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On June 29 2012 13:28 Torte de Lini wrote:Show nested quote +On June 29 2012 12:41 Aerisky wrote:Wow this is a great entry. Just like a lot of people here, I feel like you've hit it spot-on. While at first your blogs may seem a bit daunting to read because of length, upon beginning them I invariably end up just loving them. When I read this entry, I feel as if your thoughts are mirrored in my mind (for various reasons I imagine e.g. having the same thoughts, good writing helping people to relate, et al). I seriously feel as if my thoughts are put into words, such is the empathy invoked. It's like you're speaking for me and putting my thoughts into flowing prose; I read it as quickly as I could think almost. For some reason the experience feels almost cheapened knowing that there are others that feel more or less the same way lol, a bit jealous hehe that we have something in common this way--maybe it should be appreciation and not envy that's the feeling. I am a bit envious of how well you put your thoughts into writing, no matter what you say. I just cannot write about myself like that (i.e. write personally, in the first person, about myself) and want to strive to be able to speak through writing in that way. Anyway, always seem to miss your blogs, glad I didn't miss this one ^^ Best of luck yo, I believe in you  Thank you, I actually strive for this, though perhaps I hit too realistically for myself as well (I wasn't too comfortable posting this, then again; I never reread my entries). Yeah, they're all easy reads in my opinion, but the length is a problem I have (academic papers too, no lying there). Thanks again and just because we think commonly, doesn't mean it isn't unique in how we approach the idea.
Mm the last sentence is a good point for sure.
Personally I don't mind the length at all (in fact I read through your blogs more quickly than most, sans skimming too) and tend to have the same problem (plus the problem of redundancy). Being concise indeed can be difficult but I'm sure you can overcome it! Recently I've been able to write more concise papers and it takes practice and editing (mostly editing) for sure, personally at least.
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If you don't get listed as a featured blogger, then featured blogs mean shit.
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My star ratings are too low.
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Star ratings are terrible and generally suck.
There are a lot of amazing featured bloggers who really do deserve the feature, but you have a ton of great but unfeatured bloggers. It's very easy just to 1-star whatever you feel like. Maybe just a yea/nay type of system would work better (rarely do people give anything but 1 or 5 stars anyway) or a system whereby staff/vets collectively decide which blogs are featured.
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I think you just need to suggest featured bloggers you'd like to see featured by now.
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Really? People need to suggest for YOU to get featured?
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On June 29 2012 15:25 Torte de Lini wrote:
I think you just need to suggest featured bloggers you'd like to see featured by now.
Yeah I suppose that works too 
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In the end, I just like the comments.
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On June 30 2012 06:58 Torte de Lini wrote:
In the end, I just like the comments.
We all do.
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Hey, first time reader but I'll be your friend Torte de Lini! :D
I can empathize with a lot of your thoughts in this blog, although I'm starting to think most would say the same since we were all drawn to this community for similar reasons.
Oh and fuck yea French Canadian! poutine, ploye and such..
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Haha, thanks! Will you be at NASL?
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