Tequila!
Updated Saturday, May 7 and Monday, May 9. See below.
Bloggers of the world unite: Let's find out what happened to Tequila Mockingbird
Tequila Mockingbird is the pseudonym for a blogger named Julia who lives in Washington, D.C. She has a sister. She used to be married. Her mother sometimes reads her blog. Her co-workers sometimes read her blog. She works in, I think, a legal office, or some kind of consulting firm, though I don't think she's a lawyer.
She is a terrific writer.
And she's missing.
She was nominated for Best Writing of a Blog in the 2005 Bloggies. I voted for her. She didn't win, but she wrote a heartfelt, yet cliché-ridden post about it. She appreciates her readers. She would not abandon us.
Something terrible must have happened to her.
Last time she went not quite two weeks without writing, she wrote this. This time, it's been over a month.
We, her readers, are worried.
If you believe in the theory of six degrees of separation then I must know someone — perhaps one of you, my Gentle Readers — who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows Julia.
I propose we start a tequila meme. If you have a blog, write about Tequila Mockingbird, the missing blogger, or link to this post.
If you know Julia, and can tell us what happened to her, please email me.
I will post whatever information I gather here.
Update: Saturday, May 7
No news yet, but a few comments:
First, I emailed Julia at the Hotmail address she gives on her blog, to let her know about the tequila meme. The message didn't bounce back, which would seem to indicate that either she, or someone on her behalf, is checking her email. This is a good sign.
Second, it is not my desire to invade Julia's privacy. She certainly has the right to take a break from blogging. One of her readers posted this comment on Julia's last post: "Looks like CW at www.wittandwisdom.com is hanging up the towel also. I know he and Julia are friends..."
I sincerely hope that's all that's happened to Julia; that she's just taking a break. The thing is, I don't think she would do that without letting us know. She'd say goodbye, like her friend CW did.
Blogs are a wonderful medium for one-to-many communication. My purpose in starting the tequila meme is to see if the medium can't also function as a vehicle for many-to-one communication. We, Julia's readers, are the many. We want her to know that we admire her, that we miss her — and that we are concerned about her. I hope that, as the tequila meme spreads, it will reach the attention of Julia's sister, or mother, or co-workers, or even Julia herself, and that one of them will email us to say, "Julia met the man of her dreams in Bali, and no sooner had she arrived home from her trip than he showed up on her doorstep and swept her off her feet. They eloped — to Bali, of course — and are taking an extended honeymoon. Julia expects to return to blogging later this summer."
Something like that.
Thank you to the following people who have picked up the tequila meme. Some are my readers, some are Julia's:
Norman Walsh, who is an XML Standards Architect in the Web Technologies and Standards group at Sun Microsystems, joined the tequila meme here.
Mike in San Diego, who suggests a possible relationship between Tequila Mockingbird and tequila.
Amy, a blogging mommy in Chicago.
Jess in Saskatchewan.
Jellyfish Skibum, a fellow Canuck living in Denver, who posted the tequila meme on Planet Sark.
And to the many non-blogging Tequila Mockingbird readers who emailed me to express their concern about our favourite blogger: Brandon, Lena in Sweden, Amy Lou Who (who is probably more than two), and Ken, who says Julia's last name is, or was, Montgomery.
Update: Monday, May 9
Elizabeth, also in Washington D.C., joined the tequila meme here and linked to one of Julia's old posts in which she describes herself, and even posts a picture. Seems her name is, in fact, Julia Montgomery. When I clicked on Elizabeth's link, I spent another half an hour reading Tequila Mockingbird. Her writing has a way of drawing you in that way. You laugh with her, you cry with her. You root for her.
You are concerned when she disappears.
Silly Rabbit has also blogged about the hunt for Tequila Mockingbird.
If you write about the disappearance of Tequila Mockingbird, please contact me at PostmodernSass@gmail.com and let me know. Write about her now, before we lose momentum. Somewhere out there, someone who reads one of our blogs knows Julia, and can tell us whether she's OK.
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Read the conclusion of the tequila meme here. In the next story, Postmodern Sass has... French Fries.
Bloggers of the world unite: Let's find out what happened to Tequila Mockingbird
Tequila Mockingbird is the pseudonym for a blogger named Julia who lives in Washington, D.C. She has a sister. She used to be married. Her mother sometimes reads her blog. Her co-workers sometimes read her blog. She works in, I think, a legal office, or some kind of consulting firm, though I don't think she's a lawyer.
She is a terrific writer.
And she's missing.
She was nominated for Best Writing of a Blog in the 2005 Bloggies. I voted for her. She didn't win, but she wrote a heartfelt, yet cliché-ridden post about it. She appreciates her readers. She would not abandon us.
Something terrible must have happened to her.
Last time she went not quite two weeks without writing, she wrote this. This time, it's been over a month.
We, her readers, are worried.
If you believe in the theory of six degrees of separation then I must know someone — perhaps one of you, my Gentle Readers — who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows Julia.
I propose we start a tequila meme. If you have a blog, write about Tequila Mockingbird, the missing blogger, or link to this post.
If you know Julia, and can tell us what happened to her, please email me.
I will post whatever information I gather here.
Update: Saturday, May 7
No news yet, but a few comments:
First, I emailed Julia at the Hotmail address she gives on her blog, to let her know about the tequila meme. The message didn't bounce back, which would seem to indicate that either she, or someone on her behalf, is checking her email. This is a good sign.
Second, it is not my desire to invade Julia's privacy. She certainly has the right to take a break from blogging. One of her readers posted this comment on Julia's last post: "Looks like CW at www.wittandwisdom.com is hanging up the towel also. I know he and Julia are friends..."
I sincerely hope that's all that's happened to Julia; that she's just taking a break. The thing is, I don't think she would do that without letting us know. She'd say goodbye, like her friend CW did.
Blogs are a wonderful medium for one-to-many communication. My purpose in starting the tequila meme is to see if the medium can't also function as a vehicle for many-to-one communication. We, Julia's readers, are the many. We want her to know that we admire her, that we miss her — and that we are concerned about her. I hope that, as the tequila meme spreads, it will reach the attention of Julia's sister, or mother, or co-workers, or even Julia herself, and that one of them will email us to say, "Julia met the man of her dreams in Bali, and no sooner had she arrived home from her trip than he showed up on her doorstep and swept her off her feet. They eloped — to Bali, of course — and are taking an extended honeymoon. Julia expects to return to blogging later this summer."
Something like that.
Thank you to the following people who have picked up the tequila meme. Some are my readers, some are Julia's:
Norman Walsh, who is an XML Standards Architect in the Web Technologies and Standards group at Sun Microsystems, joined the tequila meme here.
Mike in San Diego, who suggests a possible relationship between Tequila Mockingbird and tequila.
Amy, a blogging mommy in Chicago.
Jess in Saskatchewan.
Jellyfish Skibum, a fellow Canuck living in Denver, who posted the tequila meme on Planet Sark.
And to the many non-blogging Tequila Mockingbird readers who emailed me to express their concern about our favourite blogger: Brandon, Lena in Sweden, Amy Lou Who (who is probably more than two), and Ken, who says Julia's last name is, or was, Montgomery.
Update: Monday, May 9
Elizabeth, also in Washington D.C., joined the tequila meme here and linked to one of Julia's old posts in which she describes herself, and even posts a picture. Seems her name is, in fact, Julia Montgomery. When I clicked on Elizabeth's link, I spent another half an hour reading Tequila Mockingbird. Her writing has a way of drawing you in that way. You laugh with her, you cry with her. You root for her.
You are concerned when she disappears.
Silly Rabbit has also blogged about the hunt for Tequila Mockingbird.
If you write about the disappearance of Tequila Mockingbird, please contact me at PostmodernSass@gmail.com and let me know. Write about her now, before we lose momentum. Somewhere out there, someone who reads one of our blogs knows Julia, and can tell us whether she's OK.
Read the conclusion of the tequila meme here. In the next story, Postmodern Sass has... French Fries.
1 Comments:
So. I really missed out on all the excitement!
I was away for a while. Too much life. Not enough time. Or energy.
But I've started writing again and as I was cleaning out my hotmail account, I found all kinds of messages from folks about me and where I was and this meme! I was flattered and guilt-ridden all at the same time.
Probably one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me, that meme.
Many, many thanks.
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