Thoughts on Event #4
Never mind the non-cash and the rather bland exit when I rammed 7′s right into a pair of Aces. (It was an obvious fold, I can only blame myself).
Never mind, that it was 2:38 A.M. by the time it was over.
Never mind, that it took me another hour to become tired enough to fall asleep.
The biggest thing about last night was Blaargh, Crash (with Swimmer, I think) and bastin (lowercase only) who dropped in to rail. And even more so, actually having real time conversation with all of you.
Why it’s such a big thing, you ask?
Because I suddenly realized that hey! I’m a part of something good. It matters that I’m here. That’s a big realization.
When I first started out with Flushdance, I tried to connect to other bloggers by commenting on their posts. 19 out of 20 times there’d be no response. And it would go on like that for a very, very long time. It was like banging your head against a wall, sans the headaches. Even personal e-mail messages would seemingly get ignored.
I dunno – maybe they were just too tight knit to take newcomers in or something. Maybe there were other reasons, but I eventually had enough of being ignored and left them alone.
You know how it is – everybody starts out by declaring that they write for themselves only and to hell with readers. But in reality, the first thing we do when we log on, is to check for comments. Everybody’s a sucker for being acknowledged in the world. That’s how it is, we all have egos that need to be fed and nourished.
I was close to packing it in, though. Then I noticed that there were people coming by now and then. And now and then there would actually be feedback to something I wrote.
And ever so slowly, the ball began rolling. Dialouges began to happen. Words would go back and forth. I found a foot hold.
Last night was a highlight of sorts. I’m still trying to get over how cool it was to exchange words in the chat box.
There will be more live blogging from event #6 and the Main Event.
See you all (t)here!
/j.
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It was fun. Just think of the distances involved and the technology that was not even thought of a few years ago.
I’m surprised you had trouble breaking into the blogging.
You’re one of the good guys and I’m glad we’ve become “acquainted.”
Glad to talk to you as well… It seems like it takes a while to become part of the community… I guess if you show your face enough people start to remember you, just like real life. The chat box was a great idea, hopefully I can make one of these tourney to rail you properly (from 1st place, HAH!)