There’s a man in my apartment, and in between not-so-subtle innuendo, he’s telling me, “Write, woman. Write.â€ù
So, here’s what you get when I am slightly intoxicated and on the ugly side of strung out: I’ve missed phone calls, deleted texts without actually reading them and kept a few dozen conversations to less than thirty words all in the name of just getting through today.
But here we are. Welcome to my new home on iVillage. Love it, hate it – frankly, it’s sort of irrelevant as this point. I was going to give it up entirely, and now these fine are folks are fitting the bill.
This is home now. Take off your shoes and make yourselves comfortable.
hello- long time snooper but first time commenter to ask- what is ivillage? does it now mean you get paid to blog? excuse my techno ignorance- and congratulations! (even though im not sure what for!) J
hmmmm… you’re getting paid to write slightly intoxicated posts? I want a gig like that!
Yikes, I have the same question as the first poster. I don’t know what ivillage is. Can you please explain?
I went to the homepage but I don’t get it. Sorry! Is your blog geared just to women now? If you’re getting paid, will you be censored?
Thanks for the welcome. Glad to see you have enough chairs for all of us.
Congratulations! I assume you have a similar agreement to the one Deb explained on her site? I think it’s awesome you got this opportunity. And about time you got paid for all this.
i’m presuming that no one asked which man was in your apartment at such late hours making innuendos because we know you’ll never tell us? just a hint or two? if you dated ben, and the media combined your two names, it’d be something like “beneather.” heeheehee! have a nice weekend.
I like the new digs and I owe you a fruity margarita at the after work shithole to congratulate you.
And um… you better get into work soon and tell me which man was in your apartment!
NICE!!! Congratulations on the next chapter!
Well I would have paid to keep reading, but if someone else is doing it: all the better!
Welcome home.
ok, so adds are the new blog? first dooce, now you, more power to the both of you. Just a question, why are the adds all for Christian Marriage Counsleing???????????
You know how I like to bring the baby jesus into everyone’s relationships. This is my way.
Fair enough!
There was always a little extra space to the right, and now you’re just using it.
Oh how I love the sweet baby jesus. Perhaps you’d like a pineapple. Isn’t that the thing to bring to a new home… for luck?
Nice digs, Fish! Good to see you didn’t give it up. What would I do without my bits of Fishy goodness in the mornings?
don’t be too inviting or i’ll never leave. that would probably make stephanie jealous. congratulations. friday pizza…
Me happy Fishy no give up site-y. That would have been a major, major bummer.
HATE THE NEW FORMAT. I immediately got a pop up add for breakfast cereal on top of your content. ICK!!! ABORT! ABORT!
Hot damn, fish! Congratulations. I’m all proud and jealous. But mostly I’m just glad that you didn’t give it up.
Also, I only have 891 characters left?! The nerve.
I don’t see Behtany paying for Fish food. Or shoes. Simmer down, pop ups aren’t gonna give you cancer.
Congrats on your new home at ivillage. You could have your site hosted by Field & Stream or Guns & Ammo, and I’d still show up every day to read your magnificent writing.
I will say the blog ads are adding a fun new element to the whole Fish experience. When I came to this page today, ivillage’s ad said “Conquer Your Infertility.” Then, I saw ads for chocolate roses, a Mexican Hideaway, and ways for me to make a millionaire match. Fun game.
I’m kind of curious how the whole iVillage thing works, too. Glad to see I wasn’t the only one…
Congratulations, because I do suppose that whatever it is, it’s good!
Woohoo! I’m teased on the iVillage homepage. I’m famous in my anonymity.
Congrats!! Glad to see the transition went smoothly.
Whenever I take my shoes off, someone yells at me.
Hi! I’m on a quest to leave 100 comments in the blogosphere and you’re #75!!
ja, ja, ja. I got here and thought: “mmm, this is different, why this looks different? umph, it’s still pink and it has the fish so i’m on the right place”
Congratulations on the moving, enjoy your new domains.
Go Tanya
I’m all for bloggers making money, but ‘a fun new element’? Ads? Come on. This is a very annoying change. Much as I dig your writing, Fish, I probably won’t be coming back.
You’re famous, now!
I think. Is iVillage famous?
At any rate, congratulations for getting paid to do something you used to do for free. If only it was that easy for the rest of us…
I also don’t get it- also there is no fish banner on my end! You’re just a big pink page with text that doesn’t contrast enough against it. What gives?
(using Firefox)
Fish, OT but I saw this on sale at Amazon and thought of one of your recent posts (hope the link works):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00078ANLG/niftynews-20/103-1145863-2074200
Great! I use Mozilla Firefox which blocks all popups so I don’t notice any difference at all!
When Deb went on iVillage awhile back, I thought why aren’t you getting paid for YOUR blog too?
Good for you!
i’ve decided that i kind of don’t really like the new layout. besides loving your great writing, i used your site as a place for all good links to other blogs – now they’re gone! no “preview post” button. and i’ve taken to just minimizing the screen so i don’t have to see the ads on the right.
do you still have as much control over your site as you used to (i.e., are they making you “censor” yourself now or anything, like no dirty words or inappropriate-type content?)? i’m not being mean, just honest/curious. HUGS!
Congrats Fish. I’ve got very little sleep and don’t know if I commented before or not. I just want to make sure I did. You go. I hit each ad banner. If it’s anything like Google AdSense I want to make sure you get a lot of money. I want my future sugar momma to be loaded if I ever have the chance to meet her!
All of the original links will reappear on the About Page sometime early next week.
I don’t have to censor anything and I don’t get any money from the ads.
I can’t believe people can be such haters. I think the move is great, good for you and thanks for the welcome!
Okay, now let’s get back to the mystery man…
Hi Fish,
I’m not sure if the advice-free zone rule still applies but you should probably let people know the URL of your xml feed has changed from http://thisfish.com/index.xml to http://thisfish.ivillage.com/love/atom.xml
A lot of people who subscribe visit your site through your feed probably don’t even know you’ve moved.
I don’t even know what that means! How do I fix it?
Congrats on the move. I was going to say I hate it, but that’s only because I couldn’t get the feed to work. But then I did, so now I love it. Hooray
I DREAM of someone paying me to blog. But I think I don’t talk about my sex life often enough:).
Congrats, Fish! Good for you!
Well, I can’t say I blame you for going for the iVillage thing. Great exposure. I’d hate to see you stop blogging. I know, as in life, all things change and end but I do enjoy your blog. So, I hope you are making some decent cash to buy beautiful clothes and shoes with.