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The fundamental problem with the Japanese baseball blogosphere
It's written mostly by people who don't actually go to baseball games in Japan.
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And maybe that's the way it should be. But the fact is, I no longer post things to Marinerds, choosing to put all of my game experiences here instead, because I'm mostly just writing about myself and my experience at the games, rather than what the players did, and I can't tell whether anyone who doesn't know me personally will actually give a shit about that kind of crap. I've been to 83 games this year, all over the fucking country, and am on target to hit 100 within the next month or two. I've had the time of my life doing it. But somehow I feel like nobody actually cares about that kind of stuff, the adventures of being a white girl in a vast sea of Japanese people.
The funny part being, I started Marinerds because everyone was sick of me posting so much about baseball here. Ugh. What the hell should I do?
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And maybe that's the way it should be. But the fact is, I no longer post things to Marinerds, choosing to put all of my game experiences here instead, because I'm mostly just writing about myself and my experience at the games, rather than what the players did, and I can't tell whether anyone who doesn't know me personally will actually give a shit about that kind of crap. I've been to 83 games this year, all over the fucking country, and am on target to hit 100 within the next month or two. I've had the time of my life doing it. But somehow I feel like nobody actually cares about that kind of stuff, the adventures of being a white girl in a vast sea of Japanese people.
The funny part being, I started Marinerds because everyone was sick of me posting so much about baseball here. Ugh. What the hell should I do?
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I don't know how common this sentiment is, but I don't mind skipping over details in baseball posts to find amusing non-baseball tidbits. I don't know how things are for more targeted blogs (in other words, what you ought to do with Marinerds), but in a personal blog, hey, anything should go.
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Personally, I like reading it. I really want to go to a game now.
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besides, this is live -JOURNAL-. not live what-everyone-else-wants-to-read-about.. =p
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I have to disagree with you a bit there, D. One of my friends recently wrote a book about her adventures in Japan and there's been lots of interest. Although some of the specifics are different, I think your stories are totally fascinating, and just because I know the in-person you.
Also, lots of your stories over here have you introducing yourself to various baseball people, only to have them say that they know who you are because they've read your blog. So please be sure to give yourself enough credit :-D
Bottom line, though... it's your blog. You don't have contracts or business obligations or anything like that. You can do what you feel is best!
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That's how I feel sometimes too...I am having an amaaaazing time, but the internet just makes me feel more isolated than connected sometimes. My adventure blogging has really decreased over the past year. I also kind of get that people don't always like reading about someone else getting to do all this stuff that they can't/won't do.
But you know what, we shouldn't let it get us down. I do enjoy reading your adventures. I sent you a message to let you know that, but this is the first comment I've left... so definitely, there's a lot of people who enjoy reading that just don't interact as much as they could. I know I feel a little goofy leaving a ton of comments that just say "awesome" and that's it, you know? :D
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If baseball is a big part of your life, then by all means that's what you ought to write about. And if people you know have a problem with that... then WTF? Don't they know who you are and what you're interested in? It's like being bewildered that a doctor likes to talk about personal health.
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It's your journal, dude. You do a lot of baseball stuff. Therefore you're going to write a lot about it.
adventures of being a white girl in a vast sea of Japanese people
And you write about baseball. That's interesting. At least you're not squeeing about Gackt :)
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Irritating place for a typo.
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Seconded. ;D
I'm mostly with everyone else here - I read your journal, and I sometimes skim over the baseball details since I don't actually know that much about baseball, but that doesn't mean that I don't think you should post about baseball. Post about whatever you like!
As a sidenote, I know this is totally random, given that I haven't talked to you in years, but do you still have pictures from that para para tournament?
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Anyway, I totally agree with everybody else. Write what you wanna write, and don't worry about the haters. Frankly I don't think ANYONE's LJ is interesting 100% of the time. That's just how it is. ;)
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You do what you want, when you want. You write as much or as little as you feel like writing, on whatever subject you choose. You skip a day when you don't feel like writing, and when you return, the only excuse you need to post is "I didn't feel much like writing earlier."
We're friends, not subscribers. You don't have deadlines to meet, or advertisers to keep happy, or editors to impress, or column inches to fill. We're interested in your adventures, so we keep reading. Sure, we may skim over the bits that don't grab us, but what does that matter? We keep coming back for more.
If you find this journal becoming a source of stress -- you're doing it wrong!
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On the whole, I would say you're doing fine, and that you should feel free to share your personal experience on your baseball blog. In the worst case, it can take little effort to crosspost from LiveJournal, and I'm sure some people find it worthwhile.
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D, I would enjoy your writing even if you were writing about Japanese telephone directories, so you just keep writing whatever you like. I don't respond nearly as frequently as I'd like, or in nearly as timely a fashion, but I still enjoy reading what you have to say. While I often don't get the references, or I only appreciate them on a surface level, I always enjoy learning and I always enjoy your enthusiasm.
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