Color!!! What inspired this crazyness???
ok. wow! three comic strips in a matter of a few days! what's going on with me?
i'll tell you what's going on. i went off wellbutrin and i'm feeling super insecure and down and like a total loser now that i missed last sunday's self-imposed posting deadline and nobody's visiting and reading my blog. nobody likes me, everybody hates me, i think i'll eat a worm...
so i thought i'd add some color to attract people. i'm the baby of the family, youngest of four, and used to getting attention so it's hard for me to feel so undeserving and unpopular. i rack my brains, was it the porn name contest? was that a sick thing to do even as a joke and did it turn people off my blog? perhaps i just suck.
anyway i'm still trying to see if anyone does read this if it is ok to just click on the image and read my hadnwriting to read the comix, rather than my typing up all the dialogue...
boo hoo. my pathetic self is going to go visit other people's blogs and try to figure out why mine is so unpopular and doomed to failure. self pity party today, that's me...
posted by marlena rivers at
5:12 PM
17 Comments:
*gapes* Ooooh, the colors.
Since you so kindly commented in my journal, I thought I would kindly return the favor.
Love the comic strips.
alright. nobody hates you marlena.. and i had referred your blog to a couple of my friends as well because this one's unique.. i havent seen a blog that is consistently posting comic strips and i hope you get a deal soon. Elvis is known all over the world now..!!!!
point two, even if your assumption turns out right, i.e. about the world hating you and al that, even if it turns out to be true, what's the big deal? Why do you care if people dont read your blog?
Thirdly, you dont have to complicate things.. just like you wre lazy last week, most of us were lazy too.. some are still sluggish that they are reading your blog but dont want to type a comment. I am slightly energised today and so i am putting my comment here.. and Elvis, pep up your mate man.. Take her out for a walk .. hehehehe ;)
I used to get those feelings too. Popularity and lack of it used to determine my self-worth for a long time. I've been consciously talking myself through such moments the past couple of years and it's gotten better. Still feel happy when I get feedback, but I'm not as crushed anymore if I don't.
Good luck with your goal... :)
you poor dear...I know it won't really make a difference to say this but...it will pass...wait a bit and you will be in another mood.
just cause someone does not click on the cartoon does not mean that they don't read it, I usually do not click on it (dial up) but I can read it just fine.
the contest...I have been waiting with baited breath for the winning announcement...*belly scratch for Elvis :)* in case it might help.
for a long time I thought no one was visiting my place because of the lack of comments, then I put in a couple of stat counters (also to amuse myself) and I realized that people do come and most do not leave comments. if you want some help with putting in some email me :)
hope you start to feel better...
HAHAH I nearly fell off the chair when I read the title of your post, if you read my most recent post you'll understand why:)
hypo is the answer.
hi everyone,
thanks for the comments.
catherine, glad you like the colors! how does everyone else feel about addition of color?
lash, thanks for referring it to your friends. these days i don't care as much what people i know think of me in my regular life but this blogging thing-- there's something about the whole comments thing where i like getting the feedback and feel bad if i dont get any. i can't say i only blog for myself, i'm very in need of being seen and having my artwork appreciated and tend to be insecure about doing comics so i admit fully that i want people to read the blog. it feels like a very interactive format to me and i like getting support from people...
you're right about people being lazy and tired etc. and i know in principle things like that don't have much to do with me, but as my boyfriend likes to point out, i seem to believe everything is about me! how crushing it can be to find out that the world does not revolve around me! ha ha...
amanda, thanks, good to know others feel this way too.
ol lady, thanks for the tips. i may email you for that info, on the other hand it's probably good to work on just accepting things as they are and not depending on knowing how many people read the blog...
sarah thanks. i'll check out your post!
the comix did it for me. i am here. i come back. it works.
as for my blog and i, different story altogether.
~t~
something else you may want to try is blogmad. you get 1 for 1 on surfing blogs...people read yours and you read theirs...I used it a fair bit in the begining and it helped to get my blog out there and noticed. go to my blog and click on the blogmad where it says 'killer' it will take you there and give me credit :) some of my readers did come from there. it's worth checking out...
Hey! Wheres the dog? What happened to Elvis? It's like Scooby Doo without Scooby. I don't want to see some purple brain full of paranoia and shit.
I certainly don't want to see you holding back or trying to be different to get readers. People come here because you are what you are and we like it.
Me personally, I think you're a bit quirky and I like that. I've never seen a blog like yours. Not one that shows hand drawn art (even if you do make the dog prettier than he really is!).
As for colours, it's your blog, you do whatever you want.
As well as the people who comment on your blog, you will have your fair share of lurkers. We all do, our site meters tell us so. People who pop in regularly to see what's going on but for whatever reason decide not to leave a calling card.
And you can forget that crap about "nobody likes me". I've clicked on your commenters, had a look at their blogs and also read the comments that you leave there.
You're always very supportive and kind. And as I've said before, I'm always surprised that in your blog you write a few simple words in a bubble and yet you write lengthy, eloquent respponses in other folks. I'm sure that the main reason people come to your blog is because like me, they like you. You're nice. We like you.
Now come on, let us know what Elvis and Denzel have been up to!
this will pass buddy.
who is not insecure?
and yea the world doesn revolve arnd you and me and its a "crushing" reality.. and its hard to believe that i am a mere protoplasm of little or no significance and that me being sober or jive doesn make the sun rise in the west... i am not yet able to comprehend this, i like to believe i am important... but then deep in here i know, that all my words doesn really make any sense...
so u are not alone here, we all feel this way..
cheers !!!! :)
Hi Mo turned me on to your blog and I linked to it on my bipolar bloglinks page. I'll check in and the comics are a nice touch... I do a daily photoshop (or 2) on my blog to keep it up. So good job.... ;) Feel free to stop by mine and sign my guest book if you get a chance... my blog is only a month old so i know about the whole reader (or lacke there of) delima. so be good and have fun it all works out in the end... :)
hi mo,
thanks for your long and honest comment. elvis will be back i promise. he didnt want to have anything to do with all that insecurity as he is quite happy with himself and does not care about what anyone thinks of him.
hi lash,
well actually i still like to believe the world revolves around me whenever i get confirmation but the weather has become so cold here it's proof that i am a mere nothing in the universe as i can barely stand it. plus we have no heat or hot water as there's a problem with the gas in the building.
hi ben,
welcome. thanks for stoppping by. i will check out your blog for sure.
ol lady i tried that blogmad thing but i'm not sure i understand how it works... i'll email you when i get a chance.
hey marlena,
i am so sad to read that you are feeling insecure. you are like, so SOLID!!!
you are always coming to my blog, giving me advice and leaving me with the sense that you deserve a co-pay, but you are too kind to ask for one.
i have not been to anyone's blog much over the past month because i was camped out on planet mania and mixed space.
but, i think i am back (thank God)
i also, by the way, LOVE your name!! it cracks me up. your blog is awesome, and so is your humor.
are you going to be ok?...how long have you been off the wellbutrin?
**i am still using that apollo light and now i am actually benefitting from it, and they decreased my antidepressant to almost nothing.
(so, that is an idea...i mean, it is amazing...)
you be well. oh, re: the color. well, i love color. but, you do what you like. you do what makes you feel like MARLENA RIVERS (said in a sexy voice)
take care
dancer
HELLOOOOOOOO....Yes that was me screaming...where the hell are you? Some of us do depend on you, ya know! How do you think I get through each day? I have my 'in the computer friends' and I need all of them which includes you!!! *and my hero Elvis**belly scratch*
Come on girl I need to hear from you :) humor an Ol Lady...please
Excuse Me!!! it is your turn to put up a post...what are you and Elvis up too...
hi amateur dancer and ol' lady,
yes i've posted, late i know but only by a day this time.
i've gone to your blogs for overdue visits. thanks for the helpful feedback, dancer. i'm thinking of you and hope this new post will at least give you a laugh and an escape from your difficult and serious concerns... glad to know you enjoy the strip.
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