April's CR Diary

Hey April,
I finally got around reading your blog on my rant.. First of all, I didn't invade Mary's blog, she let me in. She could easily delete my comments and not reply to me if she chose to, so this is a wrong accusation. Secondly, reading your blog, I am more certain that you're majorly vain. Not because you take good care of yourself, love yourself or are happy, because you're not interested in anything besides yourself. That's being vain is all about after all. I recommend you riverbend's blog, riverbenblog.blogspot.com, a.k.a Baghdad burning to see what I am talking about. Not liking kids and not wanting to have kids is probably going to be the only thing we'll have in common in this lifetime I assume.
zeynep the ranting turkish woman

Zeynep,

Just because April writes a blog that's predominantly about herself, it doesn't mean she's vain. For many people, a blog is simply a public diary--it's supposed to be about yourself. So, if that's what your tirade is about, you're simply misinformed.

If you're making these accusations because April's a life extensionist, that would make a little more sense. Basically, if you want to live forever, you probably have to think of yourself as pretty valuable.

And my impression is that April does value herself very highly. She clearly believes she's critical in the fight to make sure every nurse is provided with health coverage, and she thinks she's a darn good cook.

But does her strong sense of self worth mean she doesn't care about anyone but herself? I don't see that at all.

She could probably be making a lot more money doing something else, but she chooses to fight for nurses. Also, by sharing her innovative recipes, she's helping people prepare healthy food that's actually aesthetic and tasty.

There are plenty of other examples in the archives of April being concerned about other people and of society as a whole. So, yes, April does write a lot of about herself and her man, but her goal is to help others become happier and healthier. That's not vain.

Well Zeynep, here is the hyperdictionary's definition of vain...."having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he/she was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary".

Now, I don't know April personally, but I have been reading her blog for close to a year now. The above definition does not, in any way, describe April's personality. She is simply a woman who is proud. Proud of her accomplishments, proud of her body, and proud of who she is. Does writing about ones daily CR meals make one vain? Does sharing recipe ideas and writing hilarious anecdotes about ones life make one vain? I think not. I admire April greatly and have appreciated her writings immensely. She provides inspiration for myself and many others on CR to reach that level of pride that I thought would be unattainable.

Pride and vanity are two very different human attributes.

Dear April,
You have great advocates, all trying to explain to me what the word "vain" means.. Well, I know what the damn word means, that's why I can use it. No explanations needed, thank you.
I actually started liking you after finding out that you were a union organizer. That's one heck of a hard and important job! Mary also told me how idealistic you are and I like idealistic people. By the way, you cleverly censored my comment about MR in your quote from me, don't think that didn't catch my attention. All those pro-April monkeys' comments aside, I changed my blog and am ranting and raving there now, if you care to check. istanbulwitch.blogspot.com
zeynep

Here go April's monkeys once again... You monkeys: How many times do I have to tell you that I speak your mother tongue perfectly as a third language (after turkish and german) and that I know exactly what the word "vain" means and I use it consciously? How many more times?
zeyno

Well April,
since you decided to get rid of all my comments even th well-meaning ones, and censored me on my comments abut MR while quoting me, I have no choice but to resort to my original idea; you are so vain... So vain and so insecure that you can't deal with what I represent, stand up for yourself without changing or deleting what you receive, so vain and insecure that I have no idea how you can be an union organizer with that weak personality. Make sure to censor and use this comment as material for a blogfeed for you and a feeding for your monkeys.
zeyno

Well April,
since you decided to get rid of all my comments even the well-meaning ones, and censored me on my comments abut MR while quoting me, I have no choice but to resort to my original idea; you are so vain... So vain and so insecure that you can't deal with what I represent, stand up for yourself without changing or deleting what you receive, so vain and insecure that I have no idea how you can be a union organizer with that weak personality. Make sure to censor and use this comment as material for a blogfeed for you and a feeding for your monkeys.
zeyno

Well,
I strongly believe after a few tests that April is full of shit. Not worthy of anything because she's not a real and sensitive human being. She resembles the cartoon cut out figures we used to cut out of magazines and dress up with the clothes provided, to play with. April is a 7 year old girl's playmate and nothing else. She cannot be anything else. She's stuck in her barbie phase.