I have been quiet of late.
Not because I have stroked out again.
Not because I am attention seeking.
Or because I have submitted to the mythical black dog and he is picking my jugular out of his teeth with my pinky bone.
I have been shutting down my laptop and not visiting your blogs (as an aside, please don’t abuse me for not commenting on your blog it, doesn’t make me want to run over there and declare my love you know… idiot) and just posting random exclamations on twitter and facebook and wandering off.
Not because I didn’t win the writer thing – hello I was a FINALIST and you weren’t and you are calling ME a sore loser WHATTHEREVERLOVINGFUCK?
Not because I don’t love you all.
Or because I am too arrogant and self centred to not reply to your awesome comments and suggestions this week.
It’s like when you are at a party with all your friends and they are having an amazing time and you are totally happy for them but you are just not feeling it so you hug everyone and go home and sleep it off, safe in the knowledge that next time you will be up there dancing and squealing and having fun like the rest of them.
That.
Not flouncing, there is no rule of the internet that says that you have to post on your blog/twitter/facebook every day.
Not lamenting the fact that I had hundreds of comments on each post and now 20-30 but thank you so much for bringing that to my attention and using it as a reason of why I suck.
I am just not feeling it right now.
So I walked away. For a few days, maybe a week, who knows.
But I am OK, for those that are worried.
A big FUCK YOU to those that think I am attention seeking or whatthefuckeverIamdeletingyouremailsnowwithoutevenreadingthemyoucan’thurtmelalala
And a see you when I see you to my friends that know that I do this shit sometimes and then I come back posting every single day and clogging your twitter stream and facebook feed with my awesomeness.
Now excuse me while I go and watch endless clips of Extreme Couponing, Cake Boss and Toddlers and Tiaras on YouTube while snuggling up in my green blanket of awesome. You Americans be batshit crazy, I fucking love you for that.
Do you just walk away from the internet sometimes cause it just gets too much?
Do people email you to abuse you for doing so?
Do you have a good recipe for brownies?
How long do I have to walk all over Newman to burn off a whole tray?
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Everyone is entitled to be a bit ‘over’ twitter. Sometimes I just stay away because I’m feeling the sooks and I don’t want everyone else to wear it. Sometimes I’m feeling awesome and I don’t want some random arsehat on twitter to ruin that. And sometimes I’m just occupied enough in the real world that I can’t be bothered. But amazingly it all has to do with ME – not everyone else on twitter. So the arsehats emailing you need to remember that. It’s actually nothing to do with THEM.
And I use a packet mix
xxxCate
a packet mix?
Heathen.
x
Yes, I walk away… I go camping.
No, they don’t…obviously I’m not listening if they do… so there.
Yes, I have a freaking awesome brownie recipe… it’s so simple… and wicked. Let me know, I’ll forward it to you.
As for calorie burning. NFI! Who does that these days? It’s Winter!!
xxXOoo
I want an awesome brownie recipe too not out of a packet.
The treadmill says I burn 468 C an hour – that might do one piece.
holy fuck what speed are you doing? LIGHT SPEED?
brownies
150gr butter
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup plain flour
1/2 cup cocoa
Cream butter & sugar until light & fluffy. Add eggs 1 @ a time on low speed. Mix through flour & cocoa. Bake @ 150 degrees for 25-35 mins.
Oh and add choc bits before baking if you really want a hit…
I’m going to make these tonight.
With choc bits. Obviously.
Thanks.
Enjoy.
Yum. I’ve got all those ingredients. Guess what I’ll be having for afternoon tea!
I should warn you it’s very… very… moreish.
*drooooooooling*
See you when I see you ….. I love your guts.. Take care of YOU… Newman, watch out – this chick wants to walk all over you!!
D
Ps you know where I am, I know where you are so world is ok.. X
Yes I walk away from the Internet allllll the time.
No people do not abuse me for doing so. What. The. Heck? If that is what you get when you are ‘cool’ then please god don’t ever make my blog cool. And what is with all the nastiness on the interwebs right now
Brownie recipe? My auntie has an AMAZING brownie recipe. But I don’t have it here. Not. Very. Helpful.
*taps foot*
I am still waiting for this recipe woman…
You take whatever time you need. Just knowing you’re *here* is good.
Huh. People are assholes. My blog readers are the only people who are nice to me all the time.
You do what you want. We’ll be here.
Sweetheart, those that put that bullshit out there are actually revealing their own fears/feelings/inadequacies.
Tell them to look in the mirror, oh, and to shove it!
xx
Do you just walk away from the internet sometimes cause it just gets too much?
Yep, just wrote my first blog post since April 8th. Doubt it’ll be the start of me writing regularly again though… so exhausted. Same shit, different day, yaknow? Facebook is the only place I check regularly cause, like you said (and I wrote on my blog before coming here to read this… weird right?!) it has my friends on it. Both online and “real” life.
Do people email you to abuse you for doing so?
Nope, I’ve not made it to that point, lol!
Do you have a good recipe for brownies?
Pass..
How long do I have to walk all over Newman to burn off a whole tray?
Feck that, I’d rather watch Glee, or House, or Grey’s, or any number of other tv shows I’ve been sucked into…
Glad to hear you’re well, but not so pleased to hear about the morons emailing you! I would love to see a real flounce from you – I imagine it would be spectacularly hilarious!
If I ever did flounce I am pretty sure I would be nominated for some sort of award.
And then I would have to come back. You know to capitalise on the hits.
No sweat, sweet cheeks. Remember that.
Unless you are trying to burn off those brownies… Then you really gotta sweat!
I think you should feel really proud that you do what you want when you want.You dont feel pressured to blog and so you shouldnt.It is your space to do with what you want when you want and good on you for that.You dont rely on comments to make your day and you dont let those negative anons who dont have the courage to put their name to their words bring you down.
I have been feeling sad lately about how much negativity there has been on blogs.I dont blog but do visit from twitter.I just feel there is enough shit that we have to deal with in our lives and our cyber world should be a place of support for eachother.If cant say something nice why bother to comment.They must have lonely empty lives with bitter hearts and maybe we should just feel sorry for them.They cant feel good bringing others down.
Do what you feel and be proud about it and know whenever you come back we are all here to support and listen to you.
You and your blog are appreciated.Big hugs xx
awesome comment my lovely.
Yeah, the negativity is crazy. I wish these fuckers would comment publicly or on twitter but they don’t and that is the price for having a blog that is open for all to see.
But if I didn’t then I wouldn’t know you. And the ‘you’s of the internet make my day.
x
Jesus, I am hoping you are taking creative liberty and fictionalising some of this shit. If people actually email or suggest this I am agog.
You are nominated in my blogger most likely to reply, comment and interact category. I am kind of blown away that people get to whinge that you aren’t payign them attention.
Enjoy what you do when you aren’t on the laptop, whatever it may be. I have a kickarse recipe for brownies but has so much more chocolate, sugar and butter than the one above that I will only give it to you if you really want to hear Newman whine from the pummeling you will give him. My best tip for brownies is to slightly undercook them, leave them to cool in the tin before removing and eat them the next day. That will give you perfect inner smoosh:outercrunch ratio.
Sending whatever you need to counter the crazy folk – love, sarcasm, disbelief, transferred hate, admiration, screening of the entire series 3 of Giuliana and Bill. Pick one, or a couple.
Carol
EAT THEM THE NEXT DAY?
Are you completely insane? They are lucky to make it out of the oven.
And I would like that award please.
*waves*
stay warm…
don’t you just love those kind people who feel the need to email.
take a break,enjoy.
I personaly think you’re fab, I doubt anyone would even notice if I took a week off. lol. but that’s ok too.
I’m actually interested in this crazy us coupon hype!
I may be hated for the packet suggestion but Donna Hay’s packet brownies are freakin awesome. Mixed and in the oven in 10 mins. Good on their own. Heavenly warm with icecream.
. Can’t help it. They’re too good to pass over suggesting.
Hugs
Suze
I bought that mix last year for Christmas cause I was laid up with a slipped disc/exploding ovaries and entrusted MPS and Moo to make my special chocolate mousse pie (that has a brownie base)
I must admit I was rather impressed. Ommm nommm nommm
Oh the price of popularity I suppose. That and the world is full of asshats.
No one ever hunts me down when I miss a month or three on my blog. Hmmm….now I’m sad.
(((((HUGS))))) You take care of YOU! Ignore the idiots.
Pretty sure that as long as you eat the brownies whilst on Newman, it’s all good.
Fabulous!
ooooooooh, good idea.
I quit blogging…..almost a couple of months ago now I think? Have had 3 peeps ask me where I am – nicely – but no hate mail. A shame really, coz I could always use some more toilet paper.
At the moment I’m feeling very much like this – If you really enjoy writing, but want to kill that desire stone cold DEAD, become a blogger.
Me and my 5 personalities have enough dramas, I don’t need highschool crap as well
Hmmm off to ponder my life as a blogger now. I need more personalities I think.
you said it Lady Fabulous.
xx
People get cross when you don’t blog? Sheesh. Take it as a compliment, I guess. You clearly mean more to them than they do to you!
I have one commenter who gets cranky when I skip a day, she always sends an email, but I guess I can forgive my own mother that kind of eccentricity
I’m with Helen – any food consumed while actually exercising doesn’t count.
There’s an Extreme Couponing show? Amazing!
Enjoy your break / slow down, the internet will still be here when you get back*
*unless we have a zombie attack, then I can’t promise anything
go to YouTube there are tons of the crazy bitches getting thousands of dollars of deodorant and hot sauce for like 10 tens.
Bitches are crazy.
I got my first hate mail this week and will need some tips from you – do I press delete OR do I “accidentally” send it to everyone in my contacts to show them what a twat this person is
. I’ve had a Twitter hater, a FB hater and now an email hater! TRIFECTA!
onomatopoeia
and yes I agree that eating brownies whilst walking on Newman makes those brownies calorie neutral
How did this comment get to be in here? It was meant to be a stand alone comment. Oh well, the sentiment is the same and Ona mata thingy to you as well Glow
(and accidentally email all contacts)
send it to me…
Actually 99% of the time I just hit delete without reading and mark the person as spam in my gmail settings. Otherwise I obsess about what they say and get really worked up.
UNLESS, like happened a little while ago, it is someone I know and they have emailed me ACCIDENTALLY when they meant to email someone else about how ungrateful and up myself I am. THAT email I still have BARBARA.
I always walk away from my blog i really don’t feel the need to blog everyday sometimes i don’t blog for months but no body ever emails me to find out why or abuse me and i have an awesome recipe for brownies its weight watchers and involves Raspberries ,if you want it let me know and ill email it to you x
OMG YES PLEASE!
Walking away is good. It’s a nice break and it stops the feeling of being owned by your blog.
Have a lovely, relaxing time and when you come back, I’ll still be here. xx
Hell, whenever I manage to write on my personal, all I do anymore is complain, so you are already light years ahead of me as far as output.
Do these people who have the gall to give you shit for not posting/Twittering/whatevering pay you for your time? Wait, what? No?? Then they need to shut the fuck up and get a life of their own. Jebus.
Oh, I can’t believe anyone would abuse you for having a break. That sucks!
I often do it – just log off my computer and spend the night in front of tv. I’m at my desk all day at work and while I enjoy writing, spending the night also at a desk in front of a computer can get a bit much.
Sometimes I tweet to say I’m logging off… but I tend to figure no one cares.
Also I sometimes spend so much time thinking about ‘what I’d / I’ll write about something’ I don’t pay attention to what I’m actually doing!!!
Deb
xx
<3 hun. I'm there with you. I have a post coming up next week, but yeah…right now I'm feeling like my plate is full and blogging is the thing I've chose to put down and come back for. I am around, and I will be back, but right now twitter is just too fast for me, facebook is still too boring, and after I've read and commented on a handful of blogs, I'm too tired to update my own.
If you get that awesome brownie receipe share it with me thanks.
Of course I walk away. Everyone walks away sometimes, or else they implode. It never fails to amaze me how much people think they have the right to on the internet. Last time I checked, it was still YOUR blog and YOUR life, you don’t owe the internetz anything beyond what you yourself decide to put out there. Sometimes more, sometimes less, but unless you’re a paid blogger doing this for a paying employer then never under obligation. Your friends will still be here when you want to engage, tell the rest to suck it.
As for brownies, I discovered this last weekend, made it, and completely agree with the poster – it truly is the Best. Brownie. Recipe. Ever. And I’ve tried a lot…
http://pinterest.com/pin/52706258109375874/
OMG you had me at David Lebovitz’s Absolute Best Brownie.
He knows his shit.
x
I just don’t understand some people. They really baffle me. We see a tiny glimpse of your life here and surely people must understand that shit goes on in everyone’s life that necessitates one crawling into one’s own personal hermit cave to refresh the batteries … or not as it seems with idiotic trolls.
I don’t read many blogs anymore, but this is one I ALWAYS check because it is awesome…. but if being awesome so regularly requires some occasional (or regular) space and distance, then that’s fine by me.
Love ya guts. XA
Love your guts more.
x
See ya then!
I hardly have any weirdo emails, so I can just click ‘This is spam’ and I never hear from them again. Yay! It internet world is good like that. You keep good and warm. I keep forgetting that as we in the North are celebrating the sun, you are sinking into darkness and drizzle
I always find it a bit odd when people apologise profusely for not blogging for a while and berate themselves for being a ‘bad blogger’. I mean we blog when, and because we want to, it isn’t a job – who gives a fuck? (Clearly some of your readers, but it is one thing if people are concerned about why you’ve gone quiet, another if you are being berated.)
This is a recipe my Mum made whilst I was growing up and it has remained my favourite (apols for the old skool measurements):
8oz butter
4 eggs
3oz plain flour
1 level teaspoon baking powder
16oz soft brown sugar
3oz cocoa
castor sugar for sprinkling
cream butter and brown sugar
add eggs beating after each one
sift flour, cocoa and baking powder
add to butter, eggs and sugar
pour into lined tin c 10 x 15 inches
bake at 190centigrade for 30mins
Cut whilst hot and sprinkle with caster sugar
Om nom nom
ommmmm nommmmm nommmmm indeed.
thinking of you my love.
x
I repeat: bitches be crazy, man!
Ignore the abusers, they’re just jealous that you’re able to walk away from the internet, when they can’t.
Afraid of missing even the teensiest piece of inane gossip they are.
Probably worried it will be about them.
That’s a sad attitude.
it is more that they think I am attention seeking by NOT being online.
Yeah.
I don’t get it either.
I walk away all the time. Every weekend, practically. I don’t understand people emailing you about the fact that you’re not online… Do they have no life? I don’t get emails and people don’t notice when I walk away for more than my normal weekends, so I’m actually surprised to have read this. Sometimes, there’s just nothing to say!
Also, I want to say that the image you’ve shared is SPOT ON, both of our sets of neighbours are creepy quiet. In fact, I’ve not seen the ones on our right at all. WHAT are they up to??
vampires probably.
I don’t have enough readership for anyone to give two fucks (by which I mean, email me) if I don’t post for a while, but yeah, I have walked away from it for a couple of weeks. Sometimes I just don’t feel chatty.
I love Cake Boss! (by which I mean, I’ve seen two episodes and have spent many an hour stalking their bakery’s cake gallery for inspiration. I also have his book. Not that I’ve used it, but just having it makes me feel like a better baker. Or something.)
Brownies:
1) Donna Hay’s raspberry spiked chocolate brownies http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/donna-hays-raspberry-spiked-chocolate.html
I’ve buggered them up both times I made them but a friend of mine made them following the recipe on my blog and they turned out wonderfully. Probably has something to do with my inability to follow instructions/ measurements/etc
2) Pioneer Woman’s mocha brownies
http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/pioneer-womans-mocha-brownies.html
The version I posted has half the amount of icing the original recipe had, and I cut it into 25 pieces not 16, too. But when I did the maths for using the whole batch of icing and cutting into 16 pieces as per the recipe, it came out at 540cal per piece. So that’s, like, fuckloads of time on Newman. Go the Donna Hay ones. Raspberries = fruit = healthy… right???
I now have a towel around my neck to catch the drool.
OMG OMG OMG
we’ll still love u when u get back
luv u gorgeous *mwah*
take care of u *hugs* u know where I am if u ever need to chat
Do whatever makes you happy, we will be here when you want to play online.. Well unless we all decide to take a break at the same time which would be odd.
or annoying.
I don’t understand the mindset of internet haters. So what if you don’t blog everyday (even if I check everyday….
), I wouldn’t dream of emailing you about it; I would never dream of rubbing someone’s face in winning or not winning something…. I just don’t get people sometimes. Bullies never change, I’m guessing.
*big hugs* sounds like you need ‘em
Oh, and when you figure out the brownie/Newman ratio, please share!! xx
I totally get where you are coming from. If the inspiration to blog/tweet/whatever isn’t there, it just isn’t there. It is no good forcing it. Best to wander off and see what else is happening.
Now I want brownies. Stop talking about food. First, the Tee Vee snacks, now brownies. Don’t ya know I’m trying to do that healthy living shit?? (of course, I’m failing, but that is beside the point).
as am I.
That is why I am obsessing about food. Duh.
Hiya, I almost never comment. I know I should, but I don’t. I can never figure out what to say.
Basically…. even if you don’t get responses, doesn’t mean we don’t read you!
Also… I totally want to bake brownies now
I have also copied most of the recipes to figure out which I am going to make 
which one did you make?
I need a review. And a score out of 5 for each.
Hurry up I am hungry.
I have actually ended up using the Donna Hay packet. I rarely use packets, but decided I didn’t have the time as I am moving next week
I will have to give the rating in about 20 min as they are currently in the oven!! 
I think I over cooked them, but 20 seconds in the microwave makes them soft & delicious
http://betchacanteatjustone.wordpress.com/2011/07/04/chocolate-chip-cookie-n-oreo-knock-your-socks-off-brownie-bars/
I still think you are fucking awesome and so is this brownie mix xxx
But I’ve only just found you! I mean, whatevs, you know…
I am away right now because I didn’t win the award. Assholes! So far, no one has noticed I am gone. Assholes!
they have, they just need to email me FIRST as a warm up.
Then they shall UNLEASH THE MOTHERFUCKING FURY on you.
Just you wait…
Absolutely. I walk away from the internet every now and again (kinda doing it at the moment actually). Just quietly wander off and come back when I’m ready. I’ve never been abused for it though. Whatthefuckingfuck?
You need a onesie to go with the green blanket of awesome xxx
Dear God, if this is the shite you have to put up with I am glad I am a small time, completely irregular blogger/tweeter. I duck in and out all the time (have been absent very much in fact this last week!) because some times real life gets in the way and sometimes online life can be a big time suck.
Enjoy your rest and awesome brownies xx
Oh FFS people.
Seriously.
*sigh*
Love you.
I just assumed you were walking – not away, but on Newman.
hey there Kelley, I have been avoiding your page of late because i am about to start study again at 37 and I am so worried i will procrastinate on the internetz that i have banned you and Woog…. ( I am here momentarily because Its study day one and I cant make heads or tails out of the uni page or find my units…. shhheeeeittt….
this is the best recipe ever….
The Ultimate Chocolate Brownie;
200g Dark Cooking Chocolate chopped
200g butter chopped
1 1/4 cups caster sugar
1/3 cup Baking Cocoa
3 eggs
1/2 cup flain flour
1/4 cup self raising flour
180g White Choc bits
1 cup walnuts chopped
1. Preheat oven to 180oC. Grease and line a 3cm deep 16cm x 25.5cm lamington pan.
2. Combine dark choco and butter in heatproof bowl. Microwave uncovered for 2 mins on MEDIUM HIGH (70%) POWER. Stir until smooth.
3. Stir cocoa and sugar into warm chocolate. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
4. Stir in flours, then white choc bits and walnuts. Spread into parepared pan and bake for 35 mins or until skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool completely in pan, dust with cocoa or icing sugar. .
enjoy and we cant see each other for a while as your awesomeness is distracting…and i need to study!
OMG I LOVE WALNUTS in brownies.
LOVE.
Hugs, babe.
Mmmmm brownies…
we all need a break! Turn off! tune off! and just say…. i want to make those brownies
x
I’ve been meaning to email you. My dad (54) had a stroke last week and I thought of you. I’m going to go back and see if youhave any archived posts on it. It sucks, big time, but he’s home now and hopefully we can rehab his swallowing reflex and get rid of his feeding tube.
alas I didn’t write about the first one much at all because I just can’t.
Dunno why. I share everything else but I just can’t write about it.
The second was mild so not much to say. You are in my thoughts my lovely xx
Oh, I totally understand the need for taking blog breaks.
{{{HUGS}}} Babe. The worst part of blogging is when you start blogging for everyone else and not yourself. You don’t have to explain yourself. You don’t have to be anything but YOU. Blog when you feel like it. Ignore everyone else. It’s YOUR blog! I think I’m finally getting back to the real reason I blog. It’s very freeing.
YES YES YES!
That is how I was feeling. Like I had to for everyone else and you know what? No one wants to read shit if it is forced.
x
I walk away all the time! Never been abused for it, though. I feel bad for you that that happened. Why is it anyone’s business anyway?
Yep. x
Now I’ve got that stupid don’t walk away renee song stuck in my head. Just make sure you walk back, ok?
Well I for one hope you are back soon as I have only just recently discovered your brilliance and I want more! Selfish I know and I am sorry for that, but I hope you know you are missed.
I had someone email in my third month of blogging asking me why I didnt comment on her blog when she comments on mine. I was a bit shocked to be honest as I didnt really believe someone would really care enough wether I commented or not. She didnt really care, she just wanted the comments and well if I have nothing to say I kinda figure why just write something stupid to prove I was there. Anyway I’m rambling, so I will condense everything else I have to say into one or two short sentences. You rock, please dont stay away too long, Big Hugs and go the American trashy TV – Woohoo! x
Tell people like that to fuck off.
So many people only comment and EXPECT a comment back. That is not how it works. Comments ARE AWESOME and make a bloggers day but a comment that is basically ‘here is my blog come and comment back’ is insulting.
You rock on my love. ROCK THE FUCK ON!
Oh shut up.
I’m here because that ad down there on the left is showing me mugshots from a Filipino dating agency.
Right. down there on the right. Damnit.
Although if you are IN the screen looking out it’s on the left.
fucking morons that don’t know their left from right.
I can hook you up with one of those girls if you want. I have all their numbers. They don’t care if you are stupid.
I have an admin fee…
I walk away from the blogging part of the Interwebs so often that my blog is even more deadly boring than before & even LESS people read it. I do not interpret this as evidence of my own suckage. I have teh awesome brownie recipe but it is hidden in an old, dough-daubed Gourmet Traveller mag & I can’t find it or the catastrophic lens I wanted to use to view Venus in her Transits.
I didn’t read all the comments so I apologise if this has been suggested. The best brownies I’ve ever made is a basic brownie recipe and then you chuck frozen raspberries on the top and/or big dollops of peanut butter in the mix and swirl it round a bit with a skewer. Very noice!
sometimes I walk away from everything and just go to work for months, my old foreman used to notice this and chat… that was nice, now everything gets to much I just go to work, doing nothing else and no one notices, it happens, enjoy your hiatus, we all need it sometimes
what is this green blanket of awesome you speak of?
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