i want to write like tao
i made two posts in notepad while at work on friday and then forgot to blog them before i left. i'll upload em on monday. sorry.

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crap. i read other people's blogs. especially tao's. and man, he's good. at blogging. that's what i meant by especially tao's, as i read blogs more or less equally. let me share my impressions of them, and see who i can upset (order from amanda's blog):

jess: i stopped reading yours a few weeks ago. it's too goddamn narcissistic. mostly you blog about your charmed life and i know enough about it from hanging out with you, so i don't need to read about it also. no offense.

mike liu: infrequent and kinda spacey. much like you, mike. i do like how the tone is generally happy.

stoops: it is a shame that you're taking yours down. you always seem so stoic in person, and it really surprised me the first time i read your blog and learned there was all this stuff upsetting you. i don't mean your blog is complain-y, although i'd say 87% of all blogs are based on the author's need to vent/whine. but really, one day, million dollar naked woman-car.

tao: i always feel the urge to blog after reading your blog. that's why i'm blogging right now. because you write very well, and a lot of the time i read entries that could have come out of my mind. now, i think i can turn a phrase rather well when teasing someone, but when it comes to my thoughts, it's different. i'm glad your blog is there so i can figure out how i would've said that thing i'd been meaning to say. good lord, i suck at writing.

casey: i like your blog because it does not seem self-conscious at all. it reads like you're writing without concern about how it'll be read. good lord, i suck at writing.

makiko: you usually just confuse the hell outta me with your musical or political entries. i just skip those. yeah, you're too much with the smart topics. sorry.

mara: why aren't you on amanda's list? weird... i like yours because it's always so full of enthusiasm. i have no idea how you do it, but you are excited about everything you write about. it's really cool. even though i feel like i'm reading a middle school girl's journal.

amanda: i like it when your posts trail off in vowels, like a cartoon character falling off a cliff. and as lawrence said, your rants always end in godhood. *shakes fist* oh god, that post by stoops was pretty incredible. except for his impression of me.

krischelle: there's no way you still read this, you crazed raging self-deluded feminazi demon bitch. but in case you do: i can't help reading your blog, and every time i do i feel pity for all the women in the world who think they're empowered because they enjoy sex and have a large vocabulary but are in actuality just victims victims victims.

if anyone's curious about that last one, ask me for the story behind it. it's not bad. always happy to share.