When I signed onto Blogger just now for the first time in over a month, I was met with the promise of three unmoderated comments. Two were lovely messages from readers on my last post, and I'm glad to say they are published now after much delay. One was a comment from an Anonymous (of course!) commenter who felt the need to go back into my archives to my Christmas Eve post of last year and state, simply:
Your an ass
All of it, the spelling, the sad fact that some people feel a need to send a nasty gram for no other apparent reason than just to be trollish, all of it...I was just filled with this flood of relief that I don't blog on a regular basis anymore. I think blogging can sometimes be like having manic depressive disorder. The highs are high - connecting with people who you both know and don't, forming friendships and having a voice, but the lows are pretty far down there. I miss you guys, but I'm glad to be away from those lows. (I published the comment of course. Not my job to censor. Maybe Anass is "awesome" in some foreign language and the commenter is creative with their space bar. Maybe they don't have apostrophes where that commenter lives. Or periods. Or manners.
Many sighs.
I have to be very honest with you - I am suffering from writer's fatigue over here.
Rob and I just finished participating in NaNoWriMo and I am happy to announce that we both "won", ie: finished writing a 50,000 word story that could pass for a short novel within the month of November. It was thrilling! We laughed! We cried! But boy are my arms tired. (badum ching!)
Believe it or not we are still plugging away at this Charcutepalooza thing and I just pulled a lovely piece of cured pork belly out of our wine fridge. It's been chilling in there for about a month. Or something. I honestly don't remember. There were herbs on it at one point? And there was cheesecloth involved? I think I had writing blindness. I was dead at the time!
Anyway, we did it, and here it is on the extended Charcutepalooza due date: December 1.
Our final post is due on December 15th. It is going to be a chance to show off everything we've learned in the past year. Rob and I have a set of pretty low impact charcuterie projects planned, and I'm not using the Ruhlman book for these so I will happily post recipes. Most of our ideas are gift worthy, so definitely check back in on the 15th if you need some last minute goodies to take home for the holidays, or wherever you may roam.
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3 comments:
Trolls are...lonely? jealous? obviously language-impaired and so many other things. I happen to love you and very much appreciate all your recommendations for my trip to NYC in October. I had a blast - from Harlem to Brooklyn!!
What an accomplishment! I've always wanted to do nanowrimo but have not yet. But I am plugging away on my book anyway. It is probably going to take me more than one month...Congrats!
I just read about a similar comment on another food blog (http://lookimadethat.com/2011/12/11/maplewalnuttrifle/). So many idiots out there.. You've always come across to me as a smart, funny and self-assertive woman. Maybe smart, self-assertive women are particularly bothersome to that person? Personally, I think more of your kind should exist in this world!
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