I’m almost afraid to rent to anyone this week! As you can see the “Rent my BL0G” area is empty at the moment. Shelly from The Dramedy of Life packed her bags and moved out in the middle of the night leaving the room vacant for yet another renter.
But now I’m afraid, very afraid …
You see, she packed her bags and moved in to one of my last landlords rooms. She’s staying at Eric’s – The Panic Bl0G this week. When Eric wrote a welcome post to her yesterday, I decided to welcome her in his comment section and I told her what a great landlord he had been for me. She replied back in his comment section and she actually told me that she is stalking me! She wants to know where I’m renting this week so she can crash at their place when I leave. She’s following me around!
I don’t know her as well as I thought I did, for all I know she’s stalking other BL0G owners that she’s rented from in the past too. This might make the situation worse, but I thought I’d better warn my current and past landlords about her stalking ways, and oh what the heck I’ll warn my past tenants as well. You just never know how far she’ll go with this stalking thing!
I hope you are all smart enough to realize this post is in jest. 🙂 Shelly and I really have been filling Eric’s comment area up with the comments I mentioned earlier, but I’m pretty sure she’s joking about stalking me. Well at least I hope she is. If she isn’t then this post will serve as a warning to all the other sites I’ve been closely associated with in the recent past.
I’ve decided that I will put my site up for rent again. Hopefully the new tenant won’t end up being a stalker too!
I really have been stalked in real life, and it wasn’t as much fun as being pseudo BLOG stalked.
It’s a long story, and perhaps I’ll give more details another time, but for now I’ll just keep it short. Back when I was a jeweler I started seeing another jeweler. He was a real romeo. Romancing me, flirting when he visited my office, and making me feel like a queen.
I thought things were going well but it turned out that after seeing him for several months, just as I thought he might be The one, he told me he had some bad news. He was from a Georgian Family (formerly part of Russia) and his parents had arranged a marriage for him. I hadn’t realized that that was customary for his cultural background, but it was. He broke my heart.
Within a few weeks of informing me of his impending marriage, he went off to his former country and brought back his new bride. He wasn’t happy though and he kept pursuing me. Since he was married I didn’t want to have anything to do with him.
I would see his car parked outside my apartment many nights during the week. He was watching my place. Other times I would see another jewelers car parked outside – a friend of his that he must have asked to watch me. It was very creepy. He would also come into my office and try to convince me to start seeing him again. This went on for several years, even when I was seeing other men I would still see his car outside or have him stop in my office to try to change my mind. It wasn’t until the man who I ended up marrying, Chris, moved in with me that the stalking stopped. I’ve heard that he still asks about me but as far as I know he’s not sitting in a car outside my home anymore.
Apparently all men from Georgia (Formerly part of Russia- not USA) are descendants of Kings or Princes, so it is said that many of the men in Georgia actually are Princes. I don’t know the full story so that’s all I’ll say of their history. So … considering that at one point I thought I might marry this man, when you think about it, I could have married a prince and become a princess, but instead I just got stalked by one.
Right now- unless Shelly really is a stalker, I only know of one person who is stalking me and that is my little old lady neighbor Sofie who peeks at me from her windows or comes outside when I’m out and copies anything I’m doing. She’s a sweetie though.
Visit again later today or tomorrow- I’ve had a very busy week and I plan to write about it in my next one or two posts.
First of all you have to stop this Rent my Blog stuff – I come here to read something interesting not to know about you’re blog tenants or whose renting you’re blog next – frankly it’s just boring and really not what I come here for,so I skipped all of it and went to the stalking part (which was interesting 🙂 ) but many people won’t and will just go off somewhere else – so my suggestion is just blog about YOU not you’re renters or stuff which people don’t really care about.The first rule of blogging is quality content – like the 2nd half of this post.Renting blogs is not worth it anyways 😐 it just irritates readers in my opinion if you keep posting about the renters more than about YOU.Remeber it’s YOUR blog!
I hope you don’t get offended by what I have said 🙁 but I’m just telling you what many will not but know.
Cheers 🙂
Tricia says- you know at first I wasn’t even going to dignify this with a response, but I decide that since there are likely others out there who feel as you do I should perhaps explain why I write about my renters and others.
You don’t do the “renting” thing so perhaps you don’t understand. It’s a way for sites to get a little bit of promotion from others so that they can hopefully gain regular visiters. It’s a form of advertizing. If I rented out my small little square of space and didn’t mention the persons site they likely would have very few visitors from my page, and if that were the case why on earth are would they pay me 60 or 70 credits? All I would have done is taken their hard earned credits for myself and then not do anything to promote their site- which by the way is the whole point of “rent my blog” – to promote sites.
Now, I don’t rent my space cheaply, but it’s not the most expensive space in the blogesphere either. So I’m assuming that, since my rental isn’t cheap, that the people who have enough credits to bid for a space on my site actually like my site and think taking up a small space on it will do them some good. I do tend to get results for them so I must be doing something right by posting about the sites that stay with me for a week. I also feel that if someone bids on my space and I can’t rent to them that week because I choose to rent to another that I can at least do them a favor and give them a PERMANENT link by mentioning their site.
How many sites do you have PERMANENT links on?
The search engines such as google, msn, yahoo etc and blog specific sites such as Technorati regard links in content more highly than they do links on link pages, comment sections, or on blogrolls. Also, blogroll links can change, weekly, monthly or yearly, and comments can be deleted. There is no guarantee that once you make someones blogroll that they will keep you there forever. But, if you are listed in someones post that’s about as permanent a link as you can get, and I believe it’s something many people would like to have. Few people go back and remove links to sites in their posts, so unless they totally delete the post that has a link to your site in it – it’s permanant.
When I write my posts that list renters or bidders or even my landlords I’m trying to do something NICE for them. I wouldn’t necessarily do it for just anyone- I do have to like their site or at the very least their latest posts. I’m giving them a coveted permanent link and I hope that some do the same in return for me. I generally also post comments on these sites and they in turn often visit my site and comment on my latest posts. We are building relationships, perhaps in some cases even friendships. Some might think of it as “good business” but it’s also good for the social aspect of the blogging community.
Your correct- It is my blog and I will write what I want to write about- when I want to write about it. If I occasionally choose to expand my relationship with sites that I enjoy- so be it. I mostly do this on the weekend. Avoid my posts on the weekends if you don’t like “Rent my blog” posts.
BTW I’ve been on the internet since 1991- back in the days when DOS was it, and if you had a PC you were using windows 3.1, websites were basic HTML – hand coded, and Bulletin boards and mailing lists were one of the main forms of communication as far as “internet community” goes. I’ve seen most everything- nothing phases me these days.
Well I’m gonna put my penny’s worth in here, I say it’s your blog and you should make it as interesting or as – Quoted from Azhar “boring” as you want it to be. I enjoyed reading this post actually and as your current landlord I will be on the look out for any suspicious blog-stalking activity.
Keep up the good work!
=)
Tricia says: Thank you Laydee-m, I appreciate your input on this. I found the interaction that I was having with Shelly on another persons site amusing and I thought it would make great post material and also give me a chance to say thanks to my current landlords, past landlords and give a permanent link to my past tenants. I tried to make it as amusing as possible but I guess I didn’t please everyone. Oh well- it is my blog and I’ll write what I want on it. Plus if Shelly really is a stalker, I’ve probably done a great service to the blogging community as a whole by warning everyone about her. 🙂
  Shelly … I hope you are taking all of this as a joke! 🙂
Second of all, I totally disagree with Azhar above. Being Tricia’s last landlord, I had a wonderful time while she was renting from me. I personally visit the renters and it’s a great way to meet new blogging friends and learn some things I didn’t know were out there. So sorry Azhar, go stick it. Tricia does plenty of posts to keep your attention on many topics. Plus we are having fun…….Blogging is about having fun also, or maybe you don’t fall in that category…… Tricia, I would be honored to be your next tenant, but I’m a little short in the credits this week…..When I get enough you can be sure that I will place a bid……
Tricia says: Ed, my faithful defender and friend, Thank you! You seem to understand what I’m trying to do, while at least one other does not. This post can’t be too boring, I just won a battle of the blogs (well!) with it up. People usually don’t vote for content that bores them. Sorry that I can’t lower my bid price for you this week Ed. Bid next week and I’ll be happy to have you as my tenant. :)Â
You know, Tricia, this is how rumors get started!!! 🙂 I’m the nice kind of stalker, I swear!!!! LOL But I am secretly checking out those other blogs… *evil chuckle*
Ugh, I can’t believe you had to deal with a real-life stalker. That must have been horrible! I’m glad it never escalated beyond the “just creepy” stage! I’m glad I found out about your snake after I left. *shiver* I have the craziest snake phobia! (I read your post at Steph’s blog). I would have been petrified with fear the whole week! 🙂
Thanks forthe bush ideas, I don’t want them to get very big because of the bay window I have, so a couple of feet high is as far as I can go.
I have readers like Azhar too. Some like my renter posts and others don’t. To each their own. I tell my friends that the renter posts are kinda like “what’s on TV for tonight” so when you turn the blog on tomorrow there will probably be something else! 🙂
Tricia says- Aw Shelly, I know your a harmless stalker. I wouldn’t want to start any rumors. :)   As for my real life stalker- it was a bit more than creepy, the jewellery community is a very small and close knit community and when you are being stalked by “one of your kind” that you can’t easily avoid it’s definitely MORE than creepy.  There’s much more to the story but I was trying to keep it short.
  I don’t have a snake- never have. :) You mean you didn’t see my cute box turtles- Spaz and Myrtle while you were here? They usually renovate their homes two or three times a day, I’m surprised you didn’t at least hear their shells bumping on the sides of their enclosure.  My hubby doesn’t like snakes so I can’t have one. :( But I do like them.  Nope I’m a lizard and turtle person, but I only have the turtles right now. The turtles don’t do much so they aren’t that Blog worthy … but if I still had my lizards- especially my big 13 year old 7 foot long iggy I’m sure there would be some posts about him. He was such a charactor. Truly lovable- although I can see the look on your face and I know you don’t believe me- just trust me- he was. 🙂
  As for the bushes- Perhaps the boxwoods that I suggested are the right thing for you if you only want bushes that are a couple of feet high. The others that I mentioned (and that I saw mentioned) get much bigger. Azalea’s and Rhodendron’s are lovely and slow growing, but they eventually get much larger than what you would like, and they do need more care than the bushes that I suggested. Anytime you need some gardening help- just ask. I have a little bit of everything that grows in zone 6 and lower. 🙂
  I explained in Azar’s comment that I’m trying to do something nice and build the community atmosphere by giving people permanent links in a few of my posts. If people don’t like it, I can’t help that. I’m only trying to be nice.
After reading a long reply and arguments against me I still have to stick with my opinion.And yes I enjoy blogging – it’s prbably the only thing I can look forward to everyday – that’s proven by my blog – it’s updated daily with at least 4 and upto 8 pictures – so you can’t say I don’t enjoy blogging.I like this debating thing 🙂 .The only blog I read about someone’s life is this one I don’t want to read more than one – most others are pretty boring frankly (people might say the same about my blog – I respect that) – so I don’t like to see them promoted.From my comments and arguments I guess I seem like a pretty mean rude critic – well in a way I am – I just like to express my opinion.I visit many photoblogs a day – and out of the 10 blogs on one of them they get a “I dont like this photo here’s why _______” that’s what I tried to do here – and I think I justified myself here – if not sorry if I hurt anyone or went against the truth.