Heh. I've been "recognized" over at Blog You. They haven't said anything I haven't heard or thought of myself, they just managed to say it in a whole new way. I'm glad I didn't get notified of this honor yesterday, when I would have taken it way too personally and probably ended up in tears. Criticism, and oh-so-constructive to boot. I guess I'm taking it personally today, but I'm not even close to tears. I'm reminded of why I don't even like reading their reviews of other sites.

On a brighter note, there are things to enjoy and look forward to today. It's Friday. It's payday. I'm getting my hair cut tonight. And I'm going to hang out with someone special.

UPDATE: Ha. Just got an email from Tom over at Blog You advising me to "relax and count to the letter R".

Yeah, whatever.

I don't want to sound bitter, although I am (a bit), but I thought it was funny that a person who found my site, came up with some valid points and a rather long and completely pointless reflection on my StorTrooper, thought to come back and tell me to relax.

I've been to their site before, read some of their reviews, and left feeling no better for the experience. I was not amused, or enlightened. And I felt bad for those they found less than satisfactory, hoping they did not take it as personally as I did. It's not always their message that bothers me, but their tone. In what way are they hoping the people they've "recognized" will react to what they say and how they say it??

I don't care if they maintain a site in which they offer reviews that they feel are witty and worthwhile at the expense of others feelings. I'm not going to write to them and express my feelings about their review of my site, or ask them to take it down, because I figure they're just doing what they feel they need to do. I do, however, object to them telling me to relax when I have a reaction to something they've said about me.

And that is probably the last I'll write about this.