Running Commentary

I am a grumpy old codger and this is a "get off my lawn!"

The long answer to those who take issue with my running commentary:

There have been so many co-signitaries of late, I forgot about the people who don't like running commentary.

I do this for fun.

I do it because I love reading and writing.

Zubenechamali Zuben El-Genubi makes running commentary. This is me in real life. I make running commentary watching movies, tv shows, reading - if there is no one to hear, I will talk to myself.

I make comments within the story because, I would have forgotten by the end. The chapters take me over two to three days. And I want to make comments when something is incredulous, when it's funny, when it's fuckery, when it's sad. I don't have people to share this segment of my life with except you dear readers, so I want to share what I found funny, where I found it funny or all those other things. Not a boring cursory comment at the end, that could very likely turn into an essay. The 'moment's' gone. I might as well not say anything. More often than not, thoughts evaporate in my head as soon as they appear especially if I come across a line or paragraph that is a tangled mess and I need to think in seven dimensions to decipher and make legible. There is usually at least one in every chapter.

I did think of a way to deal with the commentary that would be satisfactory to me and all parties - not in different colours and nor in footnotes, but then I thought; why should I? Why. Should. I?

Why should I make the effort for the whiners despite warnings?

The one-stars?

The ones with "objective" suggestions which are not? Might I ask that you look up "objective" in the dictionary because your bias is showing.

More readers? Is there a 'most-reader' competition I am unaware of?

I actually do not need to pander to anyone in my domain. I do that enough in my working day.

There is a simple very direct adage; there is nothing you can say, there is nothing you can do that will satisfy the whole world. I am quite happy and satisfied to satisfy a small portion of it. And if that portion dwindles to nothing, I placed this on myself and I can put it down and walk away.

So if my 'running commentary' annoys you, takes you out of the story, so on and so forth; walk on by. Like my people say - e no be by force. There are many of us in this market. There are many translators who do things cleanly. But as a human, there are many instances we have to take what we want in conjunction with what we don't want. But if that is an unacceptable compromise, simply move on.



I thank everyone for reading my blog and enjoying the stories I chose, and those who make the effort to comment. Thank you all. Every number on the bean counter is like nitrox. Every comment is like rocket fuel; just as likely to take me to space as make me explode.

I leave you with Dionne Warwick, singing absolutely beautifully