Recently, I’ve developed a wee bit of an attitude problem. “Recently,” as in some time about, oh, I don’t know, 30 years ago? The thing is, I don’t know exactly from where this most recent stressed-out snarkastic attitude stems. One of these days, I’ll figure it out, battle it, and beat it (and let you all know about it!), but for now, the reality is that I don't like anything these days. I don't look forward to going to my office by the ocean. I don't get excited about blogging. Worst of all, nothing, not even Benito's nachos, tastes good to me anymore. Maybe I'm just....jaded?
Top 20 Signs You're a Jaded Food Blogger:
- You haven’t updated your blog in five weeks…and you don’t care.
- You don’t feel the need to write an “apology” post for not updating your blog because you finally realize that no one else really cares either.
- You write fluff posts like Top 20 Signs… just to update your five-week stale blog.
- You’ve moved on to “updating your blog” via Twitter because really now, blogging is just sooo web 2.006.
- You don’t comment on other food blogs anymore. In fact, you don’t even read other food blogs anymore. Hell, you don’t even read your own blog because it hasn’t been updated in five weeks and you never wrote an apology post to yourself for the lack of posting.
- You snicker when someone says “I’m a food blogger” with pride, as if it were something to be proud of.
- Food porn doesn’t turn you on anymore. In fact, regular porn doesn’t turn you…uh, never mind. Wrong blog.
- You don’t answer to your “handle” anymore.
- You use the word "handle" to refer to "names" in the "blogosphere."
- Instead of blogging about food, you blog about food blogging. Sometimes you blog about nothing related to food or blogging.
- You forgot your login and password for your blog's stat counter.
- You don’t take pictures of food anymore. You don’t take pictures of food anymore because you don’t cook because you don’t want to take pictures of food. Because you don't cook. Because...
- You finally realize that you don’t have to blog about every single thing you eat. That’s what Twitter is for (see above).
- You realize that when a PR rep wants to send you a sample, you aren’t special.
- You don’t go to blogger meetups anymore. Not that you ever did.
- You don’t participate in memes.
- You start a new blog that has nothing to do with food, wine, restaurants or eating. In fact, it’s called Drugstore Beauty Queen.
- You realize how fat you've become from food blogging, so you go on a diet.
- You become a “secret eater” so no one will ask you if you are “going to blog that?”
- You only go to restaurants that you’ve been to before so you don’t feel pressure to blog about a new place. “Let’s go to Johnnie’s since I've already blogged about it.”
My sister, brother-in-law, and I went to Johnnie's New York Pizzeria in Century City. I've been there before. I've blogged about its sibling on 3rd Street Promenade before. The garlic rolls weren't burnt this time. The Vegetarian Chopped Salad was fresh. The pizza was pizza.
That's all I feel like writing. And don't call me "Delicious."
** a year ago today, we sang amazing graze **
** two years ago today, chicken salad comes from china **
tags :: food : and drink : italian : restaurants : reviews : blogs : blogging : los angeles
sarah says
anonymous: funny!
in fact, everyone: if you have more of your own "signs of being a jaded blogger" to add, please do. it'll make me feel even...worse! yes! because there will be more, and because i didn't think of them myself.
awesome.
;)
e d b m says
haha, very nice posting. too many of the bulletpoints are true. i have a few additions as well...
21. You 'report spam' when a PR person emails you about a new restaurant, food event or 'package'.
22. You look at a mirror in the morning and go "what the f*ck have i done to myself?"
23. If you're too lazy to write, you find someone else's post and say something like "Oh i want to try this place out next." and still expect a monumental amount of comments.
Huoy says
Oh Sarah! You know I'm a fan. Has it really been that long? I swear time flies by like no other!
Deborah Dowd says
Even though I am a neophyte blogger, I know what you mean! Since most of the food bloggers on the net have real (paying) jobs as well as many other responsibilities it is sometimes over-whelming. Unless you are making money at it, if blogging ceases to be enjoyable, it's time to take a break! For me, a well-placed comment, a new link can sometimes help recharge my blogging battery!
hermz says
I don't think you're jaded. I think your blogging biorhythms have hit a down cycle. These things happen.
Jess Winfield says
I recommend you embrace "jaded." I did it a long time ago. I find that if I keep telling myself it's part of my weekly grind, purely for promotion of my other work, and it makes my meals and camera tax deductible, it's no more depressing than the rest of life... and that makes me happy!
Tempered Woman says
uhmmmm, that list was so perfect, it was creepy...
how about "you don't bother to comment just to beef up your own comments any more" & "you don't bother responding to your own comments because you realize no one bothers to check back anyways." heh
Thanks for the fun post~ and this is why I follow you on Twitter. I'm web 2.007 like that.