A recent commentator to this blog did a great job of describing me on my worst days. Sylvia, I don't deny anything that you said. Everyone else, please feel free to read the comments in the previous two posts.
My blog has of late become a clearing house for my rants. The last several posts are acidic, and do reflect a bit of me that is my less-than-attractive side. I wasn't aware that my posts had turned so acidic. Thank you, Sylvia, for pointing it out to me.
However-
Am I, as you suggest, bitter and negative? Yes, at times. Who isn't? Am I, as you suggest, "self-serving, narrow- minded, and without empathy for anyone else who crosses [my] path?" No, I'm not. Do I go home to an empty house every night? Thankfully, no.
People elect to visit this site. No one has to come, and no one has to stay. I make no promises to be funny, rational, or even remotely entertaining. I'm no one's monkey. You get what you pay for at this site. If I bore you, leave. If I anger you, leave. If I occasionally make you laugh, stay a while.
Do not, however, lurk about this blog and come out of hiding only to lash out at me. Do not assume that I need to be cheery for your benefit. Do not assume that you know me well enough to judge me. Do not assume that I post to this blog for your or anyone's benefit (including my own).
Asking me to spend my time on worthwhile activities like writing to Amnesty International is an interesting suggestion. Doing it would, however, interfere with my other philanthropic activities that I choose not to brag about. Your sanctimony is misplaced and unwelcome here.
Save it for Bono, sister.
I'm too busy posting about important topics like my deodorant and scorpions in my bathroom.
Posted by Jen at April 21, 2005 7:59 PM