WARNING: Kind of whiny-ass. Oh, and the soulpuppetry thing is down a couple entries, if you're here looking for it. And welcome!
(SCENE: A large finished basement lined with bookcases. It's dark down here; the only light that you can see emanates from the monitor of a computer which looks startlingly like a blue gumdrop. The gentle bluish-white glow limns the features of MOONCALF, sitting in front of it. Well, slumped in front of it. She looks tired. She's staring at the monitor with an expression of quiet incredulity on her face.)
(After a moment, she brings her hand up. The VIKTOR puppet is staring back at her.)
MOONCALF: Holy cow.
VIKTOR PUPPET: You said it.
MOONCALF: That was amazing. Look at that soulpuppetry essay propagate itself.
VIKTOR PUPPET: Yeah, that was one hell of a kerfuffle.
MOONCALF: I can feel my ego swelling.
VIKTOR PUPPET: Attention'll do that to you.
MOONCALF: Yeah... how the hell am I ever going to top that?
VIKTOR PUPPET: You're not. The next real entry you do won't look like much of anything next to THAT one, and after a while, things'll go back to normal.
MOONCALF: ... shit.
VIKTOR PUPPET: Face it, I know you. You can't turn out crowd-pleasers like that more than once a century. You'll stop posting anything real for a week, until all the fuss dies down. And then you'll go back to those preachy-ass 'Mooncalf explains it all to you' entries and the occasional stupid list, random observation, and yaoi babbling.
MOONCALF: ... gee, you don't have to be so nice about it.
VIKTOR PUPPET: Heh.
MOONCALF: It kind of bugs me that my blog gets so much more attention than my main site.
VIKTOR PUPPET: (whiny voice) Oh wah, I get attention, that sucks so bad!
MOONCALF: Oh, shut up.
VIKTOR PUPPET: ... yeah, I know what you mean. But it still sounds really whiny-ass to say it. Besides, it wasn't THAT much attention. Soulpuppets aren't the next 'All Your Base' or anything.
MOONCALF: Some figment of my imagination YOU are.
VIKTOR PUPPET: I live to serve.
MOONCALF: Mm.
VIKTOR PUPPET: ... you worry too much.
MOONCALF: Yeah, I guess so. I'm just not happy unless I'm unhappy about something.
VIKTOR PUPPET: Look... everything's fine, at the moment. The webring works...
MOONCALF: Finally, after much trouble...
VIKTOR PUPPET: You're still riding the tide of attention...
MOONCALF: For a couple more days...
VIKTOR PUPPET: You've got enough stuff for your next update, and even after this fuss is all over you'll still have SOME readers... although I sure as hell don't know why.
MOONCALF: ... they like to watch me make a fool of myself?
VIKTOR PUPPET: That's gotta be it. Geez, you're not normally half this whiny. What happened to the 'mature' Mooncalf? You know, the calm one?
MOONCALF: Mmmn.
VIKTOR PUPPET: ... damn, you really ARE funked.
MOONCALF: No, no, it's not that bad. I mean, I'm really happy that people liked what I wrote, and it's great to see new people wandering through... I just feel kind of drained after all that uproar.
VIKTOR PUPPET: I can see why. Are you gonna be okay?
MOONCALF: Maybe if I can make myself stop twitching. Fame is weird, even the lesser versions.
VIKTOR PUPPET: Hm. Maybe you should go take a nap...
MOONCALF: (with a hint of a yawn in her voice) Nap sounds good...
VIKTOR PUPPET: Why don't you go lay down and have a nice filthy daydream? I'll even do that thing with the honey that you thought of last month...
MOONCALF: (dreamily) Mmmm... honey...
(CURTAIN.)
Replies: add your comment: currently 2 comments
I know that blog got a ton of comments... but it brought in a bunch of new readers? Wow. I wonder how that one vectored out... *starts contemplating about the strange way things disseminate on the Web* I *can* say that it was brilliant work. And fully deserving of its own little moment of fame. And, for the record, I read every new fanfic you post ^_^.
Posted by Nathan @ 08/11/2001 12:15 AM EST
Don't be so burned out, Moon. Except for all your HTMLing...hacking causes fatigue! lol j/k Anyhoo, maybe you should take it easy for a bit....and yes, have filthy daydreams if you must...
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Anyhoo, your blog was BRILLIANT, I admit!! Sure it's getting attention now, which I suppose is pretty good, non? So people are noticing, at least. I just hope they will notice other great things about this site , too. But you know....some people do suck. LOL
I understand what you mean, I think. Just take it easy, and you'll always have SOME faithful fans and readers around here. ^_'
Perhaps the SP thing is just one small step for Moon...and one giant leap....also for Moon. Uh... *sweat drop* LOOK OVER THERE!! *YOINK!!*
I'd also like to say I don't think I ever want to be famous.
Posted by Wolf @ 08/11/2001 02:04 AM EST
