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20 September 2006
21:56:00 o'clock BST
I was disappointed to read that the VIVI awards seem to be the excuse for people to be spiteful to each other. My impression was that they were, as is stated on the graphic, to highlight excellence in blogging. Not an exercise in egotripping, navel staring, narcism and whichever other synonym you want to stump up.
I started my own blog as an on-line diary, and it stayed that way until the spring of this year. At the moment, a good part of my day seems to be taken up with blogging. Why am I so involved with it then?
I like to give readers an insight into the community that I'm in. Not that I am very actively involved in it, to my shame, but that's the way it is. I want to share the breathtaking beauty of the islands, and share what happens here. If anything at all.
I keep an opinion on certain matters, and cannot be bothered on others. I like to think that there is a group of people who like to read what I write. I just browsed through Jackie's VIVI awards journal and found myself shortlisted for no fewer than 9 categories, aye: NINE. I am flattered and dumbstruck. I'm not doing this for my own glorification.
The VIVI's are an opportunity to find new journals, read new people's stories. Nothing more than that, because what do you get for it? A nice new logo to plug into your sidebar. Blinking heck, it's not exactly the Lottery jackpot, is it now?!
I have found J-land to be a pleasant community on AOL, unlike others I latched on to when I first joined the service in 2004. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule. I just want to say:
* Enjoy the VIVIs
* Take the opportunity to find and read new journals
* Keep it in perspective, don't spoil it for others. Please?
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VIVIs and blogging
I was disappointed to read that the VIVI awards seem to be the excuse for people to be spiteful to each other. My impression was that they were, as is stated on the graphic, to highlight excellence in blogging. Not an exercise in egotripping, navel staring, narcism and whichever other synonym you want to stump up.
I started my own blog as an on-line diary, and it stayed that way until the spring of this year. At the moment, a good part of my day seems to be taken up with blogging. Why am I so involved with it then?
I like to give readers an insight into the community that I'm in. Not that I am very actively involved in it, to my shame, but that's the way it is. I want to share the breathtaking beauty of the islands, and share what happens here. If anything at all.
I keep an opinion on certain matters, and cannot be bothered on others. I like to think that there is a group of people who like to read what I write. I just browsed through Jackie's VIVI awards journal and found myself shortlisted for no fewer than 9 categories, aye: NINE. I am flattered and dumbstruck. I'm not doing this for my own glorification.
The VIVI's are an opportunity to find new journals, read new people's stories. Nothing more than that, because what do you get for it? A nice new logo to plug into your sidebar. Blinking heck, it's not exactly the Lottery jackpot, is it now?!
I have found J-land to be a pleasant community on AOL, unlike others I latched on to when I first joined the service in 2004. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule. I just want to say:
* Enjoy the VIVIs
* Take the opportunity to find and read new journals
* Keep it in perspective, don't spoil it for others. Please?
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Bravo! Well said! I can't add anything at all to that.
Lori
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Good on ya mate. CATHY http://journals.aol.com/luddi
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Amen!!! :o) You nailed it on the head! This is my first year with the awards and I was very excited....now, I honestly don't know what to think! So many are acting like children over all of it, and the awards are suppose to be something positive. Geesh...some people have to always spoil something good!
Lisa
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Guido....Congrats on the nominations!! I don't blog for recognition per se. I blog because I enjoy doing it and getting glimpses of everyone else's lives. I spend a big chunk of my time updating my blog and reading and commenting on others.
I have always been a believer that life would be completely boring if I didn't continue to learn new things. Blogging has opened up a whole new world to me and is a daily learning experience. Whether it be through someone's art in their journal, tags they have created, poetry written, stories told, family histories written, jokes for laughter, drama, pain, illness and those we have come to know and love dying. EVERY DAY is something new. I think the VIVI awards are an EXCELLENT way to point that out. It's not so much giving someone an award......for each of us are awarded every day with the opportunity be a part of others' lives.
I applaud the VIVI's. (stepping off my soapbox now....)
I am going to post this comment in my journal, too.
Hugs,
Gina
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http://journals.aol.com/motoxmom72/j-land-convention/
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