‘With another love shall I then love you.’ — Nietzsche
So, the new shelton wet/dry is becoming a little repetitive. Same bizarre stories of weirdos, psychology revelations, cancer cures, American Apparel chicks… Repetition can be positive (Nietzsche’s eternal recurrence), even orgasmic, but usually it’s soporific.
Conclusion: I’m less inspired by working on the site. Conclusion of the conclusion: Starting today, I’ll stop publishing the nsw/d daily. I’ll post once a week, every Friday- the same kind of quoted moments, but by doing less of it, I hope I’ll keep it interesting and exciting for all of us.
Thank you, JC
August 4th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Boo.
August 4th, 2008 at 9:57 am
sounds good
August 4th, 2008 at 10:17 am
This saddens me.
August 4th, 2008 at 10:55 am
rats. i read it every morning.
August 4th, 2008 at 10:56 am
i’ve enjoyed making nsw/d a part of my morning everyday for the last year or so. the “bizarre stories of weirdos, psychology revelations, cancer cures, American Apparel chicks” -always neatly cropped and completely out of context, like it’s namesake- present an oddly compelling portrait of contemporary culture. it’s new format will become another reason to look forward to friday.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:01 am
please reconsider
August 4th, 2008 at 11:18 am
I can’t even imagine the amount of time you’ve invested every day in making this happen, but I, for one, have greatly enjoyed. Thank you!
August 4th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Boo! I also look forward to every morning before I read my important emails, to see new posts throughout the day! Whenever I get a creative block, I can look to you to freshen my perspective! Your vacations are agony, I worry this will hurt as well! I don’t think you’re repetitive!
August 4th, 2008 at 11:57 am
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
August 4th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Oh no! That’s sad! I really enjoy reading nswd, even reading up all the stuff i missed when i went on vacation. :)
But yea, thanks for it all.. it always gave me a fresh perspective (wierd ideas) for the day!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Oh, damn. This is my favorite blog out there, and I read it religiously (and bear witness accordingly). You’ll be missed.
August 4th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
as long as you don’t stop life is good.
you (well not you but some images you post) make me feel i’m a well functioning man (to put it with my father’s words). you changed my photography (it’s getting perverted). cheers!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Thanks for all your hard work. I too have enjoyed your site daily and anxiously await your return from breaks. Once a week is better than none; I’ll look forward to Fridays.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
We are not amused.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
I love reading it daily but do what’s best for you. Great job!!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Typical! Just as I finally get round to making nsw/d my homepage! ;)
August 4th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
I love this site.
August 4th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
There’s someone else, isn’t there. ISN’T THERE. Who the hell is she.
August 4th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
I blame myself. I didn’t mean any of those things I said. We could start over. I’ll change! I swear. You can even make other websites, if that’s what you want. Just don’t leave me… Please I’m begging you-, NSFW,- er um uh I mean NSW/D, you know I can’t go on with out you.
(PS I have a private collector who is willing to pay $100,000 for the URL, but you will have to move it to PHiladelphia. Please advise)
August 4th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
quality over quantity… yay for a better nsw/d
August 4th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Waah.
I’ll live, but I understand it. Running a blog is hard work.
August 4th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I’ve noticed you post A LOT of stuff. I find it all super interesting. If it’s getting boring maybe posting less frequently will help - or maybe try broadening the subjects you post about.
Good luck, love reading your stuff, it’s always very compelling!
August 4th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Thank you everybody!
The quote is from Thus Spoke Zarathustra
http://users.compaqnet.be/cn127103/Nietzsche_thus_spake_zarathustra/I_22.html
August 4th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
I asked for the flaubert quote in the previous article. in case this is a misunderstanding and you see all comments on one page
August 4th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
From a letter
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZKhcAAAAMAAJ&q=%22To+be+stupid,+%22+Flaubert&pgis=1
August 4th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Im crying on the inside :(
August 4th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
boooo
August 4th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
come on now!
August 4th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
I hang out for this all the time, it is probably my favourite website. I’m very sorry that you don’t feel as inspired about it anymore.
August 4th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
: (
Maybe we could just have a daily “every day, the same, again?”
August 4th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
I understand, but I’ll miss it. It’s going to be hard to break the daily habit.
Good luck, and thanks!
August 4th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
That’s a shame because, while it might be a formula, it’s a brilliant formula. You’ve put me on to countless interesting articles and images on NS W/D so although I’m disappointed you’re going weekly I understand your reasons. Looking forward to Friday…
August 4th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
right on..ill still be reading
August 5th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Oh noes!
August 5th, 2008 at 4:54 am
How about a list of your daily reading links to leave your devotees? I read your page first before checking my mundane emails. Always exciting perspective on the world. Don’t underestimate your value and worth. We live(d) through your eyes.
August 5th, 2008 at 5:37 am
Ever since I stumbled upon your site and saw just how much e-goodness it contained I’ve been coming back to it every single day. That being said, if the seemingly endless stream of updates have become a burden to you then cutting back is definitely the right thing to do. I hope you’ll enjoy the retrieved free time & thank you so much for everything.
You will be gravely missed, sugartits.
Quickly everyone, gather round for the Virtual Group Hug Pile before we all get too sappy!
August 5th, 2008 at 6:25 am
This is my favorite website. I switch favorites quite frequently, but somehow this site has been the most compelling read continuously for me since i discovered it a year ago.
I agree with previous posters, the amount of work you seem to put into this website is astonishing, and for that I’m incredibly grateful. Thank you. (p.s. I do think you should have a PayPal link hidden here somewhere, and I’m probably not the only one of that opinion)
August 5th, 2008 at 8:52 am
thanks for giving me something to read every morning.
i suppose now i have one more thing to look forward to on friday’s.
this is my favorite site for the past year and look forward to more.
thanks.
August 5th, 2008 at 11:08 am
We loooove your posts, less is more though. This isn’t a weaning process, is it?
August 5th, 2008 at 11:24 am
YOU SUCK!!!
(not really, but I feel I have to rant, even when it’s uncalled for)
August 5th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
August 5th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Thanks always for the great site, regardless of how often it is updated. One of the best I have read.
August 5th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Thanks for doing this site. I’ll love it no matter when you update it.
August 5th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
i think i can live with this. but my heart still bleed a little. don’t leave us…
August 5th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
ps. i knew jesus made this.
August 5th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Either way, I appreciate the work that you do.
Thanks.
August 5th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Hrmm. This could be a terrible idea or a really good idea.
August 6th, 2008 at 3:11 am
I’m only being cool about this because I know you’ll miss me so much you’ll come running right back after you see what’s out there.
August 6th, 2008 at 4:38 am
jeeze louise, is there no other waaay???
I like your angle/reportage/stuff/shit & once a week? will it do it?
yes
but will it do it enough: NO…..
I’m hoping you miss it daily as much as I will & reconsider
til then
mickturate
August 6th, 2008 at 7:48 am
maybe twice a week to compromise…please !
August 6th, 2008 at 9:53 am
fuck.
August 6th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Bisogna avere del caos dentro di se’ per poter generare una stella che danza. Bisogna avere una stella che danza dentro di se’ per poter generare del caos. Bisogna generare del caos per poter avere dentro di se’ una stella che danza.
Bisogna avere stella se’ per dentro una di che poter generare.
Caos.
August 6th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Understandable - you put in a lot of effort. I’ll miss my daily dose, but as long as there is a weekly one, I’ll get by. Thanks for the site so far. Very entertaining.
August 6th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
On the one hand, I’m relieved: so much quality content to get to on a daily basis, I was starting to feel overwhelmed! On the other hand: no, don’t leave me!
Thanks for the ridiculous amount of work you’ve been putting into this task; you will be missed while you’re gone. I now have something to look forward to on Fridays.
August 6th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
the higher we soar, the smaller we seem to those who cannot fly…..)
love you JC!
t
August 6th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
I have loved the uniqueness of this site. the quotes and pictures are so different and well picked. the articles themselves are very interesting. i check this site daily and i hope that you do reconsider. maybe 3 days out of the week?
August 6th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
This sucks! Maybe Monday Wednesday Friday? or Mon and Fri? Once a week is not enough!
August 6th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
man ill miss it!!!
August 6th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Hi, long time lurker of your impressive and original website, I don’t think it is neccessary to stop posting here on a daily basis, I just read on Boing Boing about a blogger who was strapped for time, so rather then stop posting altogether he outsourced his daily posting work through a company to a friend in India, who recieves his blog work for the week, and posts it in his absence. So now the page doesn’t have to dissappear.
The company has a website called www.taskseveryday.com, you sign up for an account, give them the informaton they need , and you get a 24/7 personal assistant to help you continue to blog for this website. CNN says that you can get this service at a very affordable price , as little as 30 USD a month.
It’s up to you of course, but please reconsider, this website is one of the most creative and innovative places on the blogsphere, don’t give up!
www.taskseveryday.com
August 6th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Christ, but I’ve only just discovered you. Don’t do this to me. Don’t leave me alone in this godforsaken wilderness.
August 6th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
I am deeply saddened by my loss. -sigh-
August 7th, 2008 at 12:17 am
I absolutely love your blog.I tell so many people about it. If you need to just sell ad space,fuck it! We all will still love you. Basically make it your job by selling out. Even Indians had homes made of skin. You will have to sell out to sell your self in.
DO IT. This site is aweome
August 7th, 2008 at 6:20 am
Somehow, I have come to think that nsw/d it´s not a blog run by an actual person. To me, it feels more like a natural sublimation of the internet, a automatic mixture of this absurd but meaningful ocean of information. What matters who´s speaking, right? That anonymous, despersonalized feeling it´s, I think, one of major strengths of this site.
So… Please, please, dont be a human being and dont take our daily dosis of the internet out of us.
August 7th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Can I avoid a mawkish reaction to this news? No, I don’t think so…
Shame on us.
August 7th, 2008 at 11:19 am
boo
August 7th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
No New Shelton Wet/Dry sucks harder than a New Shelton Wet/Dry.
I am enamored with the smart, eclectic content here and although I wish you’d reconsider, I understand the quest for the fresh.
Thanks for all the hard work! I will now go cry myself to sleep.
August 7th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
I’ve enjoyed NSW/D immensely… its a beautiful creation and an inspiration to seeing the world in a new light.
I’ll keep looking out for the weekly updates!
August 8th, 2008 at 12:32 am
This makes me sad but I can understand your reasoning. I just want to say thank you for all of your hard work and let you know you have done a great job. I will miss the daily updates but will appreciate the weekly updates that much more.