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We’re all busy people, right? There’s work to be done, lives to be lived, blogs to write and/or read and often not enough time in which to do all that is required.

I’ve done painstaking research (and by painstaking, I mean, hey I read blogs a lot) and have developed a series of codes that will aid in the development and enjoyment of personal blogs. My research indicates that a great deal of writing on these sites constitutes a certain amount of whining on the part of the writer. Looking back over my own archives I see that I whine about the same damn things over and over, although I try to space them out by adding bits about cool art or jewelry, lest you think that all I do is whine. I’ve been struggling with a system that can be universally used and understood. Using just numbers would be obtuse and difficult to remember. We can make a global movement to use these codes and I daresay the internet itself will move faster just by reducing the extra data being posted!

Here’s my list, please add your own in the comments and I’ll start adding it to this main list.

• J-whine: any job related bitching
• Boss-whine: pretty clear
• baby-whine: “my kid is driving me NUTS!”
• sig-o-whine: any general complaints about one’s significant other
• Bummer-whine: for general malaise and bummerness
• fat-whine: I should perhaps use this in “real-time” dialog. I’m sure my hubby would appreciate the additional free time this would allow him.
• existential-whine: “I don’t know what I’m doing with my life, everything is so confusing blah blah blah”
• mom-guilt-whine: Other people are raising my child while I’m selfishly going off to work every day.
• design-o-whine: clients are stupid, graphic design is stupid, everything is stupid.
• money-whine: ie. Why can’t I win the lottery? Another hot topic of mine!

Actually reducing whining to a single code or phrase, helps diminish its importance. Perhaps this is also a good way to keep things in perspective. Earlier this week I was feeling pretty pissy. Next time, I’m gonna remind myself “Hey, dumbass, life is good! Lighten the hell UP!!! Sheesh! Enough with existential-whine, already!”