Nothing (much) To Report

Thanks for the email. I was expecting it to be abuse from someone objecting to my comments on certain biblical matters, so it was a pleasant surprise to see that it wasn’t a call to burn me as the witch that I clearly am, or something. As I can’t reply to your email directly, and I do feel the need to reply, I’ve had to do so via the only method that I know how, this here weblog.

I did indeed go check out Matthew 7. I think Matthew 7:1 was most appropriate and something all humans should keep in mind, regardless of faith.

The approval of comments is only a temporary measure. I was hoping someone might offer some ideas/thoughts as a result of that post. Sadly, no one seems to like to take part in such affairs. Not that I ever really started a weblog to be in contact with people, I’m always truly surprised that anyone looks at it.

I’ve been discussing this whole “Anonymous” situation with someone who kinda got dragged into it for some reason. Star Shaped Witch, as was. I haven’t shared the entire email with her, we’ve only talked about certain issues, i.e. is anonymous a bloke or not?

She believes that this Anonymous, the one who emailed me, isn’t the same anonymous as old, but if you are, then you’re only pretending that you’re not the sex we assumed you to be. And who could blame her?

Star Shaped Witch’s now defunct weblog was, how shall I put this… shat on from a great height by an Anonymous. So was mine at one time, to a lesser degree but I think that’s because I never took it half as seriously. I think the point of Anonymous’s little games was to wind peeps up, particular, it seems, witches. As a direct result of all that nonsense, SSW is no longer willing to “play” with anyone who can’t be arsed to type in a name when commenting or tagging. Which is entirely reasonable, in my book.

We both believed that only a geezer could be that much of a twat/twunt/silly arse*. This would be based on what we know of men, and this behaviour in particular seems to be a little brother-type speciality.

Maybe we’re both wrong though.

I would demand that you confirmed (a) your sex, (b) that whether or not you are the same anonymous as always, but I think would merely encourage more game-playing and no actual answers. And to be honest, I’m tired of such games. That fact that your email address was a non-starter suggests to me that all you’re interested in is playing the same silly games. It’s probably best to a get a life of your own before telling everyone else to get one.

But, if you’re being genuine in your email then this could be a whole new era in the life of this weblog. Be a contributor instead of an outsider chucking stones at the windows. But my doubts are so many that I believe the entire thing to be yet another one of your little games.

I could say many more things, but my brain is beginning to crumble in. This is probably mostly due to reading alternate chapters from two very different books at the same time, late at night. But you didn’t need to know that.

*Choose which you feel most comfortable with.

 

11/05/05: OK, so "anonymous" buggered off after this.

03.04.06: It never occured to me at the time that I was being drawn into a little game of a troll. You live and learn.

Yea right, you fell for that one. But now am I falling for yours? so I guess if you reply to this you fall for mine again……ad infinitum. Oh for f*%k$ sake get a life or better still just delete me. Ah ha but if you delete me then i've won right? Oh its a mad mad world. Surely God never created me in his own image, but then he/she (for the feminists) wasn't perfect either.
Go on delete me please i dare you, then i've won. Please, pretty please. Bla bla ho de hum ho hi i am f*%k!n8 M a D.. I am hav in g a mental b r e a k do wn, my brain hurts so much, Oh God…Oops i didn't mean to say that.
Right i feel so much better now, i'm sorry for that. I do really enjoy this blog and i promise to behave from now on. Please let me stay. Only winners on here and no traps being set at all.

The above text was written by "Anonymous". I don't know why he doesn't have a proper name, I'm sure he does really. Maybe he's shy. Anyway… He wrote that as a response to my previous post.

I'm not entirely sure why he does what he does (loiters around certain blogs making daft comments, pissing peeps off) but maybe he thinks that the world should be free of such mindless drivel as mine. And if there were any justice in the world, he'd have his way.

Apart from being quite sad, (See his last paragraph. I thought I was sad just arsing about with a blog but there seems to be far lower depths one can sink to.) he's also quite entertaining, in a little brother kind of way. You want to twat him, but he'll also make you laugh. Which is what parts of that post did do, make me laugh.

I do know that by drawing attention and responding to his comments, I'm asking for a whole heap of something or other. I think, and I'm going out on a limb here, Mr Anonymous, or whatever his name is, should get a blog! I'd read it, even if no one else will. There! That is a new lower form of saddoism for me. No, not sadism. That's a very different kettle of fish and I haven't even begun to get close to how low I can go with that.

Message to all: don't take me or anyone else on this here blog too serious. They may get ideas above their station, especially me!

Update!

Someone describing themselves as "Dr Bob", a psychologist, has emailed me in reference to the comments left by Anonymous as posting above. Here be that email:

This is an interesting case indeed. Even on the most simplistic level this is clearly a cry for attention. The constant reference to having the comment deleted, shows an underlying fear of just this. The antagonism and constant goading throughout the comment are a desparate attempt for you to play along. The fact that this person has turned what he/she is doing in to some sort of competition or battle between the two of you (the words "I've won" are mentioned twice in as many sentences)Is a blatent attempt to make YOU feel you have to play along, because "Anonymous" believes that the last thing you want, is to think that he/she has had the last say, when this in actual fact may not be the case; and the "battle" is all in the mind of "Anonymous"

It is also interesting that "anonymous" chooses not to give him/herself a name - many cases similar to this like to have a title, something with meaning - it is strange that this person chooses to keep "anonymous" when there is obviously such a craving for attention.

Deleting the comments are the last thing this person wants, by saying it would make him/her happy is just a defense mechanism and insurance to ensure you keep, or at the very least make reference to the comment, because ignoring it completely will leave "anonymous" with a one sided battle. If you don't display these comments, no-one will read them, if no-one reads them "Anonymous" gets no gratification - in short much like the characters in the children's film 'Neverending Story' the more you forget, the weaker that thing becomes. It is the fear of being totally powerless and ignored that is fueling "anonymous" and causing comments of this nature. As long as his/her words are causing an effect, he/she feels powerful - ignoring him/her will technically speaking make him/her non existant - and that is the last thing he/she wants.

The outburst of "i am f*%k!n8 M a D.. I am hav in g a mental b r e a k do wn, my brain hurts so much, Oh God…Oops i didn't mean to say that." - In actual fact he/she had EVERY intention of saying that and it is actually to hide insecurities that there may be truth in some of what was written. In my opinion, anyone who spends so much time trying to cause upset and disruption in the lives of others, and tries so hard to force others to play along with these games, cannot fully be of sound mind. My advice to you, use the approve comment feature on this web journal, that way you only have to see the name and disregard the comment, that way it is not deleted, but it has not been read either. Anonymous will soon tire of you if you refuse to "play Ball"

you may or may not want to include this comment on your journal

I'd just like to clarify to anyone who might be confused, I, the author of this blog, am NOT Dr Bob. I simply posted something that was sent to me. If I were to do such a thing, I may have picked a groovier name for meself.

11/05/05: Anonymous quietly buggered off shortly after this post. I don't know if he took my advice.

Hello!

Feeling a little chirpy today. No reason for it, although the sunshine is a welcome addition to the morning.

I went to Stroud on Saturday. £3.90 for a return bus ticket! Tis extortion. And, apparently, the price is going up, significantly. Not that you lot care.
I didn't get lost, despite the negative, evil side of my brain saying I would. Didn't buy anything either. Lesson learnt: Not wise to turn up at a farmers market half way through the day, tis a depressing sight. But not for the stall holders, I'm sure.

Instead, I bought some stuff in Gloucester town centre. It wasn't the greatest of days out, but it was a day out of the house, and that matters. A vast quantity of alcohol was then drunk that night. I really shouldn't have done that, but I did.

Sunday: boring.
Monday: ditto.
Today: probably much the same, except for the fact that I have another GamePass credit to spend. Yeah!

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Warning: If easily offended, or if religious subjects bore you to tears, you'd better stop reading this right away! Don't go any further. Go read the paper or something, like a cereal packet perhaps.Been reading the old book again. Started at the beginning, as one would normally do with any book. I'm confident that that would be sighed upon by certain individuals. That I should read the thing in the way they say, learning about the life and times of Jesus and what have you. But I'm not reading the thing to believe and/or gain guidance.One thing, at least one anyway, has got me thinking. Tis about a particular part of Genesis. OK, so we are to believe Adam was created by God, and Eve was created from Adam's rib, although it doesn't say that first:

(Oh cripes! Now I'm quoting directly from the thing.)
It may not be exactly the same words used in the copy of your version, that's cos it's a simpletons version. Of which I can actually make sense. I can't keep sticking my hand up and asking: "Please sir, what does that mean?" Besides I had enough of thee and thou stuff from reading witchy matters; "Let's make our spells sound really old by inappropriate use of old words that we don't really understand."
I could potentially get so much flack from very different sides of the religious spectrum about this post. I don't care.

Genesis 1:25

So God created man
in his own image,
in the image of God
he created him;
male and female
he created them.

Anyway, they were the first two humans, right?! Then they had children, two sons, Cain and Abel, but bloody things were about to occur and Abel wasn't going to be about for too long.
Then there's mention of Cain's wife, and I'm thinking: where did she come from?? Is she offspring of the first man and woman? Incest?! So early on? Either there was something right dodgy about the situation, or someone cocked up on the editing. :-p

Feel free to put me in my place, or just shout out loud. Easy on the death threats tho.

I haven't said anything on here in a long while, since last year in fact.

I've had nowt to say, which is completely normal. I could have commented on world events but what would be the point of that? I couldn't adequtely put into words my reaction to them, apart from some swearing and a strange vocal noise.

I've been delving into the Bible again. Not on a religious mission, definately more of a scholarly mission. I've had an interest in who wrote the "good" book for some time, now I'm making an effort in finding out. I missed the Channel 4 programme about it, twice. I was most perturbed that my VCR didn't do as it was instructed. Some might believe there was a greater power at work there but not I. I do curse the schedulars though.

That's about it really. Apart from getting drunk a few times, and some sleeping. Oh, I've restarted the IT course thingy, should anyone give a damn. Or daymn. Tis the Southern version of the word, so I've been lead to believe.