In The End They All Go Away...
It's midnight, the very witching hour of night as the Bard once put it, and I find myself in one of those unpredictable melancholy moods I'm prone to. Coffee cooling in a monster-sized cup, the ghosts of my last smoke drifting in the air around me, and a million dark thoughts cruising the recesses of my mind. Definitely not a recipe for butterflies and roses.
For a lot of different reasons I've decided to knock the blog on the head for a while, maybe even permanently. I know there are a few people out there who read this thing regularly and to you I apologise. I don't know exactly what it is you see in my words that you like but I thank you for your time. I hope that if/when I do come back, you'll still be here.
And that's it. No long speeches, no last-minute rant. Just a quick adios.
Take care for now, Sleepsville. I may return.
For a lot of different reasons I've decided to knock the blog on the head for a while, maybe even permanently. I know there are a few people out there who read this thing regularly and to you I apologise. I don't know exactly what it is you see in my words that you like but I thank you for your time. I hope that if/when I do come back, you'll still be here.
And that's it. No long speeches, no last-minute rant. Just a quick adios.
Take care for now, Sleepsville. I may return.
Markham J Eggleton || 23:58 || Comments (10) || ||
Mr Eggleton,
Although I haven't ever written a comment about your ascerbic and insightful posts, though I have read them for a while now, this one has caused an end to my amused silence. It's a shame that you've chosen to deny us readers access to your thoughts about the world, the universe, and everything betwixt, and I would even go so far as to say that a process of reorientation may be required without your ramblings for me to refer to. I desire to hear that all is well with you, and that your decision to suspend writing on your blog isn't reflective of a decision to stop writing altogether. Even our darkest days have hope, and I hope you may resume again one day...
I'm with anonymous. Crum you actually bother to research your comments as such and although as you know I subscribe to the post as you like not as expected by blogger peer pressure andf if you've seen some of the dross that passes for blogging it makes a change. Putting it bluntly reading your blog made me re-evaluate opinions I held on you in recent times and you never shirk from saying what you think and counter argueing in the correct usage of that phrase with dignity and levelled thought! I don't always agree and you never expect that I should. That is to be respected in any measure. Blog occasionally yes but think again about total abandonment. Venting is good for the soul and you bother to filter yours so as not to mindlessly pollute. You know me though I have a blog for only one person and thats me and I neither care nor demand that people read mine. However yours provokes careful thought. Not much does that nowadays! Careful thought seems to be a dying idea!In the end its your choice though!
Today truely is a sad day for blogging everywhere.
But seriously, I have to agree with the two comments above me, and I must voice my protest in your decision to call it a day.
I know that there are days where there is absolutely nothing to talk about, as that is what makes life what it is.
However, when I don't have anything really world shattering to talk about, I just tend to waffle or add a comic-strip, like I did with the Biff Chariott blog.
Maybe, you should do a fictional blog, like what Tony does, or if you email me, I'll invite to you add to a project I've brought into life.
Crum
If this Blog is coming to an end, then for God's sake cut off it's head before you bury it. You don't want it returning to the land of the living one cinematically stormy night as a shuffling through the streets, seeking brains for food, creature of the living dead. To even entertain the thought that your Blog may one day claw it's way out of the earth and return as a simulacrum of your real life persona is a thought too horrific to comprehend...
I've enjoyed your posts. They've always been thought provoking, entertaining, humorous, on the rare occasion even factual. Several times I've almost been moved to report you to the relevant authorities for spreading dissent and subversion, then, out of the corner of my eye I caught a newly released video on MTV and my train of thought was derailed. You do realise that anybody could be reading you posts? Small children, the mentally infirm, the President of the United States of America (same thing really), even the vast team of monkeys Google has indexing all the pages on the Internet. Can you comprehend the harm you may have caused these people/monkeys by posting well researched, well reasoned and poignant personal opinions on subjects that seem to slip under the mainstream media's radar? Your blog was a light (admittedly a very dim light, approximately a 5 watt lightbulb kind of light) that shone out from the darkness of the blogging world, but it was there, helping to illuminate the pitiful lives of those who dared to read (or blindly stumbled upon) your words.
The thing to remember is: So you've been blogging, taken it to heart since it's 'your' Blog that was the vicitim . But imagine you're not living in Britain, imagine you're living in Israel, with Iran working on their nuclear 'power' program. Now what Blog entries would you like Mr Crum to make?
Just popped by to say that after some consideration, I can say that I will be posting again, but not until the New Year. The truth is, this blog takes my time away from another project that's a lot more important to me right now. I wish I could spare the time but alas, I must work to earn a crust. Thank you, all four of you, for your words of encouragement.
Anonymous: It's nice to know that I have a regular reader other than my somewhat contentious, occasionally ascerbic friends (and I call them that proudly), so I thank you for your time. However, I do chastise you for your silence. Something tells me that you're not the same Anonymous as in an earlier post. Be well.
Tybalt: Both in the real world and in the ether world of cyberspace you continue to surprise me. I want to publicly (or as publicly as this blog gets) thank you for your support and friendship. Please let me know when your new baby arrives and give my love to your family.
Carl: I'd love to be able to contribute to your 'other' blog, but as I mentioned above, my time's pretty evenly split between my writing, my friends and my job at the moment, so I must gracefully (hopefully) decline. Keep writing yourself, and hopefully I'll be over there next year (cash depending).
(Adopts Hugo Weaving accent, a la The Matrix)Mr Aaaaaa: I never know when to take you seriously. I think that's why I count you as a friend. You keep reminding me that there's always another point of view without even trying while still allowing me to maintain my intellectual dignity (with the occasional belly-laugh thrown in). Thank you.
To anybody else who's reading but hasn't commented. Errrm ... Back soon.
Crum
Thanks for the thanks. It's truely appreciated.
If you're willing to invest the time and effort to produce a Blog entry of the quality you have been providing, I find it only fitting to spend some time creating a reply that makes you consider the point of view you've chosen, or makes you smile.
Your postings have always had a certain gravity to them that infers a sense of personal involvement. With regard to that I can only commend you. If only everyone on this planet actually took a stand on a subject that they felt had some influence on their lives, this world would be a far more enlightend place, where everyone had a self-formed opinion of the events that effect them directly, and events that effect the global population that shares the same ball of space dust they inhabit.
It appears that you've taken my first response to this Blog entry in the spirit it was intended. One that hopefully countered the (in my opinion) usual kneejerk reaction of the human race to fall on their knees and weep tears of loss for something they held close to their hearts (if you can hold a Blog close to your heart). That one of the respondents made it quite clear they had never posted before, yet made a specific point of professing (quite eloquently) their enjoyment of your entries shows the true value of your Blogging and the impact it has on some people's lives.
Hopefully you don't take offence at my acerbic comments on your respondents. No offence intended, just making a personal opinion known. Something your Blog was so good at.
I'll take my leave here, hopefully having pushed a few more of your buttons, as I have a previous engagement Anonymously applying graphics to the outside of the ISS...
Mr A
Well, I can honestly say that I didn't weep any tears of loss. If Crum wants to end his blog, then that's his decision.
I just thought that it's just a pity that a good blog must come to an end. But then again, it makes it more like a book.
But anyhow, whether Crum goes or stays is upto him.
I know that no offence was meant. But I didn't fall to my knees> I just wanted to support a friend I used to RP with in my days back in the UK.
Anyhow, good luck, Crum, in your future escapades.
Mission Objective:
Push buttons by posting purposefully constructed comments expressing contentious opinions based on original post and subsequent comments
Mission Objectives Completed:
1.2 Buttons pushed
Mission Review:
Success
Mission Notes:
Revoke order to issue 'tears of loss' absorbing tissues to all participating commenters, as no tears are being wept
It took me a while to comment on your leaving, mostly becuase i don't know what to say about that. I still don't, and it seems that everything that could be said has been. So instead of restating what has already been stated i will say so long, and hope to see you again in the future. Take care and remember that if you can't do it right, maybe its not worth doing at all ;)
I am glad that you have decided to continue blogging. It can be hard to continually come up with new topics to write about. Taking a small break from it all as you have decided to do is always a good choice. When you come back and blog again it will once more be enjoyable for you.
Happy Holidays.
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