Hate Me? Rate Me.
So I've pounded out dozens of posts for months, almost years. The least you could do is slap down some spiteful vitriol about how you hate me so much but are strangely compelled to look for updates and when they do come the heavens burst open and the angels sing. For example.
Or you could say, "If God were to keep a blog about Chile, this would be it."
Just throw this perrito a bone.
In other news, if you've been wondering why my sidebar is totally chaotic and incomprehensible that's because it's been latinized. See the Spanish Flag? Click on it. You, too, can read Chileno in Spanish. Google Traductor is damn good. Figures of speech don't work but those are obvious. So give it a try, Chile.
And don't hesitate to rate me in Spanish, it doesn't matter. English, Spanish, whatever. The big blue box. Do it.
Thanks!
posted by Chileno @ 3:03 AM
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Hum, you know I tried using that widget the day I stumbled on this blog (blame me googling for slum pics of Santiago for that), and I found it made me sign up to it's services to do so. I don't like signing on to stuff I'm not using so I just didn't go through the whole process. Thought you might wanna know that.
Reading your 'why chileno' post made me laugh. I've got skin so white pp call me transparent, and I'm blonde enough to never be mistaken for brown hair. But I was born here, thus I *am* chilean myself.
Go figure.
When did colors have anything to do with birthplace anyways? We're in a pretty globalized world and there's always immigrants everywhere.
Dawwling I did tried to "rate you" but the bloody thing asked me to register in order to leave my comments and ratings. At that moment I did feel like registering.
Hey guys, thanks for letting me know your feedback. I emailed the owner of RateItAll, and he responded right away saying that he totally understands but that it's inevitable in the world of consumer reviews, which I totally understand.
I thought I'd throw that perrito a bone by using his rating widget, and I've been pleasantly surprised. The four rating-reviews that've been left so far are really good quality. Even Pato left a rating, (negative, of course) but surprisingly well-written for Pato!
The only thing is he gave me 1 out of 5 stars, so I need more people to rate me so we can get a more accurate figure up there.
About registering, well, nobody will deny that it's a pain in the ass, but I'd say it's worth the 1-3 minutes it takes to sign up, login and help bury Pato.
Thanks!
Well . . . . since you asked nicely :D I will go ahead and register. Do you really think Pato has the capacity to write something with an eloquent tone? Perhaps his "gringuita" wrote it for him. ;)Wink)(Wink)
Now why do you want to "Latinized" or "Chilenized" this site? You already have established your blog demographic. To establish an identity online is the hardest thing to emote in this sterile medium. Why throw it away? Succesfull blogs cater exclusively to their niche market. For example the www.fashionista.com blog caters exclusively to the vapid and superficial girly-girls. No surprise when the fashionista staff mirrors their audience to a T. So if one day they started covering more "real people" topics the site would be in a state of flux.
Your blog my friend already mirrors you in many ways. It already has attracted a following of multilingual"Third Culture Kids", intellectuals, and highly educated 20-somethings who are savvy enough not to buy into the BS the media puts out there. If for some reason "knock on wood" your blog were to attract the lowest common denominator of Chilean society then we would soon have a buntch of "Patos" running around causing trouble. Those people don't have the capacity to have adult conversations without sulking or behaving like a surly 13-year-old. This is a great place to discuss topics that not many like to talk about.
>>>Perhaps his "gringuita" wrote it for him. ;)
That's what I thought too! Poor Pato. Well, I looked again and it did include an error. Doesn't mean his girlfriend didn't write it. Either way, both of them are improving their English skills.
Anyway, thanks for the kind words to my audience and I suppose me. I haven't really thought to nichify this blog beyond "Chile" or perhaps "Chilean". But even if what you say about the intelligence of my audience is accurate, then I don't see how I'm not catering to them by slamming an idiot now and again.
Every Royal Court needs a jester like Pato, no?
Well It was my pleasure! Your blog along with a few others are uniquely different than most of the countles self-absorbed blogs who bring nothing to the table.
Even though this blog is very "chile" it crosses borders. Most of the people that will likely to fancy this site are expats currently living in Chile or the one who lived down there at one point in of their past. Chileans residing somewhere else for a number of years. Also peppered by the "worldly" green peace folks. Then one of the most interesting buntch "the foreigners" who has a special bond with the "Patria" because of a Chilean parent, grandparent or grandparent? Those people can usually see Chile in a totally different manner. As an outsider and as a local as well.
I totally agree a court jester is fine for entertainment, here and then. Yet we don't need a whole regiments of them.;)
your blog kicks ass... this coming from a half-Chilean American/Chilean/Italian citizen who lived in Peru until the age of 10, and in the States thereafter, constantly hearing tales of Chile's greatness... constantly... and I certainly found it lovely as a kid... but travelling there as an adult I found Santiago to be a bit of a shithole... and the culture (i'm way into music) seemed to be running on fumes... while being choked out by commercialism... what's the word i'm looking for... FOME... yeah, that's it... FOME (spelling right?)... as in CHEESY... etc... anyhow, what's there to like about Santiago? (besides CHILENAS, the money to be made, PISCO, and the rich 'hoods or highrises where one can breathe?)
;-)
Honestly, and generally speaking, I like the Chilean people, and their culture, and their vibes... in spite of their xenophobia... but man, if Neruda were alive today, there's no way the dude would spend much time there... it's too STIFF... and the art/lit scene's been on a downswing for years... yada yada yada... bitch, bitch, bitch! ;-) suffice to say that i travelled to chile a few years ago thinking that I might wanna live there... and left rather disillusioned... regionally, i'd rather plop down in Lima or Buenos Aires - any day of the week... it pains me to say that... i so much WANTED TO LIKE the place...
>>>i so much WANTED TO LIKE the place
Well you know they say good intentions pave the road to Hell. (Hell being Chile).
Nah, it's not hell; you just have to discover the good things about it. But it takes effort which means that overall, on a day-to-day, Chile is an extremely uncomfortable country in many ways. Cultural vapidity makes it hard to meet intelligent, well-read people to have interesting conversations with (yes, you spelled FOME right -- pronounced FOH-may, means 'boring'). Cuisine is rock bottom and even when you find a nice place to eat that becomes the only place to eat. Chile is over-rated, people who say it's pleasant or culturally stimulating or advanced should be shot.
The upside of Chile is the rustic austerity and wildness of the landscape the tenderness of its people and the strangeness (sometimes a 'good' strangeness). Well, like I've said before it's hard to "say" what's good about Chile. Cliche, I know, but you have to "discover" it. You also have to be willing to undergo a lot of torture as well. It's a country of self-loathing capitalistic monks.
No, the greedy capitalist actually lovethemselves!
Capitalistic monks are the middle class fools in Chile who pay 10x as much for shitty prison-block cells sold as "apartments". They're buying into the capitalistic bourgeoisie dream, but they're living awfully and austerely as ever. Sure, the capitalists at the top are living it up but those are the masters, not the majority.
Would not call them monks! Monks are spiritual and introspective individuals, who live within the harmony of man and nature. I would actually compared them to sheep in the chaotic herd. People are actually "buying" into that false sense of reality. The capitalistas are savvy to exploit the old "arrivista" mentality.
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