Wave the Flags That the Mermaids Made
Jun. 20th, 2015 08:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vovatI'm writing in my LiveJournal again, although I'm not entirely sure why. Old habits die hard, I guess. The other day, I was upset because the links on a post I had written for WordPress weren't working, and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bethje and I had to leave. She pointed out that no one is waiting around for my posts, which I'm sure is true. I just WISH they were. Seriously, does anyone know how to expand the audience for a blog, or is the whole format pretty much dead now? I'm thinking more of WP than LJ, since not only is the latter pretty vacant, but most of what I write is just about my life. I would imagine the WP would have more general interest, although even with that I usually stick to a few topics. I just want to be appreciated! Is that so bad? Well, maybe not, but I think there's more need for appreciation in the world than there is appreciation to go around. I know some people really just blog for themselves, and that's a factor for me, just I do like writing. It's just that I'd also like to have an audience. I'm also wondering if I should keep my Flickr account, which is up for renewal in a few days. I guess I will, since I like their format, but technically I could probably just post all my pictures on Facebook for free. I don't know what their storage limit is.
So what's new? Beth and I did a few hours of dog-sitting on Thursday. We have dogs in South Jersey, but just the cats up here; and this dog was much better behaved than ours. She mostly just lay in bed. The cats are used to dogs, and Wally greeted her, while Reagan mostly just ignored her. Last night, we went to see the Kids in the Hall for their encore show at Town Hall in Manhattan. It was the same as the show we'd seen there a few months ago, but it was the last night of the tour, so the Kids hammed it up a lot more than usual. There were also some technical problems, with Dave Foley's microphone cutting out from time to time during the country doctor sketch and Mark McKinney screwing up with his camera in the Headcrusher bit. That kind of made it more interesting, though. Before the show, we ate at a diner near the subway that closed at 8 PM on a Friday night. I'll never understand the hours of some of the places around here.
Today, Beth and I were going to go to the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, but she was too tired, so I went by myself. I was pretty tired as well, but it's something I've been wanting to do for some time. It's definitely an interesting experience, as it mixes nearly-naked women, cross-dressing men, and parents with costumed kids. Something for everybody, I suppose. I took a lot of pictures, and most of them came out pretty well.
I took a few pictures after the parade as well, but I'm usually more nervous about that unless I see someone else doing the same thing first. For some reason, I often think I'd get along with people who dress in costumes, but even though they're obviously trying to attract a certain amount of attention, they're really just like all the other huddled masses in the New York streets. I guess I'm not the only one, as there's been a lot of talk recently about how cosplay is not consent.
Not that I'm planning to ask anyone out or feel them up, but the principle is the same. Someone did say he liked my shirt, which is the one from Nintendo World with all the characters from the first Super Mario Bros. game. You know what would be cool for a future parade? If I could get some Oz fans together to wear costumes related to L. Frank Baum's The Sea Fairies. There could be an Aquareine and a Zog, and King Anko would be suspended on sticks like a Chinese dragon. I doubt it will ever happen, though. I wonder if there have been any Baum-inspired costumes there in the past.
Finally, I have to go to New Mexico tomorrow, so I probably won't be blogging for a while. I'll still try to update Twitter and Facebook, though.
bethje and I had to leave. She pointed out that no one is waiting around for my posts, which I'm sure is true. I just WISH they were. Seriously, does anyone know how to expand the audience for a blog, or is the whole format pretty much dead now? I'm thinking more of WP than LJ, since not only is the latter pretty vacant, but most of what I write is just about my life. I would imagine the WP would have more general interest, although even with that I usually stick to a few topics. I just want to be appreciated! Is that so bad? Well, maybe not, but I think there's more need for appreciation in the world than there is appreciation to go around. I know some people really just blog for themselves, and that's a factor for me, just I do like writing. It's just that I'd also like to have an audience. I'm also wondering if I should keep my Flickr account, which is up for renewal in a few days. I guess I will, since I like their format, but technically I could probably just post all my pictures on Facebook for free. I don't know what their storage limit is.So what's new? Beth and I did a few hours of dog-sitting on Thursday. We have dogs in South Jersey, but just the cats up here; and this dog was much better behaved than ours. She mostly just lay in bed. The cats are used to dogs, and Wally greeted her, while Reagan mostly just ignored her. Last night, we went to see the Kids in the Hall for their encore show at Town Hall in Manhattan. It was the same as the show we'd seen there a few months ago, but it was the last night of the tour, so the Kids hammed it up a lot more than usual. There were also some technical problems, with Dave Foley's microphone cutting out from time to time during the country doctor sketch and Mark McKinney screwing up with his camera in the Headcrusher bit. That kind of made it more interesting, though. Before the show, we ate at a diner near the subway that closed at 8 PM on a Friday night. I'll never understand the hours of some of the places around here.
Today, Beth and I were going to go to the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, but she was too tired, so I went by myself. I was pretty tired as well, but it's something I've been wanting to do for some time. It's definitely an interesting experience, as it mixes nearly-naked women, cross-dressing men, and parents with costumed kids. Something for everybody, I suppose. I took a lot of pictures, and most of them came out pretty well.
I took a few pictures after the parade as well, but I'm usually more nervous about that unless I see someone else doing the same thing first. For some reason, I often think I'd get along with people who dress in costumes, but even though they're obviously trying to attract a certain amount of attention, they're really just like all the other huddled masses in the New York streets. I guess I'm not the only one, as there's been a lot of talk recently about how cosplay is not consent.
Not that I'm planning to ask anyone out or feel them up, but the principle is the same. Someone did say he liked my shirt, which is the one from Nintendo World with all the characters from the first Super Mario Bros. game. You know what would be cool for a future parade? If I could get some Oz fans together to wear costumes related to L. Frank Baum's The Sea Fairies. There could be an Aquareine and a Zog, and King Anko would be suspended on sticks like a Chinese dragon. I doubt it will ever happen, though. I wonder if there have been any Baum-inspired costumes there in the past.
Finally, I have to go to New Mexico tomorrow, so I probably won't be blogging for a while. I'll still try to update Twitter and Facebook, though.
