Monday, October 9, 2006

Part II: Section A: why do good blogs die

penelope: hola, what's our blog agenda this week. do you feel the energy sliding from all the blogs, or is it just me.
mendacious: oh, except kurt.
penelope: right, except kurt.
mendacious: i think this is the point where they start to realize -it really is a commitment... and that you can’t get by on crap and flashy content all the time.
penelope: it IS a fucking commitment.
mendacious: that's what i say- they really don't "getIT"... wait what are you saying?
penelope: yeah. like videos. i mean, the occasional video is fine, but.
mendacious: i dont' know what it is but i know they really don't.
penelope: we have to make them get it. or maybe we can't. maybe it's impossible...
mendacious: i think it's impossible. or rather i don't know how to make them get it.
penelope: oh, except ours.
mendacious: right, except ours.
[penelope: what the fucking fuck. i gave away that black dress too. dammit! back to the tinkerbell drawing board. ]
penelope: i think they're beyond hope really.
penelope: the guilt worked for a little bit, but actually making them "get" it.
mendacious: exactly- we can't spend all our time needling people to be a part of something if they don't want to.
mendacious: i feel like we spend a lot of our time trying to get people to understand why we blog...
penelope: yeah. it's disappointing though.
mendacious: maybe the subject of our PARTII: why good blogs die... let me look at what we first wrote- in the long long ago in the "before time" for inspiration.
penelope: ooo, hang on i have to check it out.
mendacious: frankly we should just post what we wrote for our first blog- it's true. we're geniuses. [insert hack content here-or as we like to call them FTA’s “from the archives”]
penelope: muahahaha.
penelope: i like it.

6 comments:

Kurt said...

Most blogs do die - the average half life seems to be about six months. My folder of dead blogs on bloglines now has 32 blogs in it. I have to find new blogs all the time.

Thanks for your kind words at this diificult time.

Anonymous said...

For the record, madames, I happen to like videos.

Somebody's Mom said...

keep the faith.

penelope said...

g, we're totally joshing.

Kurt said...

Videos are funny.

rc-d said...

do blogs die? i thought they simply hung around in ethernet limbo.

bringing hitler into it maybe we should have a blog burning.