I don't need them. I know where I am. I present them for discussion, and nobody appears to care.


The one alternative to the above is the answer to this: (even provided by the only regular responder, who himself doesn't care) somebody tell me what the dance is in that post so linked (under the side bar option "Archive of 'Mother' posts": "Lessons unlearned.")

Without address of what I am saying in general, or address to this specific piece, I waste my time. I will surf other blogs and desist here.

On a side note, regarding my surfing. I post links to what I think is good writing. I often follow on their post, but provide your thoughts on the posts where I link, so I know that you read them and what you thought.

In short: I aimed to interact with others in their belief systems and in mine. I have succeeded in the first and failed in the second. If you folks can't address me, and do so candidly as MC does well, then I am wasting my time. This site will become the occasional site of MC's fantastic poetry and short stories. I will simply engage elsewhere, where people are willing to engage their own thought processes without reciprocation. (Base, primary example for you casual readers? Look at my links on the sidebar, and look at who links back.)

It is clear (and acceptable, to a point, for me) that I am not a respected theologian within my own community. Hell, more of the Christians I link are willing to link back then my own community to whom I associate. This says I do more for them than I do for us. Why not abandon this then and engage online with them, keeping my theology relatively under wraps to my own brethren? Why not when they obviously don't care.

The masses I deal with that don't care don't bother me as much as he closer elements. The musical maverick who has hopped about, and whose title above belies the fact that I have heard none of her music, (Rather I have enjoyed only her personality on line, and her writing style, thus assuming her talent) has not associated with me. She is above me.

The wanderer of creative synonym who walks similar paths is impressed by her (the afore mentioned blogger) but not by me. Not for lack of contribution and option for track back.

In effect, I offer nothing. Chris Nelson once applauded my intellect in the spiritual realm, but then vanished. He served the time of my half of the "period of awaiting the child" and then he was gone. He made himself a good friend, but vanished without a trace soon after, nonetheless. Leaving my last option of reaching him vanished into the archives, the location of which I don't even know.

I link the wildhunt, but offer nothing of the caliber to rank attention there. My one main work being a drawn out, un-cohesive thesis in progress.

The aforementioned wanderer of a different pseudonym linker plenty of blogs with intriguin thoughts on Pagan paths, but left mine lacking, though I point to his.

Grey Owl also gave Kudos to me, but, while I make his stop a daily stop, he is not of my camp either.

In short, inside and outside of this blog, it is the christians and atheists that speak to me and not those of a similar path. Where are my similar minded individuals? I know you are out there, because I talk to you folks too.

Am I wasting my time out here? I began this for three of you. I continued for three of you, though two paid little attention. If none of the three of you can respond to this, I can understand. If none of the rest of you who keep coming back can respond, I may as well shut down.

Yeah, I throw quizzes and bullshit out to you. I won't keep this alive for that. My core subject has to matter to somebody. If not, this whole experiment dies. (Hint, this even calls to the lurkers. If you enjoy reading but have nothing to say, speak up. I am serious. This blog faces imminent death without demonstration of usefulness.)

Not I am going to try going to bed. In the mean time, and off topic: Thanks to stat counter, I know that my Buffalo State regular is either someone related by marriage or someone who knows him. You gave your direct association with this relative of mine (if you aren't him) via google search. Help a troubled mind out and just tell me who you are. I don't care about the foreign countries or other states that pop up otherwise, but you are the only regular that I can't identify. Tell the appropriate person, or tell me out here who you are. You are driving me crazy.

I think that is the end of my rant. Rant though it is, I hope it is taken seriously. That is all, and that is life, or something close to it.

14 Comments:

Blogger Grey Owl said...

I was out of the loop for a few weeks, but now that I'm back I intend to be here a great deal more.

Like lisanoceros, I often read your White Wolf posts and feel like there is not much I can say. Sure, I could start debating/dialogueing the way we sometimes do, but this is your journey - how respectful/gracious would that be for us to jump on the things you're saying?

Write on, my friend. I for one will be reading.

6:29 PM  
Blogger Cindy said...

ditto on lisa and Dan. I'm glad to have gotten to know you, Steve. And though you do comment on my blog sometimes, i've gotten to know you here from the things you've written.

For what it's worth, I've seen a lot less comment activity on my blog lately too, though i never reloaded my counter so i don't know the numbers of hits anymore. Maybe folks are bogged down in the blog world. I don't post as many comments as I used to either.

I hope you can get some sleep.

12:42 AM  
Blogger Wanderer said...

Cindy - I appreciate the sentiment, but my boss probably wouldn't appreciate me getting some sleep just yet. :) I do hope I have a better run at it come morning than I did yesterday though.

Grey Owl - I am glad you are back. I understand your comments about jumping on my back about these things. Still, since the object is to share, input is always welcome.

Lisa - I recognize that it is no reason to question myself about everything. You know I have spent many sleepless nights (or in cases such as this, days) demonstrating that I apparently don't always engage that sense of reason.

I do find it interesting that you ask if I am trying to find more reasons to be miserable. This particular reason (or the core of it anyway) has been there for quite some time now. It is one of the originals.

To All Three Of You - I appreciate your acknowledgements that you are floating around and reading. And for not (yet anyway) running for the hills due to my (increasingly frequent) outbursts.

(BTW - I found a WMD in my word verification!)

1:13 AM  
Blogger peppylady (Dora) said...

Your one of the fairly new one that I linked to my blogg. I never been to your white wolf. I just started a new blog and only had one comment but I only has I think 24 posting in it.
I personly love feedback I guess it way for me to grow but I understand it not alway possible.

10:05 AM  
Blogger Grey Owl said...

Just realized that I was one of the ones that had not linked to you, despite being one your blogroll. Eeep!

I've needed to update that sidebar for a while. Sorry for the lack of reciprocation!

12:35 PM  
Blogger Hegemon said...

See, tbis is why I said I wasn't going to post any more fiction here. I never got a single comment that wasn't from you and no feecback at all.

I would have responded but I as at the casino all night.

And furthermore I would not have talked down to you if it weren't for the truck/lorry thing which was clearly talking down to me.

(my word verification is "hazyjew". I wonder what that signifies.)

2:12 PM  
Blogger Cindy said...

oops. I can't keep your night shift and insomnia straight.

2:33 PM  
Blogger S. Nichole said...

I, too, enjoy your blog.

I admit that I am guilty of not joining the conversation very often, but that doesn't mean that I am not paying attention to what you are saying. I am doing good sometimes if I can even find the time to read let alone comment on any blogs! (I do, however, try to reply to those that comment on mine.)

I understand the frustration of not knowing who is reading your blog. I have close to 50 people that visit my blog each day, and maybe one out of every 20 leaves a comment. I love the opportunity that blogs give for on going conversations through comments which is why I started a blog and not a website.

Don't worry about the amount of comments that you get or try to figure out why you're not getting the amount of comments that you want. Just continue to engage those that do comment in conversation on your blog and "they will come."

Write for yourself and write what you want to write - don't worry about what you think people may want you to write. You may find that you enjoy your blogging process more.

In any case, I do hope that you continue your blog.

12:33 AM  
Blogger S. Nichole said...

Lisa said:

On the other side of the same token, there's this impression that people who have lots of visits to and responses on their blogs are cooler than those who have fewer. Both of these ideas are bullshit.

I agree with you. It's not about how many visitors or comments you get on a blog and it's not about "being cool." For me, it is a matter of content and how the blog writter engages their readers.

There are many blogs that have few readers, but great content and that is why I continue reading them. There are a few blogs that have lots of readers that, while perhaps well written, are just not what I am looking to read. The readership of a particular blog doesn't influence my reading habits.

Also, lots of links does not necessarily indicate a well written blog. There are lots of blogs that I read, but don't link to. This is because I am being lazy and don't like to go into my template very often instead of an indication that they aren't link-worthy. I usually add my links in chucks, when I have time and when I have a few to add.

12:06 PM  
Blogger Wanderer said...

Sorry I have been missing and not responding to the latest comments. My computer is still down at home and I have had the last few days off. Back on the overnights for three more days starting tomorrow. I will also hopefully have my home computer up and running again soon.

9:27 PM  
Blogger Wanderer said...

MC - "Well. to the best of my knowledge I have commented on every fucking one of your posts, so leave me out of the acrimony."

Reference: "Why? Because only one of you responds. Apologetically, I must admit, you are not one of the three of whom requested, and thus this was intended for."

You have been duly left out of that particular acrimony. :)

9:32 PM  
Blogger Wanderer said...

Lisa - "I didn't want the fluffy story part of it. I didn't want the fantasy dream-like bits. I wanted to know the part that's actually you. I think some of that gets lost here."

At the risk of angering you again, which I seem to have managed to do twice in one post, I am puzzled.
I am not sure which part is the "fluffy story part." Obviously I know what the "fantasy dream-like bits" are, and those weren't necessarily thought to be what you were looking for. Still, the part that is "really me" is right in the middle of those "bits." Perhaps that is the core that prompted the tirade. Not the blog world at all, but those closer that constantly seem to point out to me their interest followed by some of the dumbest and most insulting assessments of what they understand me to believe and/or be about.

9:45 PM  
Blogger Wanderer said...

Lisa - While it may be a little late to catch it at this point, I realized when I re-read my last comment that I worded it poorly, particularly in my attempt to throw my thoughts together quickly at the end. So I will make clear just in case it was misinterpreted, that the last comments in regards to those close to me had nothing to do with you.

12:10 AM  
Blogger Seraphim said...

Hey Bro. I really like and enjoy your mother posts. I read your White Wolf posts too, although I haven't responded to them.

LYB

Seraphim

11:15 AM  

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