Monday, January 24, 2011

We're not going anywhere yet.

Previously, I said Goodbye.  I thought it was about time for this blog to hit to road.  It's been a pleasure writing it,  I've saved it all for my personal journal to look back on and show my grandchildren in many years, and eventually I will pull it down, but not yet.

To all of you who read the blog:  THANK YOU.   I only meant it to be for my friends and a few others, and believe me when I say, I never thought more than 200 people would come here.  It's been about 2000 a day.

To all of you who still think I'm lying:  To each his own.  You're entitled to your own beliefs.  I ask you two things,  1) To keep an open mind in the future when watching AI (or any reality show for that matter), and 2)  Not to be so harsh when laughing at the rejects.  It takes a lot of guts to do something like that and as you've probably guessed from what I've told you, what you see is not always what it seems.

To those of you who e-mailed or commented that you enjoyed my writing style or my content:  I very much appreciate that.  I'm pretty sure all of you came here for the content and the popularity of the show, and not necessarily the writing, but I'm hoping that's what kept you here.  I am looking for a freelance blogging and/or writing job, so if anyone is looking for one, e-mail me at the truedat504@gmail.com e-mail address.

I hate surprises and goodbyes, so I'll keep this up for another ?? approximately. (There have been lots of consults with legal people and things like that which made me scared and made me decide to take it down... I still WILL, but we are so close to 10,000 views, and it's not even been up a full week, so I think maybe it should stay up at least until Thursday.)  So, for those of you who were planning on suing me- you can rest easy after that... please just give the readers that long to read it.  If you know anyone who still needs to read this, please send them here in a hurry.  Update: 10,000 hits in 7 days.  Thanks everyone!  That's a huge deal to me... I'm so happy that so many read and enjoyed this blog.

Until next time...   I have compiled this list of a few websites I think you should check out.  They have nothing to do with American Idol, but they are all very deserving of you reading them.  I've included a link and a brief description for all of them.    I figured I could at least leave you with some good reading material.  I may write on one of them, (coughmailcough) I may not.. ;)   If you like my writing style though and what I have to say, check them all out!

Websites I think are awesome:

Tiny Dolls - really cute graphics and quotes... a ton a day  http://tinydolls.tumblr.com/
Mail to Males - real girls' true letters to real boys... they are hilarious!  http://mailtomales.tumblr.com/
Designs of Tumblr - graphic design, jewelry, all sorts of crafty stuff  http://designsof.tumblr.com/
What I Wore - this chick photographs what she wears every day http://whatiwore.tumblr.com/
Simple Dude in a Complex World - name says it all  http://www.thesimpledude.com/ (blogspot)
http://www.joshduffy.com/  - Not an AI contestant, but a great guy, and good music too!
Enjoy these! I do a lot... so if you enjoyed my blog, you likely will too.



Keep following your dreams,
Maria Saint

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for sharing your AI experience. I haven't watched since Adam lost and probably won't watch again this year, but certainly think back on the show in a whole different light. I wish you well with your career and hope to hear from you again in the future~

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  2. Thanks for taking the time to document this. Fascinating and a little troubling, although perhaps not surprising. These reality shows seem to thrive off of behavior that if we saw it on a school playground could only be called bullying.

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