BootsnAll Travel Community

To: all people that write for BootsnAll.

Do any of you receive totally bizarre emails/feedback from the people who have read the articles that you have written? Or, is it just me?

Kidding. I've received a bit of feedback for a couple of my articles, most of it just kudos. It makes me feel pretty damn good when someone likes what I write.

What kind of weird feedback are you getting?

I get emails from people that want, oh, say.... a threesome with some hooker in Costa Rica and they want my advice on where to find one.....because, as the guy who emailed me put it: "my girlfriend also likes to do girls."
And, that's one of the relatively tame emails that I have gotten... everybody praises the writing, but most want some info and it's usually something about drugs, prostitution, vice, etc.

Odd. Perhaps there is some, um, vibe you are giving off to those who dig debauchery and hedonism?

I've gotten a few odd emails, but nothing like Brandon's. Most of them just want to play 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon with me (Where did you go to school? Do you know my cousin Johnny?). I've also had a few email pick-ups, complete with atrocious spelling. Oh, and one guy wanted to know if I've given my soul to Jesus.

But most emails are nice, and I like reading them no matter what they say. What I'd like to get is some more constructive criticism! Now, I'm not saying that my ego doesn't love getting praise, but I wouldn't mind receiving some tips to improve my writing.

Cheers,
R

be my frin....pleez

You shouldn't give your soul to Jesus......
You should give it to me......
JUST KIDDING!!
(beware of guys that use too many exclamation points, for no reason)
never trust a man who says: "bye-bye"

Nobody has ever asked me if I have given my soul to Jesus.....that sort of thing makes me uncomfortable.....but I think my readers "know better." at any rate, I would just reply: What soul?

SERIOUS QUESTION- you two are girls, you should be able to answer this.....

I got an email from this "person" who was using an odd nickname (this was regarding my articles on bootsnall- Costa Rica)....it was pretty obvious that it wasn't their real name....but, I addressed them using that name.....ok- then the person gave me their real first name in a second email. It was an androgynous name like: Jamie....

Anyway, after about five or six volleys of email, I was starting to read into the diction of the "person's" writing that it was a girl....I'm a writer, I think that I would know.... And so, I asked: are you a girl?

Would either of you two, or any woman that reads this, find that offensive?

Only if I were a guy, then I'd be bent. Otherwise, I sure hope people can tell that I am female. And there is no reason not to let them know said important piece of information.

Okay, I'm curious now. What happened with the androgenous name person?

Nope, I wouldn't be offended. But I don't offend very easily...

nothing happened- IT just never returned the email that I sent (the one asking about its sex)....
As a guy, I wouldn't be offended- I would just say 'NO' Mr. Poopy-Pants, I AM NOT.....

have you guys seen the posts by Joe Ehrlich? That's where I got the Mr. Poopy-Pants thing.....I would never intentionally say anything like that.....the posts that I am talking about are on the BootBlog.

not to be rude, Brandon, but it's gotta be you--or something in your articles. I only get nice comments from BnA readers (except when I DISSED Seattle, then I got a couple of people who were offended, but actually a few more that agreed with me!)

What I have gotten are these really weird spams that have no message, just a subject line, with false return addresses claiming they're from Chris or Sean (which they're not).

I think we should start a fund to buy Brandon a copy of "Lola" by the Kinks:-

I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola
See-oh-el-aye cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola
El-oh-el-aye Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Well I'm not the world's most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Well we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said dear boy won't you come home with me
Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
I pushed her away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Then I looked at her and she at me

Well that's the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my Lola
La-la-la-la Lola
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola
La-la-la-la Lola

Well I left home just a week before
And I'd never ever kissed a woman before
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said dear boy I'm gonna make you a man

Well I'm not the world's most masculine man
But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man
And so is Lola
La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola
Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola