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I am a writer. And a doodler. And an eater of Twizzlers. And the mother of MuShu, the wonder puppy. I love long walks on the beach, fast cars, fine din. . .whoops. Wrong website. . ....
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Amy Fagan

Tuesday, September, 23, 2008

I had to laugh.

A close friend of mine read one of my blogs and berated me for poor punctuation, run-on sentences, fragments, etc. And it’s not that he is a good writer. He can’t write a thank you note. (I do that for him.) He just notices mistakes that I would never allow anyone else to make.

I tried to defend my position by stating what is obvious to me and that is. . .that I’m just writing. This isn’t a submission that is going to be poured over and scrutinized. Or, if it is, I’m not aware of it, nor do I care. Blogging to me is a practice, it’s the sharpening of the knife rather than the accuracy in which the knife is thrown. I like coming here and spilling my guts; emptying my head. It helps clear out a lot of noise. It helps to see whether I can connect with people vs. shouting a story at them. It’s just. . . fun.

Yes. I abuse the hell out of elipsies. Yes. I abuse and over use devices like adding music or using parenthetical asides. WHO CARES? As long as you all understand what I’m saying, who cares?

If I had to sit and fret over every single comma splice, run on and incomplete sentence, I’d never get any of this flotsam and jetsam outta my head. End of story.

I am thankful for the blogs that I am allowed to write here on Skirt! It keeps me talking, so to speak. It keeps that “writing muscle” active.

Soooo. . .I guess what I’m saying is that if you don’t care for the sloppy writing seen in my blogs, write your own damn thank you notes. Ha ha ha.

xoxo

 

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getaclewis
getaclewis
It's pored not poured
Posted Sun, 09/21/2008 - 23:49
heehee... take THAT leatherguy... ;-) "Trust Life's unfolding..."
krrobi
krrobi
Don't tell me what to do!!!!!
Posted Mon, 09/22/2008 - 11:35
Oh, yeah! I love ........... and !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and --------- It is so very ee cummings and emily dickenson. I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate rules, so don't tell me what to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is why I like to blog. So, if anybody notices a mistake, mind your own damn business. Oh, but I do need an editor for the stuff I want to publish. :) anybody want to be my editor???? HA
Jodene
Jodene
there are grammar rules to
Posted Tue, 09/23/2008 - 00:55
there are grammar rules to blogging? A how-to booklet? I forgot to pick mine up... no wonder I can't get published! Oh wait! Those are two different things. Just write!
flyingleatherneck
flyingleatherneck
Er...
Posted Tue, 09/23/2008 - 04:57
The fact that you never put a space after your... er, secretly bugs me, like... THAT... and take THAT! And... THAT! But other than... that, the fact that you usually go. . .that, LURV doing. . .that, other than a persistent habit of. . .that, which in my numbskullery would prefer to be... that, then I'm totally cool. :)
eyerollingmom
eyerollingmom
Ahhh, but which is worse:
Posted Tue, 09/23/2008 - 06:06
Ahhh, but which is worse: someone who writes with errors or someone who speaks with them? I knew a guy who used to PAUSE (for emphasis) and then say with conviction "SupposeBly..." Drove. Me. Mad.
elizabeth529
elizabeth529
Write on!
Posted Tue, 09/23/2008 - 09:43
elizabeth cassidy, CC Creative Life and Career Transition Coach that's write, write on!
Charlene Ross
Charlene Ross
Oh Crap!
Posted Tue, 09/23/2008 - 22:49
You're supposed to be grammatically correct when you blog? Hell, I'm going to get kicked off the site. Keep on doing what you're doing girlfriend - you do it good! (I was going to write well instead of good but I was trying to be funny AND make a point!)
psansour
psansour
Now I'm nervous.....
Posted Wed, 09/24/2008 - 04:34
Now I'm nervous..... anxiously thinking that the man who loves leather might possibly read something I'VE written and realize that the crimes I commit against punctuation, all in the name of humor, put me in the "girls who overdo it category". Nahhhhh....... My brother gets my blog on his iphone (whatever that means) and promptly texts me if I have made an error of any sort. I wrote HIS papers in high school. I try to tell myself that my errors plus his anal-ness are just another way we connect. Humph. I would read ANYTHING you write, forever and ever, errors or no.
BCBlogger
BCBlogger
Ha ha ha! ALL of these
Posted Wed, 09/24/2008 - 06:15
Ha ha ha! ALL of these comments cracked me up! Mark, you have a new name! "Leatherguy." Bah ha ha ha! Oy! Crikey! Now I'm going to go make a Vortex. I'm go glad all of you feel the same way about blogging as I do. I mean, I don't want my writing to come across poorly. . .but I don't want to go over every. . .little. . .bit. . .of minutae. Sheesh. Oh! And "supposeABLY" kills me. There's a gal in my office who says that. Drives me up a wall!