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Friday 13 November 2009 - Oops...

Did my last post seem a little... uh... unfinished? Illogical? Not quite wrapped up? That's because it was, in fact, unfinished. I fell asleep while writing it and woke up just enough to hit 'save as draft". Or something. Obviously it wasn't the "save as draft" button I hit.

But I didn't know that until now. Because I was a good girl today and busied myself with more important things, I did not check email or blog. I had no idea that my "draft" was sitting there in plain sight for all the world to see. Well, for my 3.5 remaining readers to see, anyway.

So what's the problem? you ask. Just finish it. The problem is that today, in my ignorant bliss, I decided I was not, in fact, going to finish or publish that post. The "punch line," you see, might be considered to be in bad taste, making light of something that ought not to be made light of. Did you notice that I never came back to the part about tying in history with other subjects? Did you notice that I was leading up to Fuzz saying something and never got that far? That was the unfinished part. The as-yet unwritten part in which she made a casual but oh-so-Fuzz-like comment tying in our history studies with Spaz' animated roller-coaster escapades.

Our history studies included the Holocaust, remember? And Spaz was being the evil roller coaster engineer with his roller coaster of death. So Fuzz made this off-hand observation tying the one to the other, and it was rather funny and made great blog material-- except that it wasn't and it didn't. And the more I thought about it, the more it seemed that there really wasn't any way to finish the story and put in the punchline without crossing the line of poor taste. So I decided today while vacuuming downstairs that I would save that roller coaster bit to work into a possible future post and then delete the post from my draft folder.

Except that, as we have already established, it wasn't actually in my draft folder. Drat.

So I guess I won't be finishing the post. I might modify it a bit after a few days, just so that it makes a little more sense. I'll figure out some way to make a finished post out of the rollercoaster thing without including the "rest of the story".

*Sigh* This is what I get for blogging when I'm tired. So much for trying to actually get a blogpost out there. Should I give up yet?

 

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Saturday 14 November 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
I actually LIKED that post because I learned what was going on in your life, not just what was going on in your head. Not that I don't like learning what is going on in your head, too...

My suggestion? Type out three quick stories WITHOUT EXPLAINING THEM this next week and then hit "publish" real quick, without thinking too hard. I bet they'll be real good.

-JJ
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Saturday 14 November 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
I thought it was a good post, too! I didn't notice that it was unfinished. I wonder what that says about me?......... no, guess I won't go there.

Just keep writing anyway you can! It is thoroughly worth it to read your thoughts, rambling, unfinished or not.
Brownie
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Saturday 14 November 2009 - LOL!
Posted by jugglingpaynes
It didn't sound finished, and I was actually surprise at the one glaring sentence fragment at the end, but the roller coaster evil genius part was funny!

Question: Am I the .5 viewer? Because I do read your blog, but I don't always have time to comment. Does lack of feedback score me a half point? :o)

Peace and Laughter,
Cristina
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Sunday 15 November 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Arby
I knew I recognized you but I couldn't remember why. Sorry I abruptly went away last year. It was a good break. I won't just leave like that again. I certainly understand why you didn't finish that post!
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Wednesday 25 November 2009 - :-)
Posted by ComfyDenim
At least your sentences make sense.
When I'm tired, my sentences don't always make sense.
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