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My good buddy Dana (aka SKORP) is #1 on MySpace’s most popular blogs again!

Keep bangin them out Dana!

I’m Not a Player, I Just Blog a Lot!

People have different motivations for blogging. Some do it for money, some for creative expression, some for their corporation, and some just do it all for the nookie.

Enter the MySpace blogosphere.

Combine the flaming of the politics and religion forum at Digital Point and the subtle passages of a true romantic with the class of a low budget fluff girl and you would have a phenomenon similar to this little corner of the Internet. The scene is odd.

At first I couldn’t understand the motivation. Why would you blog so hard only to serve somebody ELSE’s ads? I just could not comprehend. That is, until I met the man who OWNS this crazy environment, Super Jabs and the Mighty Ball Sack, at my brother’s house the other day. For those who don’t know Jabs, (his real name is Ted) he is a perennial #1 blogger on MySpace’s Popular Blogs section and he has a huge following of mostly hot girls who consistently show him their boobs.

Me and Ted sat outside having a beer, just shooting the shit talking about how we use the web. Even though we both work our butt’s off pimpin’ the web all day every day, it was almost like we spoke different languages. We even tried to coach each other, but I’m still not sure if either of us gets each other’s perspective 100%. Each sentence I said went something like this:

“Dude if you just [blah blah] you’ll make like [blah blah] dollars. You could do it so easily!”

To which he responded:

“huh, I dunno man. I’m not sure if that would work for me”

Then he would say:

“Dude if you just [blah blah] you’ll get like [blah blah] chicks to [XXXXXXXXX]. It’s that easy!”

To which I would respond:

“huh, I dunno man. I’m not sure if that would work for me”

As we swapped stories about our experiences, I realized something. All of my stories were basically about business successes or opportunities, and all of his were about crazy chicks and crappy bloggers.

At this point, I began to wonder if I was gay or something. WHY the HELL can’t I leverage MY blog-O-liciousness into girls sending me pics of their boobs? I mean I’m good at “web stuff”. I have a certificate in desktop configuration and everything. This dude has women THROWING THEMSELVES at him every day… and I don’t mean those fake women who are “new in town and want to meet new people” who’s profiles will be banned by the time I get done with their webcam. I mean real girls who want to fly to Arizona dressed in latex to rub his feet while he plays X-Box.

On the flip side, this guy just wants to get paid for the effort he puts into his blog, and is having a tough time with the fact that I have a fraction of the readership, but I monetize the web like a peyamp.

I guess the grass is always greener on the other side eh?

Anyways, all this crap gave me a few ideas. And for those who’ve seen how bloggers can sometimes get treated like rockstars… just wait until this next post coming up. I’m gonna get all Timberlake on yall, with the help of my good friend Dana. (AKA Skorp, the MySpace A-list blogger who introduced me and Jabs)

Just wait and see, this next one is gonna ROCK!