No, the title of this entry actually has nothing to do with what I’m going to write next — it’s just something I always wanted to say, and the one month anniversary of My Cool Job seemed to be an appropriate occasion. Then again, probably finding a quarter under my couch cushion would be also — I just love saying it.
I’m certainly a noob when it comes to blogging, but I’ve learned a great deal during the past month, most of which I have had to relearn in the last few weeks since WordPress changed its format. I expect I’ll still be learning for as long as I’m around, and everyone who’s commented or written a blog entry that I thought was awesome has taught me something along the way.
I’ve had a great time corresponding with the folks that I’ve presented here, and I’ve learned that there are cool jobs out there that I’d never even thought about, or that I never expected that so many people would be interested in (you wouldn’t believe how many hundreds of people have looked at “Watchmaker“). I’ve enjoyed having something to chat about with acquaintances (“So what have you been up to lately, Carrie?” “Oh, just e-mailing the Syrian Ambassador, and by the way I suspect he thinks Bush is a weenie but is too diplomatic to come out and say so.”) I’ve enjoyed all of the time I’ve spent commenting on everyone else’s blog as well — I think an expansion of my blogroll will soon be in order.
I’ve made some great blog-buddies, and special thanks to Khyri, planetross and CurlyWurlyGurly for not only entertaining the hell out of me, but being brave contributors and loyal readers as well. You are all the jiggiest!
I’d also like to give an honorable mention to the retarded trolls at Slap for rocketing my stats up through a link from a thread on their forum. While most of their asinine comments concerning the Pro Skateboarder entry will sit in limbo for the rest of eternity (because they already have their own mean-spirited and not very interesting forum to make stupid comments), I would like to let them all know the following:
1) I think Pro Skateboarder Doug Brown’s a nice guy and I am proud to have him as a contributor on My Cool Job;
2) Their idiocy completely backfired — the amount of traffic on that entry is so high that any search for “Pro Skateboarder” now invariably comes up with the blog entry they’ve been so condescending about;
3) Nice try with the link you sent, trolls–but I’ve already seen “Two Girls, One Cup” and so I expect it didn’t have the desired effect on me that was intended. I refuse to link to the video. Even a description of it would turn your stomach. Just think of what they did as the internet equivalent of leaving a flaming bag of dog poo on my virtual porch.
4) I’m sure they’re not sharing this with each other, but it does appear that a lot of them are reading other entries on the site as well, which I find extremely amusing. Guess there isn’t much going on in Mom’s basement these days and they need the stimulation.
They’ll get bored and move on, but hopefully the rest of you will stay tuned to see what’s coming up next. I actually took a chance and wrote to one of my own personal heroes and role models to see if she would contribute, and she did! I’m thrilled to say that after tomorrow’s Casual Friday entry I’ll be taking the time to present her entry on Saturday.
Who is this mystery woman? What is her cool job? How do you keep a My Cool Job reader in suspense?
*blushing over your kind words*
I’ve also been entertained by the Slap asshats, and their ‘forums’. It’s great that their efforts misfired and brought you extra readership!
And I’m really looking forward to finding out who your mystery hero is…
Boo on the skater haters!
Keep up the good work, “Jim”!
you’re so FLY! thanks for the “shout out” and all that stuff. glad you got an unwitting link that sent your stats through the roof…and a pox on any haters. i always had a soft spot for skaters with weird hairstyles (ie. shaved except for the flopping front bang over their eyes…sigh*)
I have been informed via private email from pannonica that the correct term for a “one month anniversary” is actually “mensiversary”, as the prefix ‘annum” refers to a year and not a month.
I cannot bring myself to change the entry, but I am going to refer to my monthly period as my ‘mensiversary’ from now on.
Thanks, pann!
Other viable candidates are luniversary and lunaversary. I’m torn among all three. Can one be drawn and thirded?
Keep up the good work. From my experience the hard part with blogging is to keep up the momentum. I have seen a lot of blogs, with great potential, fade away into obscurity from inattention. Nothing is sadder than running across an interesting blog that hasn’t been updated for months and months. I pity the poor blog has been abandoned, sentenced to obscurity in the cyber grave yard.
Don’t worry, if you slack off and neglect to update your blog your friends in the blogosphere will start commenting with messages of concern. No one likes to see a good blog die. BTW I am working on a post in hopes of goading some of my friends into sending you some information on their cool Jobs. In particular my cousin, who is the owner of a commercial art company in California, is an especially interesting person.
Keep it up, yours is a most excellent blog.
-pf
OMFG! How did I forget to add you to the special thanks list, prarieflounder? You were on the list, and somehow I didn’t add your name. If you have an evil nemesis, I would check with him to see if he is responsible.
You are the jiggiest of them all, dude! Thank for for the very kind words.
I’ll do my best not to kill my own blog…and of course anyone that can be seduced by my readers into writing about their cool job is more than welcome here!
To help you keep it alive, I just pimped ‘My Cool Job’ over on my Livejournal. 🙂
Happy Mensiversary! Keep up the “Cool Jobs”! Thanks for the kind words also 🙂
Woo hoo! I’ve been pimped! Thanks, Khyri!
As for you, planetross: you are the first (and only) contributor to this blog to have mentioned testicles in a job description. For that, you will always have a special place here at My Cool Job.
Wondering what planetross does? Read his cool job entry here:
https://jimsmuse.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/english-teacher-in-japan/