The Five Strands of A Sedentary Empress

A Response To Jenn's Leading Entry

I have to admit, despite my initial hesitation about this prompt, and especially the responses to it, I'm sort of digging the honesty.

So, I read Jenn's response and I was highly amused. I was able to connect the statements to certain players through my own perceptions, though I likely didn't connect them to whom she intended them for. I agreed with her number 8, mostly because H.E is the sort of writer you don't often want to send a comment to, because she doesn't seem to need for comments even if you're itching to give her one, and it's hard to come up with one which meets the standard she's set with whatever she's written. 'Awesome!', doesn't seem to cut it, so most often you just click off and wait for the next one.

I went through each of Jenn's statements, and because I have an ego, I looked for myself in them. I suppose in many ways, I don't really want to know because without the confirmation, I can be whichever statement I want. Then, there's that curiosity that suddenly starts to seep through the walls of dignity, and that's when you know the flood is coming. Which one, which one, which one...?

A little bit of analysis...

1.You can be so flakey! ARGH!
Totally could be me, I mean I talk about chocolate, M. and the colour of the sky way too much. I do it unconsciously,
but when I sometimes re-read what I've written a few days later, I can't help but notice recurring themes. Oh, and flaky
is spelled wrong. Would a deep person bother to mention that?

2.I think you secretly do enjoy controversy, despite that you say you hate it. And I feel like such a rapist for thinking that.
Could also be me, I mean, I do a fair bit of pontificating about others being combative and mean, like, in my last entry.
It's tough to say because I know me too well to take a step out and look at me objectively, but sure, I will read the
the words of the pot-stirrers, and I might even like it on occasion. I'm sort of passive, until I'm not. I often say it like it
is.

3.I'm embarrassed for you. Seriously.
Why not? It's not like I've done anything impressive lately and I have a tendency to use too many commas.

4. and 5. Wah-wah-fuckity-wah.
I can be such a whiner. Oh, the anxiety. Oh, the lack of sex. Oh, my mother is such a meanie. Why me, why
me, why me?

6. At least five times in the past month, I've stopped myself from writing, "With the way the economy is right now, thank
god I don't have kids."
Yup, I fit here too, I mean, I have one and I am currently unemployed. If you look at statements 4 and 5, it's possible
I will screw up the kid through incessant bellyaching and general malaise.

7. You are so fun to fight with, I almost miss hating you.
Pretty sure this isn't me. I haven't really had any fights with anyone on this site, except the bible guy who told me that
my poem about the female form was the work of the devil.

8. I hate commenting on your responses.
Mystery solved.

9. I'm not sure I'd remain on writing.com if you were ever to delete your account.
This alludes to someone who has built a solid relationship with Jenn, someone who has an actual friendship with her.
I think this is someone who is more blue case oriented, someone who knows the sound of her voice, perhaps. But, if
it is me, I'm touched.

10. Why do you keep signing up for FtL? I like your writing, but you never finish.
Definitely not me. This is the one thing I do religiously at this point, because it's fun and because I can. It's a reason
to write, and I'm all about that.

11. I used to dislike you even though I didn't know you, just because I didn't like your wdc clique.
Also highly unlikely it's me, because I belong to no specific group on this site, and never have. Not intentional, and
not because I am a lone wolf, but more to do with the weirdness of cyber connecting. I like a good many people here,
and often wish I knew them better, but because of real life and real commitments, it's tough to make 'friends'. Also,
I'm shy, so there's that. No, I might wonder if this is directed toward one of the vampire chiquitas. It seems to fit.

12. You remind me of Neil, who was no good for me.
If it is me, I have to say I don't know how to take that.

13. I secretly, selfishly love it when your life is hellish because that's when your writing kicks the most ass.
Well, I have my moments, but I don't know if my writing improves when I'm unhappy. I think I might actually write
worse, if you want to know the truth, because it's very often choppy and accusatory and doesn't make for good
reading. But, what do I know?

14. I sometimes feel sad that you'll probably never win FtL, all because of who you are.
I won once, but it felt like only a handful of people were actually making an effort, so it didn't feel like an authentic win.
This was not for me.

15. I can't believe you're your age.
I bet I read like a senior on the verge of alzheimer's.

16. ...who are you again?
Umm...hellooooo?

17. Please don't stop playing. I like you.
Wouldn't it be nice?

18. I have nothing mean to say about you, dammit.
Definitely not me. I can even come up with a few of my own: my entries are long, they're sometimes contradictory, I
dance around gratuitous information without actually giving it up, I gush, I get self-righteous...I don't have all day.

19. And you, as well--why are you so fucking likeable?
I didn't come out of a box like this.

Yeah, I don't know, and like everyone else who read it, I found myself engaged. Which was the point, I'm sure.