Chirky

Dear Courtney, aka Celebrate We Will, aka Friendster User, which really, is not so friendly and which really, really makes me feel green and hairy with fake eyeballs and a felt mouth that has no throat and which is very much like Oscar the Grouch, or, in my case, Grungetta Grunge:

I am annoyed. I cannot tell you the number of times I have visited your blog and wanted to leave a comment. And do you know what happens? NO? LET ME TELL YOU.

I read your entry and then click "Comments." Friendster won't let me post a comment unless I sign in. DID YOU KNOW THAT I CREATED A FRIENDSTER ACCOUNT JUST SO I COULD COMMENT ON YOUR SITE? AND THAT I DID IT IN ALL CAPS? Well, I did.

So I sign in. And, ... what? That should be the end, but I'll continue.

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What now? Now I am looking at a page that shows my profile and explains how I can invite people to be my friends and how I can create birthday reminders, BUT NOT HOW I CAN VISIT BLOGS. Finally, I found and clicked on the tab titled, "Blogs." It seemed so simple. But, HA!

All I can do now is read people's blogs, and even then it's only those blogs that are "Featured Blogs." And yours hasn't been submitted to that very short list, which means that I have to go back into my Favorites and go back to your site, since I am now all fresh and signed-in and ready to comment.

Except I can't, because BEFORE I CAN COMMENT I HAVE TO SIGN IN. So I click on the link to sign in AGAIN and I specifically make sure that I check the "Remember Me" box, because perhaps THAT is the reason that I can't function on Friendster.

Then I go back into my Favorites and go back to your site and click "Comments" and do you know what happens?

IT ASKS ME TO SIGN IN BEFORE I POST A COMMENT.

Are we noticing a pattern here? Is this a Mensa test?

Lovingly,
Jes