Y'all, I don't know what to do about the Laff Riots. I just don't. The posts are getting shorter and fewer, and no one's happy about it, but the simple fact is I've got less material to work with. The laptop FAIL of '07 wiped out six years of work in a single document. Through no fault of their own (well, in Joan's case), Joan and Jesse aren't around a tenth as much as they used to be, and these things aren't the same without them. And I obviously don't have the free time I used to. So I don't know. Shelve the feature entirely until someone, anyone (including me) gets funny again? Continue on in the short, occasional format? Let it die for good? You tell me.
I know you're overworked and underpaid, but this is what got you started on the blog in the first place, and I guess I feel like that's important, and if you let it go you'll regret it.
(Because I'll kill you if you stop. Love ya!)
Posted by: Stella at April 25, 2008 02:24 PMIf it helps, I threatened to eat someone's skin today.
Posted by: j at April 25, 2008 04:31 PMMy opinion obviously doesn't count for much. But I thought they were one of the best reoccurring "segments" you posted.
Please keep them going. Even if we have to wait for you to build up a new portfolio of good ones.
Posted by: Ryno at April 25, 2008 04:35 PMTime and again I tell you that these things ebb and flow, but I can only accompany such utterances with the codicil that I'm partly to blame.
Do not shelve it. We will return. This happens once in awhile, if only to remind us what rejuvenation feels like.
Posted by: Big Daddy at April 25, 2008 07:04 PMYeah, you've said that before. But you also said it again like a year ago and I haven't had a single line you in months. This, despite begging you to get back in the game with me, and teaching you the glories of invisible mode.
This is not an ebb. This is a plummet. And it sucks. Laff Riots are a team effort, and we have no team. And no I.
Posted by: Holly at April 25, 2008 07:20 PMThe real blame here can rest on AIM as far as I am concerned. I am constantly online trying to finish my thesis, but AIM refuses to work on my laptop anymore.
Posted by: j at April 26, 2008 08:38 AMI know that the opinion of an internet stranger isn't worth a ton, but I have to say that one of my 2007 highlights was getting into a Laff Riot. That said, if it's not happening, you certainly can't force it. I look forward to whatever compilation of hilarity you decide to post, so I guess my suggestion is... don't lose any sleep over it? I don't know.
My point, I think: I like reading the site, but because of everything, not specifically your Riots.
Posted by: TC at April 27, 2008 02:29 PM