I've been following all the hoo-hah running the rounds lately about linking, de-linking, quitting entirely because of dislike for the linking/delinking shenanigans.
All I can say is, I think I came into blogging at just the right time. I started this blog after all the big names became... well, big names. I started this blog actually before I even read many of the big names. So I didn't really have many preconceived notions of how it should be done, what I should say, how to get in with the hip crowd.
I just do what I do best, rattle on about stuff in my life and the odd shit I seem to find/attract/marry.
If I link to someone, it's because I like them, because I go see what's up on their page once or twice or (in the case of michele, since she's so damn prolific) twenty times a day. Some of my links I go to once in a while just to see what the buzz is among the gamers or the animation creators or the bizarre news wizards. Some links lie fallow until I get the unbidden urge to desk-chair dance again. Some I get bored with and delete.
I have never linked to anyone because I wanted to curry their favor, kiss their ass, pay their rent, or shave their Shetland pony. (I'm sure there's an obscure sexual euphemism like that somewhere). I link because I like.
I'm still learning to crawl, as evidenced by the fact I'm on Blogger and not a higher-up-the-evolutionary chain thing like MT or my own domain. I have to learn what the hell RSS is, and blogrolling, and trackback. I just learned tables from a book I found in a yard sale. I'm crawling, but my knees won't hold out forever and someday I'll stand up and wobble and decide to move up a rung.
Perhaps after that day, I'll take notice of who to butter up and who to cut the crust off. Until then, I link like I fall in love... madly and indiscriminately and full of hope that I won't be let down.
Kiss me, you fools!
(previously posted on Blogspot)
Posted by LeeAnn at June 5, 2003 11:02 AM