Comments on: I Am Whatever You Say I Am

By: danperry

danperry — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:58:18 +0000

Rae, little late to the game on this comment, but Eminem has a song titled the same as this blog post, and if you’ve never read the lyrics you’d probably appreciate them. Here’s a sample:

I’m so sick and tired of bein admired that I wish that I would just die or get fired
And drop from my label and stop with the fables
I’m not gonna be able to top what my name is
And people hold in to some poppy sensation
That got me rotation
On rock and roll station

It just gets better and better. Hope all is well.

Dan

By: SeoCincinnati

SeoCincinnati — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:17:05 +0000

Great work Rae I look forward from leaning new and profitable stuff from you and stay real because that is what matters.

By: nuclei

nuclei — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:47:49 +0000

>>>I was questioned for my decision to interview you

Interviews should be based on knowledge and experience, not how some people perceive a persons outlook or anything else. Rae has both the knowledge and experience that count in this industry, so the asshats can stuff it.

my 2c

By: cre8pc

cre8pc — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:57:26 +0000

The frustrating part is the knowledge that if someone really knew us, they might like us or get over their critical judging anal and usually way off base conclusions. The Internet and SM contribute to these weird versions of ourselves, esp. those who are out there conversing. We type, therefore we are? This isn’t true. We type to communicate or promote or whatever but its not enough information about who we are every day.

By: rumblepup

rumblepup — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:39:38 +0000

Rae, I’ve been a long time reader and twitter follower, a lurker of forum ages past you might say, but after reading this current post, I felt compelled to express a couple of points.
1. Your a BAMF par excellence. My hat off to you at every step, because one thing you have always been is consistent with your message from the getgo. “it is what it is” is sometimes misconstrued as criticism, or even badmouthing. As diplomatic and professional as we try to be, you can’t be all things to all people. The mirror of the truth is a hard looksee, when we turn it to ourselves, or when we put it in someone’s face so they can get a peep of the world.
2. There are five “saying” I love to death, and as often as I can, I steer myself by them. 3 of them taught to me by the Pops, and one of them is excellent for this situation. FTS. Whether it’s “this”, “that” or “those.”
Just do me a favor, and never be anything less than SUGARRAE.

By: Rae Hoffman

Rae Hoffman — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:03:21 +0000

>>>I was questioned for my decision to interview you

The funny part is, it was likely by people who have never met me or have never had more than a five minute conversation with me. People who don’t really know me. But, in all honesty, those people aren’t the people I want to know. They need their status quo and I would suffocate from it. ;-) I wonder sometimes frankly if they don’t simply resent me for not being afraid to be myself – which is something most of them don’t have the guts to do.

By: cre8pc

cre8pc — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:50:03 +0000

Honestly? I had no idea what to think about you Rae at first, nor can I remember when that even was. I was questioned for my decision to interview you and to each of them I explained that you’re a true professional, brilliant in your work, determined to succeed and are one of the hardest working persons I know. I identify with you the single mom because I was one, and I relate to kicking ass and being an over achiever because who has time to whine about what isn’t? Your post here is less about you and more of a statement on how pathetic those folks are who hide behind masks and are wimps. Just remember…the Internet isn’t real.

By: Tim Staines

Tim Staines — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:29:23 +0000

Although I would like to freely express my opinion about everything in my natural tone, I haven’t yet achieved your level of success or, for that matter, been in this industry long enough to be individually successful; but I’m working on it.
Until then, I’ll be keeping my tone under control and very PC. This doesn’t prevent me from being honest and straight forward in my communications, it just increases my chances of successfully building a career. Anyway, cheers to ‘keeping it real,’ I hope I will be there sooner than later.

By: KeithCash

KeithCash — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:32:32 +0000

Very funny post. LMAO. I find it refreshing the direct approach you use.

By: httpwebwitch

httpwebwitch — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:09:10 +0000

I’m logged in with an alias, but that doesn’t make me “anonymous”… you know who I am ;)

Well said Rae — a fitting response to the douchebags who pollute public fora with immature, anonymous crap.

I had a thought once that online activity *everywhere* should be tracked the way it is on social media sites – everything you do, say, write – published like a minifeed visible to everyone: your grandmother, your employer, your elderly Sunday School teacher. Then perhaps people would maintain some dignity.

(my peeve = commenters on youtube. what a pile of dipshits)

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