09.10.07
ben here
Twice now my friends and I have been forcibly evicted from our blogging home. It’s not like we’re drunk, noisy, rowdy, cousin-fucking hillbillies or anything but still we can’t seem to catch a blog-damn break when it comes to our communal hosts. In the past week I have signed up at no less than five other blog sites. They are all either full of children or they have no soul. So now I find myself here at WP. I was tempted to blog here once before but I had heard that this place was all hoity toity grammatical and snooty and well, that’s just not me. I like to write and I am more than a bit voyeuristic when it comes to reading about the lives of others…and when it comes to watching them have sex too really.
My one big disappointment with WP is that my name was already taken. I tried to log into the system, I punched in every password I ever used just in case at one time I did sign up here and forgot about it. It would not surprise me if indeed I was the benthere here and I used some new password (that I picked because I would surely remember it) that I have long since forgotten. My nana has Alzheimer’s and I know that someday it will be my fate to wear my pantyhose on my head too so most days I count myself lucky if I remember to wear pants. Alas it appears that some other bent was here first.
I have been blogging as benthere for four years. To have to come up with a new moniker at this point seemed like too much work…I am lazy so really doing most things feels too much like work. I knew that I wanted to keep ‘ben’ in my handle because, well, that’s who I am. That was when ‘benher’ came to me. I know it sounds a little butch, a little Hestonesque but I love a good pun and when you take away the religion, the slavery and the chariots it’s just the story of a woman trying to find her place and her voice in a textual world. I am a little more feminine than Charlton, I have better hair and I like to think I am a little more eloquent. Now if you’ll excuse me I’d like to settle myself in here and rearrange some furniture…then I’ll deal with those damn dirty apes.
ben
heidiland said,
September 11, 2007 at 7:17 am
Now that I’ve made my wordpress blog all pretty, it just seems so… empty. We nomads just can’t catch a break can we? I’m glad to see you just the same.
Ben Her… you’d look fabulous driving a chariot. ;p
Lady Visine said,
September 12, 2007 at 3:55 am
It’s soo good to read, er see, er… Hi Ben! It totally sucks that the community has been shredded again. I’m just absolutely relieved to have found you. Another thing you have that proves you’re better than Heston is your pulse. Definitely makes you at least 6 feet higher on the pedestal, even if said pedestal is on ground level.
Love you & so glad I didn’t lose you. Must have the Ben fix!!! <3
Squilla said,
September 12, 2007 at 10:42 am
Oh thank god I found you!
XXX
Patty said,
September 12, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Good afternoon, here I thought you were at blogspot, I found an older one there called bentheretwo, but guess this is the one I should keep in my favorite listings. Good to see you again. But I don’t like the fact we aren’t alerted if someone we want to read has posted a new post. Hang in there.
Melissa said,
September 13, 2007 at 1:10 am
I found you!! Thank goodness…..
sladewilson said,
September 14, 2007 at 3:34 am
Riding on that damn chariot…
I don’t know about you, but I kinda like it here. For me, this might turn out to be a permanent stay and not a neglected one either.
I’ll still be on efx2 if and when it comes, but I’ll probably link to here and vice versa.
The new digs are pretty swank, though. It appeals to the bougie in me…
Abraham Lincoln said,
September 14, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Hey look who popped in. Nice blog.
Treasa said,
September 14, 2007 at 10:52 pm
Maybe (too late now, but) you could be bentheretoo2 or 3 or 4
bitzky said,
September 15, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Don’t worry! Efx2 seems to be picking itself up! And to us you are always Ben
Jeremy said,
September 17, 2007 at 10:18 am
Gotta love Chuck Heston, his birthday is 2 days before mine after all. Good thinking Benny, are you staying here now?
badmutha said,
September 17, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Good to fing you again. I’m on a mission to find everyone.
Kel said,
September 17, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Yay, I found youuuuuu! <3
aintgotno said,
April 4, 2008 at 5:19 pm
apparently i did register a wp blog … fortunately i musta set the computer tostay logged in …
hello ben it’s bloo