OMFG- what have I let myself in for?
OK, last Tuesday, I was tired, decided to take an early night. Unusually, I took a shower (I’m a morning shower person, usually, although I shouldn’t be, they help me sleep). Y’know how it is in the shower when sometimes you get a ‘moment of clarity’ and everything comes together? I had one of those. I could see the ‘perfect blog post’ in my head. It was the right time, the right reason and the news of the week wasn’t cheering me up. I came out of the shower, turned the PC on, and typed the whole thing up, wrapped only in a towel. It, um, captured the mood.
When we started counting numbers for the site, 100+ was a bloody good day. Then we got a bit more established, 150 was good, 100 was avarage. Recently, 150 became avarage. Until last Wednesday…
What have I let myself in for? I appear to be in the centre of a blogswarm and the beginnings of two new political movements, one of which should have long-term legs. It’s just l’il ol’ me, I was just writing up an idea I had while dripping wet
Um,
Anyway, I have a post to make, momentum to maintain, and a game to go to. Holy…
Heh, you’re on your own on that one. I haven’t posted since you’ve started your last drive - apologies for that, btw - so it’s all really on your head
I think go with the flow is a damn good idea, tbh. You seem to be saying/writing the right sort of thing, and people are listening. I’m continuing to (mostly) stay out of the party politics side of thing but if I think of anything intersting to say, I’ll join in.
And anyway, you keep saying ‘us’, when most of the big/popular/interesting posts have been made by you. I just chip in occasionally, you do most of the work.
Comment by paulatpingu | February 20, 2006
You have unleashed your inner monkey. Congratulations. Bring the revolution!
Comment by jackthomas | February 20, 2006
Woo!
Looks like you should change job to a career in politics Mat
See you sunday?
Comment by silentgreeneyes | February 20, 2006
:o) Go you! You’ll be fine, I’m sure.
Comment by faeriecween | February 20, 2006
Nice lj-cut work, see what you did there, good job
Anyway, yeah, ‘go with the flow’ or rather ‘take every opportunity you can because you never know what it might lead to’.
Good luck.
Comment by freddiefraggles | February 20, 2006
Make the most of it! and I tried to get something like this rolling a while back, but we never quite got to the point of galvanising people with an electrifying post … 
Comment by itchyfidget | February 20, 2006
Yeah, but if you hadn’t been chipping in, I wouldn’t have kept it going. And you did get attention as well, picked up more than a few readers because of stuff you wrote; more google referrals for you (narnia excepted) almost all the way through.
As for interesting to say? How about a round up of liberal ish constitutional theorists? Nosemonky’s done a bit here:
http://www.thesharpener.net/?p=237
But more can be done. Oh, have a looka t notes froma small bedroom; museum curator turned political theorist, rather fun, I like his quotes at the end of each post.
http://www.redbadge.co.uk/notes
Actually, your post Tuesday got eaten by Blogger, it published the same time as mine, got a little swamped; I think it would’ve got some notice if I hadn’t done that big round up…
Comment by matgb | February 20, 2006
I is scared though, getting emails from eminent seasoned campaigners asking for my opinion is, just, weird…
Cool, but weird.
Comment by matgb | February 20, 2006
Tell me about it. If I get the chance, I may do so. Meeting with MP soon, see where that goes.
Probably; will be up Satruday for the Exeter show, need to get around to selling stuff…
Comment by matgb | February 20, 2006
Oh, always, but, well, weird…
Comment by matgb | February 20, 2006
thought you’d like it; it helps I finally installed the LJ Fx plugin; look up livejournal hook on addons.mozilla, very very cool. Especially if you don’t use the RTF editor.
Comment by matgb | February 20, 2006
See, it’s just me. I’m just a bored and angry bloke in a small town ranting online. But, yeah, it’s got legs this one, I hope.
Is what you did still online? I just caught the moment, any previous attempts worth a read through, good stuf to pick up, etc.
Comment by matgb | February 20, 2006
Show?what? huh?
You mean like you sold stuff this weekend gone
Anyway, yeah, gimmie a shout when you come to Exeter.
Comment by silentgreeneyes | February 20, 2006
I love shiny firefox plugins!
Comment by freddiefraggles | February 21, 2006
If Labour lose the next election, I will remember this line.
Comment by doctorvee | February 21, 2006
Bored and angry often makes for marvellous blog posts
’s LJ for “tea drinking monkey”, you might find some of our vague ideas. There’s probably a manifesto somewhere in there, if only I knew where to find it …
We didn’t write much - mostly we were just collecting expressions of interest, then he got a job and I got busy with work and so forth. If you’ve got time and want to trawl
Comment by itchyfidget | February 21, 2006
It’d make a fitting epitaph, don’t you think?
I doubt, somehow, that it’ll be down to me. But maybe, just maybe, the wheels I’ve set in motion may help. I’d like to hope so, makes it all seem a little more worthwhile.
Comment by matgb | February 21, 2006