So last night I was “Tag Surfing”, as I think they call it – and I came across a blog I really enjoyed. And then I hijacked it. I didn’t mean for it to happen. When I woke up in the morning and set out to start my day, it was not on my agenda. But when I read what Jamey Stegmaier wrote, I couldn’t help myself. See, I’ve been battling a bout of insomnia this week. I guess I was bored. I needed a fix. When I got to the end of his post he asked, “Any other suggestions on how…” And that’s when it happened. I wrote my own post in his comments. A full-out-could-be-here-on-my-site post.
But I didn’t stop there. Oh no. I went on to do it again! I was surfing Jamey’s site and came across another humorous post that was just speaking right to me. (Keep in mind it was midnight on my third night without sleep – it was literally speaking right to me.) Now usually, toilet humor doesn’t do it for me. But I was all over How To Use My Bathroom. I got to the comments section and I left, well, a blog post. Again. I don’t think it even related to his post. In retrospect, it wasn’t a response to his How To at all. I just felt like writing it.
Is this acceptable in the blog world? Is it a known concern of bloggers across cyberspace – this blog hijacking? I have NO idea, but I’m pretty sure Jamey won’t mind any extra traffic he gets from this post. Y’know, the one that is actually on MY site.
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I think it’s completely acceptable, especially if it’s my blog you’re hijacking
. You added to my content in an informative (and at times, amusing) way. A lot of people I know who read my blog check back more often for new comments than new entries–they want to see what people are saying. That’s why I have the “Recent Comments” widget so high up on the sidebar.
Thanks for checking out the blog, and I look forward to reading more entries of yours in the future as well! Perhaps I’ll even hijack yours sometime if I can’t fall asleep.
Jayme – I’m going to use that! It’s a great point. I’m adding “Recent Comments” to my sidebar as well. I’m curious to see if I get clicks there.
Cool, nice addition–I like it!
So I read your about section and your resume. HOW ON EARTH do you have time to fit in all this blogging and still be effective in the other areas of your life? You don’t sound like someone who settles for mediocrity. What gives?
So did my resume pass the Lauren Test?
Blogging is actually the easy/fun part for me. Isn’t it for you? An entry takes about 15 minutes (some even shorter, some a little longer). I love those 15 minutes.
But my life is certainly not perfectly balanced. I love to write fiction, but when my full-time job takes over, that gets pushed aside.
How do you not settle for mediocrity?
I prefer not to discuss resumes unless truly asked for critical advice. I find it gets me in trouble. People are really sensitive about their resumes! But really, yours is impressive.
Blogging is ABSOLUTELY the fun/easy part. But I would gander I have more free time than you. Just a guess, of course.
And I do settle for mediocrity in some areas. It’s the only way to fit it all in. I have a genius of a friend and former boss of mine who puts it well. A women (in similar circumstances) has three main roles: wife, mother, professional. You cannot excel in all three at any one given time. You can be an excellent mother and accomplished professional, but you’re not going to be able to give your marriage priority. Perhaps you can be a great wife and a great professional and not a great mother (but I can’t relate to that woman). Throughout your life, the balance will shift, but you can really only do two at the level of excellence, and the third – well, you do the best you can. I’m not a wife, but the theory still applies. Right now, being an excellent mother comes first. The second and third alternate depending on the circumstances of life in that period of time.
I suppose you could say I’m no longer a wife because that one was never on the top of the list for me!
I suppose you could also say that I’m settling for mediocrity in my productivity for the day by posting here in the middle of the work day!
Sorry, didn’t mean to put you in an uncomfortable position about the resume.
I’m surprised you have more free time than me. You have a child!
That’s a really insightful theory from your friend/former boss. I’d be curious about their take on the roles that men have to balance (and sacrifice) as well. I think the really interesting part is that people have a choice between those roles, a choice that becomes more apparent once they realize they can’t be on top of their game for all three at the same time. People have the power to change their lives for the better merely by maintaining that balance better.
I’ll have to read more entries about why you’re no longer a wife. Any suggestions on key entries to read to catch up?
I’m posting this at work too. But I work in a job where as long as I get all my work done well and on time, I can mix in other things as well.
Well, I wish you luck in finding the answer to that question in any of my posts. I haven’t blogged about that (yet). But if you’d like just a glimpse, see “A Beautiful Love”.
And for an explanation of why I have free time, see “The Parental Paradigm – My Place as Single Mom”.
Enjoy!
Awesome, awesome posts. “A Beautiful Love” just rocked my world. Lots to think about.
I’ll stop hijacking your comments section now.
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