A Night on the old Writer's Cafe

Writers Cafe hasn't always been perfect. The story below highlights the frustration writers went through one year just to read a poem or send private messages.

If not for friendships, I (and probably others) would have left long ago.  

Side note...Robbie is actually an attractive female on the site.

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OK, I'm on. I'm surprised it came on so quickly. Hmm, no messages. Let's see if anyone read my new one. Click...wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...nope. What about new reviews? Hmm...nope, but I could have guessed that anyway.

Everything seems pretty normal. Let's see who's online. Click...wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...yeah, there's a bunch of people. 

This girl looks good. Click...wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...NO DATA RECEIVED. 

Damn! I'll go to Grooveshark and listen to music while it clears up. La dee da. Hmm, let's check out some Kansas. Yeah, this new live version of "Howlin' at the Moon" is awesome. hm, hm, la dee da. 

Let's go back to Writers Cafe and see if I can get on. Click...wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...NO DATA RECEIVED. UGH! Back to Grooveshark. OK, how about some Porcupine Tree - The Sound of Muzak," yeah, haven't heard that in a while. Ahh, nice! hm, hm, la dee da. 

Alright, that should be enough. Let's try it again. Click...wait, wait, wait...Ah, it's back on and went right to the girl's page. Let's just glance at her bio: "I'm a girl who loves to write; in fact, it's my life."

Okay, girl who loves to write, let's check out this poem and see what you've got. 

Click, this is a true story:

You fkin' broke my heart

But I can't let you go

I wake up every fkin' morning

Wishing u were here  

Fk, I say to myself

What the fk am I here for?

If I can't have u,

Sh*t, this life is useless  

If you didn't f@#kin' leave,

I would have...

That's too much cursing for me. It sounds like a typical kid who just discovered cursing so she's using them like newly discovered toys. I would venture to guess everyone else her age found the same toys. I think I'll move on to someone who looks like they can write. 

OK, let's go back to online writers. Click...wait, wait, wait, wait. Oh man, this site is really slowing...oops, there it is. Alright, let's see who else is on. This one looks good. 

Hold on, message from Robbie. Click...wait, wait, wait. Hello Robbie, how are you? Blah blah blah…what did I do over the weekend? Well, I blah blah blah. How about you? Click send...wait, wait, wait, wait...NO DATA RECEIVED. AHHHH!

MAN-OH-MAN! What the hell is wrong with this site? Okay, let's go to YouTube and check out some funny pets. Here's one: a cat who scratches the dog's back. LOL. 

Let's see if I can get back on now. OK, back on. I guess Robbie got the message. Let's see if I can go back to writers online and do a review while I'm waiting. This girl looks good, too. Her bio is a mile long; let's see a poem.

"This is about a relationship; ignore any mistakes."

Ignore any mistakes? Was she in some sort of hurry to get to English class when she wrote it? This is a writing site, isn't it? 

Let's go to someone else...

This guy looks interesting. Click...wait, wait...hmm, I'll try this poem. Yeah, I like this one; I'll do a review. "I really like this one...blah blah blah."  

Click...wait, wait, wait...message sent. Great! And there's a message from Robbie. Click...wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...NO DATA RECEIVED.

Maybe I'll get off for a little while. I'm getting too frustrated. 

A half-hour later...

Okay, Let's see if I can get on. Yup, I can. There's Robbie's message. Click. Yes, Robbie, I agree...blah blah blah. So, what do you think? Send message...click...wait, wait, wait. It worked! Should I try writers online again? Hmm, let's try. Okay, good. Who will I review now?

How about him? Naw, he's way too good; I can hardly ever understand what he's talking about anyway. 

Well, I'll try someone in my friends list... Click...wait, wait, wait..."NO DATA RECEIVED. 

Ten minutes later...

Let's try this one...

This is about blah, blah, blah. Nice! Sounds good:

All I've ever wanted was punctured by regret

I've lived a life of blossoms and chives

And yet I've made the bet

If I hadn't gone through the pain,

I wouldn't be going through this sh*t.

Forget it! Let's try someone else...

Let's try this one:

The moon hung like a ball on a long gossamer string,

Begetting silver topetta milk in obscene oracles,

Reflected by Staphylococcus aureus.

Too much; let's see someone else...

This one's great! Let's do a review:

Wow, great flow; blah blah blah. Send review...NO DATA RECEIVED.

This sucks! Let's get off this crap and come back tomorrow.

The next day...

OK, I'm on; I'm surprised it came on so quickly. Let's check to see if there are any new reads on the new one. Click...wait, wait, wait, wait, wait...nope. And what about any reviews on anything? Hmm...nope.

Let's see who's online.

I'll read some of this guy...click...NO DATA RECEIVED.

The hell with it...I'll just watch TV.

Author's Note

This was written when the site was experiencing lots of problems.

Update: Poem was revised sightly. Too many "Okays" I never noticed. Might need more tweaking, don't know. Good for now. (1/17/15)

Reviews

[MOON]

Ha , exactly what happened when I reviewed this, this was funny and so true.

[Relic]

Thank you moon, it does seem to be a problem that won't go away.

[Emberlorna]

This just made my day lol you literally had me laughing out loud all the way through - thank you :}

[Relic]

Haha, I'm happy I made you happy. ha Thank you.

[Emberlorna]

:}

[asdarkeyesclose]

haaaaaaaaa!!!!! i've got a lot of different sites i visit while this one's loading, when it's taking forever, which is probably most of the time! i copy my own reviews to paste them back when it crashes when you press Submit Review and it starts hanging- that one annoys me the most. thank you for all the humour and making me wonder why i even bother with this site :):)

[Relic]

I have other sites I visit too Ghost, and yes I've experienced the same problem and copied it as well. Thanks for reading.