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Hey JU, I'm Showing You Mine, So Why Don't You Show Me Yours

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September 30, 2004 7:46:27 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums
I got the idea for this earlier today and have to thank Gideon and Little Whip for the inspiration. It started with Gideon's "Welcome to JU..." article Link. I commented that when I first came to JU, I was kind of mild in my posting. I still am in some ways. I stay off the politics forums. I don't post much that is inflammatory. Mostly funny stuff that happens to me with the occasional rant.

Well, while I was commenting, I got a little off topic and wrote about my very first featured article. It was the third I had written here at JU and I commented about how I felt a little sad that my absolute favorite article that I've written since I've been here was no longer at the top of my Top Articles list in my sidebar. It is by far my best writing, in my opinion. It was the hardest thing I've ever written and the most emotional.

Well, Little Whip asked that I post a link to it there and I did. All of this got me thinking about another article that Gideon wrote a while back. This one was titled "Reminding Myself Why I Blog" and can be found here Link. In it, Gideon talked about how very often, inflammatory blogs got more posts than some of the really well written, well thought out articles. He also mentioned "sadly, my top article remains the Mary Kate Olsen post" in his post.

Well, that brings me to the point of this post. And hopefully I'm not stealing something from someone here. Go check out Angloesque's post "You steal my blog; I steal your ... uh, something." here Link for more information on this sort of thing.

I want to know what you think is your best piece of work here at JU. Post me a title and a link and maybe a reason why it's important to you or why it's your favorite article. I promise I'll check it out.

My favorite article that I've written is "Something I never want to do again...". You can see it here Link, if you like. It's a deeply personal piece.
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Reply #1 September 30, 2004 7:57:20 PM
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What a neat idea, chiprj.

I read your Something I Never Want to Do Again article, and it was was really beautiful. It moved me.

The article that I put the most emotion into was When He Left Link . I kind of relived the day my husband left as I wrote the article, and as painful as it was to think about and write, it was also a bit of a release of some sort to get it all out my head and into written word.

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Reply #2 September 30, 2004 8:00:58 PM
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My most emotional one was this: http://dharmagrl.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=12456 .

I wrote it when I didn't know if my friends had been killed in Iraq or not.  It hit me close to home, and....well, you'll see.

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Reply #3 September 30, 2004 8:05:11 PM
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I have many favorites, but would have to give the nod to my series "Down and out in America" (http://gideon-macleish.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=27290 ). The reason is, because it was not about statistics, not about numbers, but about putting a very real and personal face on our current experiences. I think through time and repetition on JU, I've grown as a writer, and tend to appreciate my more recent stuff more; I think it has more substance. Another favorite, that's sinking like a stone, is my recent "The Fremont Street Experience".
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Reply #4 September 30, 2004 8:06:06 PM
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Heh, you're only stealing from me in that I tried to do this a long time ago but NO ONE responded, so I deleted it. No worries there.

I'll go read yours just after this. Here's the link to my "Dear Blockbuster, I hate you" article. Link I think it's funny, if not particularly deep. If we're going for deep, that would probably be either my Dean scream or Mel Gibson's "Pasion" article.

Good blog.

-A.
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Reply #5 September 30, 2004 8:09:19 PM
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Texas,


My favorite of yours remains Link

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Reply #6 September 30, 2004 8:37:51 PM
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Thanks to everyone for sharing! I've checked all of your posts out and they are all great! Special thanks to Gideon for reminding me about Texas Wahine's dream article. I love that one!
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Reply #7 September 30, 2004 9:08:27 PM
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I probably have a couple favorites. One of my favorite ones was a personal one I wrote telling people a bit more about who I was. Linkorama

Another one I really like (probably because it was my first article here) is my rant about pop music. Thus started me love of writing about music here. Linkerooski
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Reply #8 September 30, 2004 10:05:56 PM
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What a fun idea! I had to go back quite a ways to this one

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It made me smile to re-live it.
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Reply #9 September 30, 2004 10:44:07 PM
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My most popular articles seem to be my little grammar rants, but the ones I personally think are the best are my two poems for my daughter (here (#1) and here (#2); they're kind of a matched set).
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Reply #10 October 1, 2004 1:17:08 PM
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I hope to one way have one to post here, mine so far havent had alot of thought behind them.
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Reply #11 October 1, 2004 1:17:14 PM
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I hope to one way have one to post here, mine so far havent had alot of thought behind them.
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Reply #12 October 1, 2004 1:45:15 PM
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I can narrow them down to three...

Why women deserve Better than Abortion
Failure
The Beckham Legend

Of course I have some cheesier ones about nailpolish and alarm clocks that I like as well.

Wow...I guess I'm just undecisive...who would have thought!
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Reply #13 October 1, 2004 1:58:57 PM
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Mine would have to be Two Weeks of Sweet Solitude I think because it is so soul cleansing to me for lack of better words, this article got few points and no relpies at first but on a repost Little Whip read it and loved it. I guess it might be to long for the impatient reader. See for yourself....

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Janelle's Strange Tattoo is a close second, although it is long too.

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Reply #14 October 1, 2004 3:32:18 PM
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chiprj: Thanks for taking the time to read all of those! I saw your "Did you Call Me" blog and just about fell off my chair laughing on several occassions. Let me know if he starts up again, I'm dying to find out where Enrique is and might just need to give him a call.

I don't comment often these days, but I enjoy all your blogs! Thanks for keeping me entertained...it makes the work day go by faster.
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Reply #15 October 1, 2004 7:44:02 PM
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I actually though it was one of my poli-sci blogs, but in reality it is the Deadly Charisma 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 military non fiction series I keep meaning to finish... Definately my best work...
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Reply #16 October 1, 2004 7:53:01 PM
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Thank you to everyone for stopping by and sharing. I truly enjoyed reading your work. One of the best parts of this is that now that I've gone back to read them and left comments, I see on the forums that others are also getting to see these threads, too. The same thing happened for my post and that's great in my opinion. Many of the posts you shared, were from before I came to JU and now I've gotten to read them.

Thanks to everyone! Keep up the great work!
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Reply #17 October 1, 2004 8:26:58 PM
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You have read what I believe is my best post on when the war really started. Link

But the article I thought was best (probably because it was fun) was Poor Poor Puppy. My pals who have the dog thought it was great at least. "shrugs"
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Reply #18 October 1, 2004 11:19:44 PM
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Thanks for sharing again SSG Geezer. I remember reading both the first time around, but I'm really glad you posted them here so I could go back for another look. Both are very well done. Thank you.
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Reply #19 October 1, 2004 11:30:39 PM
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Ok, the only featured aricle I've had, but also one of my favorites: http://masonm.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=13991

And the most emotional would be: http://masonm.joeuser.com/index.asp?aid=17287
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Reply #20 October 2, 2004 12:38:51 PM
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Thanks, MasonM for sharing those with me. I'm glad you stopped by.
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