Hello readers of today's New York Post!
I'd like to point out that it took the photographer over thirty minutes to get a shot of me doing anything other than smiling. The article was supposed to run two weeks ago and the NY Post being the NY Post it was supposed to be very alarmist, so they wanted a shot where I looked SCARED—as in, "OMG! I have this blog! And I'm terrified of it!" but I wouldn't do it. The main reason I agreed to the photo shoot was so they would have no choice but to run my "there's a downside to leading a public life but it's worth it for me" quotes.
Having said that, I love Hep of ljdrama's last quote:
"People think just because it has the word 'journal' in the title, that [a blog] should be treated like a paper journal that you keep under their bed," she says. "But it's on the Internet! I don't have any pity for these people."
I've never understood the people who put their lives on display online and then whine about the attention they get—if you want something private then keep it to your damn self. Blogging is inherently exhibitionist and if you can't deal with the consequences, you shouldn't be doing it. If you're determined to do it anyway, then suck it up. And good luck to you!
I'd also like to note that a) I'm probably the first person to get their picture in the Post wearing a Margaret Cho t-shirt (Viva la revolucion!) and b) the blog in the photo is randomWalks, the progressive issues blog I contribute to along with a group of like-minded friends. cheesedip.com had too much white space for the photographer's purposes.
With that photo, you're going to start getting lots of weird TiBook fetish emails.
Forward me some of the weird emails!
aw, where's jarvis? dogs-with-moms-that-blog fetish is rising.
a photo in the NY Post... hmm... impressive... ; )
(congratulations on everything.)
OMG! I have this blog! And I'm terrified of it!
I found you via randomwalks.com. I have a weird fetish for Asian girls so I just had to check out the link I found there (even though I can't stand the Post).
I have a weird fetish for Macs too, so I think I'm gonna stalk you from now on.
Nice blog. 'later
ps: email's fake 'cause I don't trust MT's encryption. But URL's real and you've got everything to contact me there if you need to.
Imagine my surprise to look down at the person next to me on the L train (I'm tall, remember) and see your (not-smilin') face staring out at me from their paper. Congrats on the mega exposure... though c'mon, the Post? I guess it's better than appearing under the headline "In Times Of Stress, Weblogs Create Virtual Headaches" or something in the Times..
Congratulations, Lia. Very hip.
What, no Jarvis in the photo op? Guess they couldn't get him to stop smiling, hee hee. Did the Post writer even bother to ask "Why cheesedip?" or did they ask and decide it was not germane?
Just wanted to say I loved the shirt!