My Act of Bravery
Holy shit. Since that was my immediate response to what follows, there it is.
There is this Web site in the world titled: Ask And Ye Shall Receive. The purpose of this brutally honest, no-holds-barred site is to review blogs that have been submitted by their owners. While the title of the site may not seem very scary- the URL of it gets more to the point: iwillfuckingtearyouapart.blogspot.com.
Back in January, Trouble suggested that I submit my blog to Ask And Ye Shall Receive. I’d never heard of it, so I went over and checked it out. I was immediately terrified and decided that I would NOT, in fact, submit my little blog to being torn apart. However, I loved the reviews, as painful as they were to read. I can’t help but be attracted to people who are honest, smart, and write with a dagger. While I felt bad for the blogs that were “fucking torn apart”, it was hard to not like the manner in which it was done. However, I still wasn’t about to send my blog into that shredder.
Fast forward a couple of months. After a night out with the girls, and many beers, I came home and hopped online. Feeling no pain, and no fear, I submitted my blog to the shredder. Waking up sober the next day, I realized what I had done and have been waiting in anxious trepidation (is that redundant?) ever since.
Today I woke to an email from my reviewer. “You’re so brave,” it read, “I hope you enjoy it!” Deeeeeeeep breath. I, honestly, was dreading reading it. I closed the email. I opened it again. I did that several times before I realized that I was gonna HAVE to read it eventually. So I put my Big Girl panties on and went to my review.
The title of my blog sucks (I already knew that, though), I have too much shit in my side bar (I knew that too) and I could use an About Me page so people who wander in here know who they’re dealing with (I intend to create one). I’m just glad I took my Twitter box out before she got here, or I’m sure she would have tried to stab me in the face. It wasn’t all bad, though. In fact, I was beyond happy with what followed. So happy, in fact, that I didn’t even care that my name was spelled wrong.
You can read my review here: You Can’t See Everyone Naked. And yes, I left a comment.
Peace and fierce women who kick ass.
Tags: Ask And Ye Shall Receive, blog, i will fucking tear you apart, review
April 4th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
I think I will take your path with a little liquid courage first…:))))
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April 4th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Hi Robert, thanks for visiting! And yeah, had I not had liquid courage of my own… I never would have submitted myself! I’m glad I did though.
April 4th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Holy shit! That was scary–but you got THREE stars! (Out of how many? Three has to be good, though. Right?) I wouldn’t even submit if I were drunk. And I’ve had my share of drunk lately. In fact, I drunk blogged lastnight . . . Oh, wait. There’s those damn elipses again . . . shit I did it again.
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April 4th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Fashion Paramedic - LOL! I know! The rating tier goes like this: “I Fucking Love You”, 4 Stars, 3 Stars, etc. So I’m good, but not fabulous. HA. I read your drunk blog, by the way… (I am TOTALLY an ellipses overuser… I am ok with that though) and thought it was pretty darned funny! Made me kind of proud… *sniff*
April 6th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Submitting your blog to a review site that prides itself on ripping you a new one is quite brave. I applaud you. Congrats on the good review!
ryc #1: Long Live STP! Which of their albums/songs are your favorites?
ryc #2: Cute? Me?? Ah, you’re too kind.
ryc #3: What’s sad is I know there are other things I’ve forgotten lately, but I just can’t remember them.
ryc #4: Yes, quite brave. Some men fight wars. I quit coffee. It’s basically the same, if you think about it.
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April 6th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Hi Kev - Thanks for visiting my little blog… And thanks for replying to my comments… See? You’re as sharp as a tack. Coffee or no coffee. Thanks for the congrats on my review… I would never have submitted my blog if I weren’t under the influence of beer.
As for my love of STP… Core and Purple are my favorite albums and my fave song of all time is (don’t judge) Sex Type Thing. I could listen to it over and over and over and never get sick of it. In fact, I have.
April 6th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
I love the name of your blog! And I don’t think your side bar has too much stuff, but I like looking at all that stuff anyway.
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April 6th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Congratulations! I am quite impressed. I am not sure I would submit my blog to such ridicule. But you came through with flying colors! Proving, of course, what you already knew - that you are a good writer. If your blog sucked, you would have no traffic. Since you have great traffic, your blog is awesome. Q.E.D.
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April 7th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
That was actually quite a pleasant review! I don’t know why I’m so surprised.. perhaps it’s because I’ve seen those review blog types before and some are vicious! Way to go!
April 7th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Thanks Gina! I was terrified to read it!
April 7th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Thank you Drowsey! I thought of a million better titles, but by then I’d already bought my domain. *sigh*
And thank YOU, Marvin, for being so sweet.
April 8th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
You’re brave! I’d never heard of that site; it’s pretty cool.
And they like you! They actually had some good, constructive things to say.
Perhaps I’ll give it a whirl…
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April 9th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
hey i’m going to submit and give it a try, what is he going to say, my blog sucks? my life sucks so we’re even. lol
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April 9th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Are you really?? Oooooo how exciting!! I can’t wait to read your review! And life only sucks for a little while… Even “suck” doesn’t last forever.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Apparently, we will be reviewed there as well ?!? I thought you had to submit yourself, and I never did, yet here we are on the list of impending doom.
Well, fear has never been my forte, so we’ll just have to go with it
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April 29th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Tim - Wow, I’ve never heard of them reviewing people who didn’t submit themselves! Did Ernie submit you? Someone did…. Eeek!
April 30th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Yeah, Ernie submitted us, and yeah, it was bad …. Good thing I have really thick skin!
I’m sure the stinging will go away eventually
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