Ah, the new 'secret mojo' recipe has finally caught me. And someone took all my donuts away (I'm looking at you, Kos). Someone please call an wahmbulance before I choke up. Join me over the fold for the sordid details...
As a long time reader, but really lousy diarist, I was surprised to suddenly see the 'Hide' circle while reading comments one day. Confused, I checked 'My Page' and discovered a message from some fake no karma user saying I was suddenly promoted to a Trusted User.
And I had four bars of Mojo. O_o
Uhm, well. Ok.... Lets see. 1 Diary, 0 Followers, a handful of comments and recs, but sure. I deserved to be a TU. Mine is not to reason Why, mine is but to do or Di(ary)...
Hmm, what to do first. Well better check the Wiki KosFAQs to see what is expected of me.
My, thats a lot of reading. But I'm still hungry. How about Mojo? Now thats more like it. Ok, armed with information and my four bars I wade in to the 'Community Policing' side of the Great Orange Satan.
Oh Noes. It's full of Pie.
I have an admission to make, I never used to read past the first 30 comments of a diary because a) it was usually off-topic or b) I was bored of the subject by that time. But now as a TU it was a responsibility that came with the title. And I found both A and B still applied as I waded deeper into the comments.
And watched the donuts fly. Now, don't get me wrong, I like pie, but I also like seeing my feet so I don't eat it everyday. I kept my ammo dry and decided to look at other ways to serve.
Hmm, lets look at diaries that haven't been FP'd yet. Man, you people write a lot of stuff. Wish I knew how to write like that (sigh). Rec, Tip; rinse. Repeat. Edit a few tags. Ok, maybe a comment or two is warranted. Ahh, I think I found my niche.
And then, the word got out on the broken mojometer and I knew the jig would soon be up.
Alas and alack. It proved true. I lost a bar. But, hey lookie, lookie. Still TU. Happy, happy, joy, joy. I survived the first volley. Time to buckle down and act like I deserved to be here. Hmm, Groups. Join one? Boy, sure are a lot of interests represented here. Must be that huge circus tent that Democrats are always talking about.
Create One? 'Gardening in the North Country With Two Weeks of Summer'. Featuring Radishes and green onions. Might be a bit narrowly focused. I'll have to think on that....
Back to doing what I loved.. Finding 0 rec's and giving love to those who spent at least 20 min ordering their thoughts before hitting the Publish button. A week passes...
Today Kos fired the second volley of the War on Trolls...
I'm hit, I'm hit.... Going down.... Two bars... Hide Circle fading....... AHHHH!
I've been fired. Never used my precious donuts. Didn't even get any office supplies before being escorted out of hallowed TU city.
Now what? Go for one bar by hiring myself out as a pie target for one of the Pro-O or Anti-O groups? Maybe start a pie fight and get mojo by supporting one side or the other? Go watch cable news?
Nah. I know. I'll write a GBCW diary. And here we are. And if you're still reading this, you might as well tell me why.
Updated by Jack Pine Savage at Thu Apr 28, 2011 at 12:28 AM CDT
Update: WTH: Scoop is playing with me. Sending me a msg about "being a TU again so STFU". So thanks to all who forced me back into the yoke of being part of the Community again :P
Ummmm, donuts..