Comments on: This ain’t junior high, ya’ll

By: Carrie

Carrie — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:49:47 +0000

Well done! I think in any community, online or otherwise, people are going to feel this way. But you can't let them get you down. I'm as low down on the totem pole as anyone, but I really don't care because I love what I do. I write because I want to and it's just an added bonus to be part of the greater community (which totally rocks, btw!). Carries last blog post..Scattered

By: crunchycarpets

crunchycarpets — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:42:14 +0000

I haven’t been to BlogHer yet, but I am sure I will be intimidated by the big guns.
But that is why the blogosphere is cool..it is a big enough ocean of blogs to find like minded people whether or not they have HUGE sites or not.

People tend to associate by commonalities…that is fine.

My big thing is the LOCAL blogging scene..I don’t think I fit in at all…I don’t seem to have the same ideas about blogging…apart from the cool chicks I have found through my community site..but in general…I have a feeling that it is junior high all over again…but I didn’t care then and don’t care now.

I hope I get to BlogHer this year

crunchycarpetss last blog post..Feeling Groovie…

By: Missy

Missy — Sat, 03 May 2008 08:38:17 +0000

Great post. I haven't actually experienced it in the blogging world but I've read a few posts by people who have. I'm going to BlogHer for the first time this year and while I am a bit apprehensive (like pretty much everyone else, I'm guessing) I'm pretty sure it'll be awesome. Like any other large group thing, put yourself out there and it should be all good. Missys last blog post..The Skywalker Story

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Sat, 03 May 2008 04:44:57 +0000

Yes, definitely extra cool points for cheerleading and hating it.

I guess I’m lucky because BlogHer IS my family vacation. My parents live in San Jose and we’re going to spend the night in San Francisco. That’s really about as exciting as our vacations get, to be honest. We don’t get out much.

By: Queen of Shake Shake

Queen of Shake Shake — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:42:42 +0000

What I’m wanting to know is where is all of the boohoo’ing over not being invited to the HeatHer conference of ‘08? Really, all of the laundry, baking, and cleaning I’ll be doing during that week in July…who wouldn’t want to be there? Pfft.

Also, I was a cheerleader in junior high AND hated it, both the grade and the cheerleading. Can I get some extra cool points for that?

I’m not going to BlogHer again this year, unless someone wants to pay for my trip because when it comes down to money for a family vacation or money for BlogHer, family wins out.

Queen of Shake Shakes last blog post..The Shake-Shake Marriage – A Double Entendre?

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:52:21 +0000

Heh. Well, to be honest, I had my own group of wonderful friends too and it STILL was awful. Sometimes it depends on the school. Mine was filled with pretentious sorts, sadly, that felt the only way to validate themselves was to make other people miserable. High school was MUCH better!

By: LL

LL — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:44:15 +0000

I have nothing deep to add about the actual topic of this post, I just had to say that when I saw the topic I thought “Ooooh! I LOVED junior high!” and then I saw that I’m apparently in the vast minority

(And I wasn’t a cheerleader, I just had a close group of friends that always hung out together – you don’t have to be popular, you just have to have your own group!)

LLs last blog post..Free Man, kind of

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:20:49 +0000

You’re not a gnat to me. And if you were to ever be at BlogHer that I am at (I’m guessing they’ll be on the east coast next year), you’re definitely welcome to sit at my table.

By: Randi

Randi — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:15:32 +0000

I love blogging, and yet there are many times when I feel as though I’m on the outside of the outside. Like, I’ve been reading Zoot since before she had NikkiZ and I can tell you that the woman can’t stand me! She’ll probably say otherwise, but I’m like a little gnat to her LOL.

There are a few bloggers that I really love and who apparently can stand me as well, but I definitely always feel on the outs when it comes to blogger meetings – that, and I’m in Vermont and there are no bloggers here to meet up with!

And I can’t go to BlogHer. 1. I’m horrible about spending money. 2. I HATE FLYING! and 3. I defininitely would be the girl in the corner of the room because I’d been rejected so many times.

Randis last blog post..Forbidden Wednesdays – Belated Edition

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:03:49 +0000

You’ve got a great point. There are *good* ways in which this is all like high/middle school, etc. And yes, without our blogs we’d probably all need to be committed!