fish, i love how you call sir hal your “kitten,” and i love it more than it’s presumably the same reason that i also do the exact thing when discussing my own pet.

And no, I don’t want this blog to stay exactly the same forever and ever, and no I don’t agree that I’m merely oblivious to a writer’s style evolving or improving– to address previous comments.

This post, in particular, struck me because I can imagine the same story being told in… the old Fish way– where I feel more like I’m hearing a friend tell me a story over cocktails, a friend who’s funny and smart and a really great story teller to boot. Nowadays things over here at This Fish end up sounding a little…. disembodied? Self concious?

If I wanted to read Greek Tragedy, I would. But I don’t, because quite frankly I can’t stand SK’s writing, site, etc etc. (I find myself having more of a chuckle over Two Sisters, personally).

Look, maybe Fish doesn’t care what lil old singular reader here thinks about the changes around here. Or maybe, like any writer worth her salt, she’s open to constructive criticism, whether she agrees with it or not. What a writer doesn’t need, however, is to be surrounded only by voices of glowing praise and choruses of “You go girl!” (figuratively speaking, fellow commenters). I’m just chiming in because I have loved this site and this writer for quite some time and the change saddens me.

But ultimately This Fish is what it is. And if I don’t like what it’s become and the change is intended to be permenant, then I simply don’t have to read it. Just an admirer throwing their two cents in and (possibly) calling it a day.

Best Wishes, Fish.