Indulging myself!

Ok, so last week I wrote my first new blog in about 5 months. I made a decision to step things up, and actually get writing more, and the blog is my first point of call. I know a few friends read it, and seem to enjoy it and find it quite funny, and that’s amazing. I really do appreciate people I know taking the time to have a read, and if they tell me they enjoyed it, then all the better, as I am pretty big-headed. There’s nothing better for me than getting praise from people who I know already like me…. (I know I’m a loser, so writing this is OK)

However, in the last week I have had two comments on the blog from people I don’t know. One comment was positive, and one negative… what to make of it. Firstly, I find it baffling that anyone would read my little blog, without having clicked on the link from my begging Facebook status. Again, that my friends read this thing occasionally gives me a real thrill, but having strangers cast their eye over my views is pretty exhilarating for me.

The first stranger who left a comment this week, left it about the post I wrote about Facebook, here it is:

You are SO right about Facebook. I think if you can use it for advertising that might be all its good for. I shut down all my FB pages back in May then re-opened my account after a week of FB withdrawal symptoms. Now I find myself becoming very bored with it as far as a social network. I get constant friend requests then notice that 4 months later they have yet to say hello. Your honesty about the FB stalking is very much appreciated. And funny, too!
Isn’t that nice. Thank you, whoever you are.I do try to inject a bit of humour in the things I write along with honesty and Facebook is a great source of material for me. I am baffled by Facebook and the entire social networking phenomenon, so it’s nice to see others agree with certain things I write about it.

The second comment was posted about my Vuvuzela blog. I don’t have this one to paste. I deleted it. I don’t take criticism well. I wish I hadn’t deleted it though, as it only goes to show that I am a pathetic, insecure worm who needs to be constantly showered with praise lest I burrow away in my worm hole where no one can judge me.

I only realised how pathetic it was to delete this comment after I had pressed delete. Why should I care what other people think? The basis of the negative comment was that my blog was extremely self-indulgent, as usual, and that it was a pile of bollocks… something along those lines anyway….

HELLO! The blog is called “The World According to Willum”, how much more self-indulgent can that title be? I write this blog to indulge myself. The fact that my friends sometimes read, and also seem to enjoy it is a form of indulgence for me… Is there anything as self-indulgent as a blog anyway? It surely is the  most self-indulgent form of expression out there. It is not for anyone, except the writer!

This is a pretty self-indulgent post… but I don’t care! Expect more posts, even more self-indulgent than the last ones… my self-indulgence knows no bounds! You can’t please all of the people all of the time, but if I can please just one person, if I can make someone who reads my little blog smile, that’s a triumph for me. After all, I write this thing for me, to indulge myself!

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