You know you’re addicted to blog when you exhibit any or all of the following symptoms:
You never leave home without your camphone/digicam
You practice your best smile in the mirror because your blog has your face all over it, with your sweetheart in it
Blogging has become a good substitute for sex television
you think blogging has become the perfect cure for your insomnia
You think ”Blog!” before going to sleep and upon waking up
Yes! You do it even in the office
Five of your friends have not been talking to you because of the unpleasant things you wrote about them in your blog
while three pals idolize you for having a techno-geek, oh-my-gawd-you-can-actually-compose-those-paragraphs image
A “delusion of grandeur” has become your latest fashion statement. You think that if Paris Hilton can write a book, then why can’t you blog?
You never fail to tell your friends/ relatives to check out your site in school/family reunions.
You have a business card with your blog addy in it
you’re now even thinking of owning a shirt inscribed with “Certified Blogger”
when you go to an exciting place/experience something new, you immediately think about how you’re going to blog about it
while the manager of the restaurant is giving you that strange look
you’ve actually stood up dates and appointments with your friends to spend more time on the computer
most of the new friends you made in the past few months are not from your workplace
you check your stats counter every so often, complete with a look up on the domain/IP address of the visitor
you think that Google Adsense can become your primary employer (well of course, dream on)
you forget to shower
you’ve actually typed “how to cure blog addiction” on Yahoo search
Valuable Life-Lessons for Bloggers: Practice Etiquette and Self-Restraint. Think twice before hitting ‘Publish’ Button. Realize that you have another life, probably a life more important, than blogging.
You Know You’re Getting To Be a Blog Stalker When…
when you have a blogger-friend, you never call or message her anymore. You just read her blog.
when you do call or message your blogger-friend, you inject your conversations with “well, I read in your blog that…”
you never know the blogger from Eve, and yet you already know the name of her pet dog and what her fave restaurants are
you email the blogger when she hasn’t posted for a week
you check the site every 10 or so minutes as a form of reflex reaction
you think you already know most parts of a blogger’s life from what you read in her site (not true at all!)
Valuable Life-Lessons for Stalkers: Bloggers need TLC too. Make your presence felt and don’t just read our sites. Thanks for a-visiting!
(to be continued)
great enumeration, ajay. i guess all bloggers are guilty as charged.
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OMG. I am an addict. I think about blogging every mundane thing that happens to me. argh.
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Hi AJ -
Had fun reading this and am guilty 99% as charged.
Alright, this is in response to your….. “Valuable Life-Lessons for Stalkers: Bloggers need TLC too. Make your presence felt and don’t just read our sites. Thanks for a-visiting!”. Have been visiting your site quite often. Fact is, since life’s a two-way street, do come a-visiting my site as well!
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Hehe. Guilty as charged … on some points.
I do drop by your blog Al. But will have to make a comment soon to make my presence felt.
Thanks for linking me and Godspeed!
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its 2 way.. its give and take you know
Oh i forgot about my sitemeters existence I dont check it often maybe when mood takes me.
I do carry camera (since I have been doing this long before blogging)
am an amateur photojournalist remember not a pro photo blogger!!!
ok am almost an addict (guilty) but when i work again I switch back to my work mode and blogging will be less
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hi ajay, hehe mga 40% blog addict palang ako! i miss your blog about your babies. take care
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that’s good to know girls, at least we’re not fully addicted and can still go on with our normal lives
thanks for asking about the babies, dessasweet. they’re now busy with school and am practicing privacy as far as they’re concerned, mahirap nang mausog, haha. regards
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Uhhhmm… I’m almost 50% addicted to blogging
Now I make my presence felt. I really love to read your blog, AJ.
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after reading your post, do i need to seek a proffesional help by now?
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Thanks Lani..hope we can link up
haha, am sure you are still in control melai. majority of us who think we are still addicted still do:wink:
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Symptoms that you are a blog addicted
- Yes! You do it even in the office
HARHARHAR!!!!
you caught me there!!!! hahahaha…
yeah I read this in your column and I was really laughing hard…oh well most of the symptons that you wrote are difinitely correct!
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I think you hit a bull’s eye!
I’ve only been blogging for a few weeks and I can already relate with what you wrote.
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