Day 188 — Best of Girl On the Brink
Fri, Oct 9, 2009
ANN’S NOTE: The magazine feature about me and Girl On the Brink in Sunday’s Washington Post magazine (October 11) is out! Read it online. Also, catch Ann this Monday on NPR’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin at 2 PM EST.
Ann Powers, aka Girl On the Brink, serves up her readers’ top 10 posts.
Day 27 — Prime-Time Fantasy Begins in Antigua
Day 92 — Sex, Drugs and the Internet
Day 161 — Why I Love Not Camping
Day 160 1/2 — Manifesto of the Idle Workers of the World
(Ann’s Reason for Being)
Day 174 — A Modern-Day Rapunzel
Ann Powers, left, with Michel Martin, host of NPR's Tell Me More.
And, the always socially and environmentally conscious Ann recycles. You should, too. Share her as you would a man! Tell your friends to visit Girl On the Brink: Surviving Desperate Times with Desperate Measures.
Wow. This is the saddest blog ever. The WP story is not going to help, either. I think you need to get a job.
Great blog! I shall plop you onto my blogroll immediately and forthwith!
Dan,
Believe me, I am doing everything possible to get a job. I am being resourceful and using my writing skills to parlay my life into a better one, not only for me but for my children. I am applying for jobs that align with my qualifications.
Moreover, I don’t take drugs. I’m not an alcoholic. I’m not panhandling for money. I’ve been able to keep my house and a stable home for my two boys. I’m not giving up because I believe in myself so others will believe in me.
I’m thankful that you took the time to express your thoughts, but you are the only one ever to say that my blog is the “saddest” and that the WP story “is not going to help.”
Of course, I disagree. But my reason for being is to bring a smile, as small as it might be, to the millions of people who haven’t laughed in a good long while. Allow me to do that.
Ann
I did not previously know of your blog, but read about it in the Post today, and then have been online reading your “best of” list. I applaud your honesty and humor! All I will say is the WP story DID “help” – I would not have known of your blog without it – and you can count me as one more fan!