Friday, October 1, 2010

I Am Blogger

Sorry about yesterday bloggers, but unforeseen circumstances prevented me from my daily routine of blogging. You see, I spent the day in the ER with a beloved member of my family and I didn't have time to grab the laptop. Time was of the essence. It was not a bloody emergency, thank God. No, it was more of an intense, acute, back pain that caused this person extreme discomfort. Turns out it is a kidney stone and This Person, STILL has not passed it, poor thing. But I'm not supposed to be blogging about it.

I'm not supposed be blogging about it because This Person asked me, in the midst of all the ER craziness, not to blog about it. "Please, no blogging about this. This is not material for your blog," This Person said. I get it, so I won't be blogging about it, except to say that's why I missed a day of blogging for the first time in two years. (without, of course, letting you all know I wouldn't be blogging) But it did get me to thinking...

Blogging and I have become one. I am blogger and proud of it. Yesterday morning, while sitting in the doctors office, then the ER, knowing that This Person was going to be uncomfortable, but ultimately fine, I became a little anxious with the knowledge that I had not blogged and probably would not be blogging at all. I felt like I was shirking my responsibilities. Like I was skipping school for the first time, only as an adult, and the guilt would rear it's ugly little head every now and again. Now, I'm not saying that what I do here on The Daily Dandy is important. I'm saying that what I do here on The Daily Dandy is important to ME and if others are enjoying it, then that's a huge bonus.

I know I am a blogger because my family reads my blog regularly. Every once in a while someone from my large, crazy, family will tell me they liked my blog last week about.... Sometimes, My Guy will go on my blog to try and figure out what I'm thinking or ask me why I chose to share some intimate detail of our lives with the bloggersphere and I'm pretty certain he always checks The Dandy the day after a big fight. My best friend who lives in Vegas will shoot me a text every now and then that says, "love the blog today! hee hee." and some of my clients have become regular readers. I know this because I have received several emails congratulating me on my recent marriage, while scratching my head wondering how they knew until I figured it out.

For me, the evidence of my blogger identity came to light at my recent wedding when my children, Frick and Frack, gave the most elequoent, sincere, articulate and heartwarming toast/speech. In that speech, they mentioned that I was a blogger, in case people didn't know, and they dropped my blog name and told a story of one of my blog posts involving them, misbehaving badly. They even went on to quote all of you, by name, and repeat your comments. It was a laugh out loud riot, coming straight from them, and I realized that they read The Dandy more than I thought. It gave me pleasure to know that they too, check every now and again to see what mom is "ranting about today".

But most of all I am blogger for me. I don't think I have ever done anything in my life that felt so right, where I had the freedom to just be me and I knew it from the day I started. Oh I know, most days I suck badly and some days I'm lazy. Some days I'm funny and some days I'm serious and sad. Sporty, quirky, celebrity-obsessed, ridiculous or nostalgic, blogger is a big part of who I am and you all are too. Please, keep reading The Daily Dandy, and I'll keep reading your wonderful blogs. It's not rocket science, what we do here. It's just blogging. But for me, it's become a very important part of my day and my life.

I mean, where else can one go to find the latest, greatest, commentary on those crazees over at WalMart (besides Thepeopleofwalmart.com) or the inside scoop on Tom Brady's ingrown fingernail? That's right people, it's important work I'm doing here and I'm damn proud of it. I am Blogger; hear me roar.

14 comments:

Raquel's World said...

I usually blog at work. And on the rare occasion when I have some time sensitive work to get done, I am so upset that my blog has to wait. I too am obsessed and make no apologies about it. There is just something about people wanting to hear about your day or opinion that makes it rock big time!
I totally get your addiction to this stuff because I share it.

Mrs. Hall said...

yeah, once you become a blogger, all the world becomes your fodder. Which is fine if people cooperate. Does THIS PERSON not realize the gold that is his story of passing a kidney stone??

Fine, don't share it with us. :P

In these here blogs are our stories. It's awesome, this blogosphere!

good times, good times.

:)

RW said...

I am very freaked out thinking something I wrote was mentioned at a wedding so I'm going to just tell myself the kids couldn't find anything there from me, hopefully, and leave it at that.

I don't think I could blog every day, even if it's just the weekdays like you do. But I did say "hmmm, where's Candy today?"

Tell This Person get well soon!

sybil law said...

Hope "the person" get better soon - sounds horrendous!
Um, I've never really thought of any comments I've made as being broadcast... I don't think that's a good thing... shit. See? Can't take me anywhere!

SkylersDad said...

I hope your person passes the stone soon, and that you take a photo and post it here.

Heff said...

Never had kidney stones.

Had Asteroids once....

Badger said...

Bloggers are the glue that sticks the world together (who wrote that shit?) Oh damn it was me.

Scope said...

I'm sitting here, reading, thinking:

1 - Someone's "shooting marbles"

2 - The Aruba vacation post?

3 - I've been slacking, I know it. But I usually am running a few minutes late to work, because you usually post just as I am walking out the door.

Furtheron said...

kidney stones... ouch

Nick said...

Are yes, the kidney stone. I've had three - ouch. These were the small oxalate stones? Tell your friend to stay away from spinach and rhubarb - really high in oxalates. Tea, chocolate ad nuts have some in, too. But life without them, well chocolate anyway, isn't worth living.

Scott Oglesby said...

Wow you know that if it is mentioned in a formal speech/toast it is now an eternal and essential part of your identity. I know that with everything that happens to me in a day; I judge based on the kind of humor material it might make.

the walking man said...

Candace the day I first came here this whole blogging thing took on a bit more...well just a bit more. Thank you for that.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater said...

I don't give my address out to friends anymore because I find it weird when I haven't talked to someone in a year, and they ask me all kinds of random crap about my life. But I agree with you, a blogger is part of our identity. Represent.

Cora said...

Ugh. Now I feel guilty. Or should I say guiltier? I haven't so much as touched my blog in two weeks because I've been busy trying to drop a few pounds I put on and dealing with court case crap and doing sudoku, which must be the world's stupidest time suck because all it is is a bunch of numbers in a little grid. Oy.

I'm hanging my head in bloggy shame here. No really. I need to get back on the bloggy ball. I apparently fell off it.