Sometimes I really hate using the internet. Why? Because people seem to think that being on the internet gives them a legitimate reason to sound like undereducated morons. “IM speak” and “internet shorthand” have taken over, and people can’t even form coherent sentences anymore. It’s sad and pathetic, and there’s not actually any real excuse for it.

Now, I may not be the most grammatically perfect person in the world, but at least I try. I proofread everything I write online before hitting the post button. Whether it’s my blog or FaceBook or wherever, I try to make sure that I’m presenting the best of myself with everything that I do online. I actually hate Twitter because it’s nearly impossible to express coherent thoughts without being forced to butcher them to fit in the allotted space.

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As much as I love the old photos I have of myself, getting some new ones is long overdue. We have a camera, but the thing hates me and never takes good photos of me. So, I’m actually going to get some done by a pro. I’ve never done that before, so it ought to be interesting.

The photographer is a family friend named Mandy, you can see her work at Roxy’s Photography on FaceBook. If you go there and like the page, please post that Briana sent you. I can get a discount if I can get her enough likes. And believe me, I need all the help I can get with the cost. I believe it’ll be worth it though to have some really nice pictures taken.

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I have been Googling for a while today and can’t seem to find what I’m looking for. I want a way to have status messages in a sidebar widget here on the blog. I often have things I want to say that just aren’t long enough to warrant a full blog post. I’d settle for something that would pull my FaceBook statuses, but I’d prefer something that would be blog-based.

Everything I’ve been able to find no longer works. Even the ones to pull FaceBook statuses seem broken since FB ported to the new Timeline layout. FaceBook doesn’t want us using our own RSS feeds it seems. I couldn’t find anything at all that would allow me to have blog-based statuses. It’s kind of annoying because it’s a feature I’d like to have.

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If you’ve been following me on FaceBook over the last few months you know that I’ve been looking to add a new man to my life. Unfortunately, I haven’t found anyone yet, so the search continues. I’m trying not to get discouraged, but things certainly aren’t turning out the way I’d hoped.

I wasn’t about to waste my money on a paid dating site, so I set myself up on OkCupid. It came highly recommended, so I thought it would be a good place outside of FaceBook and the blog to try to find someone. It hasn’t really panned out. I updated my profile and I’m answering more questions so I get better matches, but so far I’ve been disappointed.

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Well, if there’s anyone still reading this blog or subscribed to it, you may have just gotten a bit of a shock. Pretty much all of the content that was here went *poof!*. Yup, I had Eric just gut the whole damn thing down to the walls. Why? Hahaha! Oh man, what a question, and the answer totally relates to the title of this post.

The simple answer? I have ceased to give a f**k and wanted a clean slate. The long answer…? Well, here goes…

I’m sick of all the rules. I’m sick of SEO, LSI, human readability, keywords, post lengths, image requirements, Twitter standards, FaceBook best practices, rules of conduct… I’m sick of it all. I’ve been trying for years to find success and happiness and all I’ve succeeded in doing is filling my head with a bunch of shit that I never wanted to know that hasn’t done me a fuck bit of good.

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