Jerry infrequently reads the site; about two weeks ago I got sick of saying, “Hey, I added something to the blog. Go read it.” So, last night I was surprised when he said, “You’re mean, writing stories about me, making people think all I am is stinky.”
I said, “Babe, you’ve had every opportunity to respond to any disparaging remark I put up on the blog. Would you please, just once, write a little something?” I have a hell of a time keeping the blog fresh, and I crave hearing different voices here.
He was inches away from writing a response to Magnus’s comment, and then demurred. His issue is that there’s been all this expectation built up at his appearance. He likened it to Vera Peterson, Maris Crane, or Stan Walker. Because he has no voice, he remains intriguing. I wanted to publish Jen-An and Owen’s pictures, but he had the same argument. I see his point.
However, Jerry is a real person to me, and while it’s great that he’s okay with being such great fodder for the blog, it prevents you from seeing him as a real person. Believe me; that isn’t going to stop me from exploiting him, but my wee conscience gives me pangs sometimes.
That’s all. No concluding remark.
Ooo! I got one, a little something you can take away from this post.
If you are a blogger and want to keep it entertaining, you need to make sure that you’re married or partnered to a freak. If you’re married or partnered to a bore right now, poison him or her and make it look like suicide. Inherit all his or her money, and find a freak. You’ll thank me later.
crumpet | 28-Apr-07 at 3:05 am | Permalink
Now I have the mental image of Jerry as a smelly freak.
MagnusFromBerlin | 30-Apr-07 at 2:49 am | Permalink
… diva …
my tv trivia knowledge is shockingly low, i had to click all three of the wikipedia links…
alex | 30-Apr-07 at 9:35 am | Permalink
Crump, as it should be.
Magnus, that’s okay. Yer a fer’ner, as we say here in Texas. We don’t expect everyone to understand our overweight ways.
MagnusFromBerlin | 30-Apr-07 at 10:10 am | Permalink
a fer’ner from fer’n lans?
alex | 30-Apr-07 at 10:22 am | Permalink
Is there any other kind?
MagnusFromBerlin | 30-Apr-07 at 11:19 am | Permalink
those who destroy america from the inside, by being foreign in the head and drinking espressi? They are a huge threat to every major american city, they use words like “Zeitgeist” and “Œuvre” and they are living “da Vida Loca”…
are you’re trying to lure me into another “foreign-what do you mean foreign?”-rant?
alex | 30-Apr-07 at 12:38 pm | Permalink
I love “zeitgeist” and “oeuvre.” I don’t like “nom de plume” or “raison d’etre,” but they’re growing on me.
As I’ve said before, Magnus, it’s fern-nous that makes you mysterious and attractive. I wouldn’t debate that. If I were you, I’d cultivate an accent in my writing, a way to let all the girlies know that I’m dangerous.
MagnusFromBerlin | 01-May-07 at 11:10 am | Permalink
mann, pass bloß auf. Ich bin so gefährlich… d.a.n.g.e.r.o.u.s uh hu
Darum spricht J auch nicht mit mir, der denkt ich reiß Ihm den Kopf ab… ja, ja
alex | 01-May-07 at 11:24 am | Permalink
From Alta Vista babble-fish: “man, passport only up. I am so dangerously… d.a.n.g.e.r.o.u.s uh hu therefore speak J also not with me, think I tear him the head off…,”