As I was checking the SPAM comments of my blog page, I took time
to view several unpublished comments. I routinely check these incase any reside
there in error. I feel, out of consideration for any potential reader
that vests energy into writing feedback, I need to be forthright in checking
that folder.
In my searching and scanning for anything of substance, I found the
usual comments alright. Most of them, needless to say, listed under SPAM are
not, shall we say, suitable for print. Oh there was everything from the
usual "Sex sells" agenda to the personal proposition by someone I
have never heard of whom, apparently, has no shame. I suppose anyone that
has a blog is just like anyone that has an email, free rein for unwanted emails
and comments. Geez, reader, if you wanted even a remote chance of a hook
up to a blogger, read on. I would strongly
suggest you read the blog and at least attempt to comment on it! There is my
dating tip for the day, free of charge.
What amazed me, this time, about the comments under SPAM was the
sheer volume of comments about one topic, Uggs. Let me repeat that incase you
think you read it wrong, as I thought I had, Uggs, the boots. I put it in Google
it to see what I was missing as there were comments from so many different
sources about these boots. What I learned was that Uggs are quite
popular and made from sheepskin. They originated in Australia or New
Zealand, apparently depending on which country you ask. What is in
agreement is that they date back as far as the 1950's. What other fashion dating
that far back is considered trendy?
This particular style of boot was worn during both World War I and
II by aviators. The styling of the boots makes them functionally comfortable and
the added insulation was a nice bonus for the pilots in the small cockpits.
This type of boot was worn in the same time period by China and in the Arctic
areas also due to the easy availability of sheep shearers, the main product component
of the boots.
How funny it is that the name came from a slang term from a woman
calling these boots ugly, thus the term 'uggs." The inside is
fleece so they’re super warm and comfy with the outside made of leather (though
sometimes synthetic). In the country of origin they were constructed and
worn for practical purposes, warmth and comfort period. They also used this
type of construction and brand for slippers. These slippers began to be
popularized in the surfing industry and made their way internationally.
This caught the eye of the United States. Uggs were work by the US
team in 1994 Winter Olympics, Lillehammer garnishing even more notoriety.
The Uggs are apparently popular and considered quite fashionable
by some but deemed by others unattractive. I am told they are extremely
comfortable and some women that claim to be, in their own minds anyways,
fashion icons, say they are extremely cute. Each individual on my page had
personal comments about Uggs about what their individual comments and thoughts
were about Uggs as if I had written a blog about the darn boots. Some loved
them, others hating them. That is
fashion for you, one person says these are simply to die for and the other
person saying this item is a total waste of money, and I would die before
being caught wearing this with a cute outfit!
Well, what is the average woman to do? I reflected on the
string of comments that had not got published due to being in my SPAM folder and
not having one thing to do with my blog.
Oh brother! Someone raved about
what colors looked best, some poor soul without a life actually lamented about
how lousy they held up in the rain (as if I care?), there were comments about
what not to wear them with, what price to pay, where to buy your first pair of Uggs,
what they go best with, and on and on. It
was like reading a monologue that never ends until I just said aloud “Enough!” I quit reading and just hit delete all, that
is SPAM comments with the word Uggs in it!
And yet, it was too late. It was gone from my computer screen, but
not gone from my head. All that talk of Uggs was running back and forth in my
brain. It was like they forced me to
write a blog about those darn boots. I felt I was somehow possessed by their
madness towards these stupid iconic boots. I knew I would not get a moments
peace from their idiotic rants they left on my page I read and somehow
absorbed. Here I am,
writing about those darn Uggs, just as if they are commenting on my blog that I didn't write, prior to me writing it, as if I wrote it. Did you follow that? If not, don’t
worry, it has to do with their crazy ranting not mine.
I should have wrote down the emails too. I could have jotted off a few emails to those
women. They need to know those boots are
not to die for. They are not life
altering. There is a political campaign
going on here. Perhaps putting some of that
passion towards our political process might be better spent. Perhaps
following public policy issues verses public fashion might take precedence at
this time?
Oh well, you touch some people’s lives with your blog and then
there are those others. More importantly than the telling of a story, is
hearing yours, the reader. When someone
opens up to me, ah, that is the real reward.
Shared caring, going full circle is the magic.
