Dang... folks in the comments here and the comments here are flipping out over my pathetic shameless horrible terrible freeloading ways. Haven't seen anybody get this testy over a buck or two since they started running those Carrot Top commercials. (I won't spend any of it on plastic surgery, honest. I can barely afford plastic utensils.)
Well, at least now I can say I've been reviewed at Blogcritics...
At the risk of repeating myself, I'm very grateful to everybody who's helped me out. I struggled with the very idea of it, and it's still giving me an ulcer I think. But like the man said: "The first year's always free." Apparently, a few people are displeased that they're being forced at gunpoint to keep coming here to read my dumb words and look at my stupid "cartoons," and then I have the nerve to suggest maybe it might be worth a dollar a month for the service, if you think that's fair. It's practically extortion, is what it is! But whatever. To the people who've stepped up and helped me pay a few bills that I didn't know how I was going to pay this month, I'm grateful.
If you don't think I deserve it, I ain't mad atcha. You could maybe not kick a guy when he's down? But if you just can't help it, I understand that it's really more about you than it is about me.
Posted by Jim Treacher at June 8, 2003 08:28 AMWell, I sent you some money.
Posted by: Mac Thomason at June 8, 2003 08:42 AMBy the way, I got my mug! And now I have a collector's item, heh heh...
Posted by: Andrea Harris at June 8, 2003 08:53 AMCool! Yeah, Michele put up a picture of her drinking out of her mug. No pictures of the t-shirts yet, though. And I'm not sure I want a picture from the guy who bought a thong...
Posted by: JT at June 8, 2003 09:05 AMI'd put up a picture, but I've been sick the last few days and look like hell. But when I am better...
No thongs though. Ew.
Posted by: Andrea Harris at June 8, 2003 09:16 AMWell, Michele had it so the mug was covering up most of her face...
Posted by: JT at June 8, 2003 09:19 AMI'm not annoyed by you asking for "some love." Sexx-Z is worth at least $10 a year. I was more annoyed when I dropped $5 on Josh Marshall and he didn't even send a "thank you."
Posted by: Ed at June 8, 2003 09:23 AMComing in late to the party, I had no idea there was a thong available. Damn.
Would have bought that one. You can O.D. on mugs and t-shirts, but you can never have enough thongs.
Treach, don't give that lyz bitch any traffic. Geez...
I'll pay you NOT to. LOL! She sounds all pent up n stuff.
Well, now, there's no need for anymore name-calling. Let's try to be civil, please.
Posted by: JT at June 8, 2003 02:05 PMI can't believe how classy you've been about this, Mr Treacher. I'm tempted to donate to the oral sex fund, but unfortunately I'm on another continent. Dang!
Posted by: Jackie D at June 8, 2003 04:09 PMIt's the Internet. Geographical distance is no longer a barrier.
Posted by: JT at June 8, 2003 04:14 PMI know about being broke, but Jim -- you have cable teevee! No sympathy from the rabbit ears perched a top my television. You gotta cut corners somewhere.
Posted by: Moxie at June 8, 2003 04:21 PMPoint previously addressed. That'll be one of the first things to go.
Posted by: JT at June 8, 2003 04:30 PMjim - i've got a little theory as to why people are getting so pissed off about this, and it has a lot to do with the wording of your poll. you've only got two possible answers: I don't have it, and you don't deserve it. well, there's a whole realm of space in between there, which a lot of people, myslef included, probably fall into. i DO have it, and I DO think you deserve it, but that doesn't necessarily mean you're going to get it. at least not today. a lot of people are just wary about giving away money on the internet, a lot of people are cheap fukn bastards, and a lot of people are just lurkers reading your shit for fun. I think if you put another possible answer in there like "sorry jim, i'm just a cheap fuk" it would lighten the mood a little. just an idea and sorry if this idea has already been addressed herein or elsewhere. aloha.
Posted by: kool keith at June 9, 2003 12:20 PMWell, it's kind of a joke. I figure if somebody is seeing it for the first time, the message isn't for them because they don't visit me at least once a month. (Yet! (I hope!)) And if it's a regular reader, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt that they'll get a chuckle out of it as they're considering dropping me a buck. But that's me, too trusting. Anyway, it's sort of joking and sort of true, and so far it's only been one person who's really thrown a fit over it. Partly my fault for paying so much attention.
And I think I've mentioned a couple times now that nobody's getting locked out if they don't donate. If they do, I appreciate it. If they don't, oh well.
Posted by: JT at June 9, 2003 12:25 PMIf I had any money... I'm grossly underemployed right now. Soon, though...
Posted by: Eric at June 9, 2003 08:43 PM