{"id":721,"date":"2003-06-20T01:35:40","date_gmt":"2003-06-20T04:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/?p=721"},"modified":"2011-06-04T12:52:08","modified_gmt":"2011-06-04T17:52:08","slug":"why-im-such-a-jerk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/why-im-such-a-jerk\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I&#8217;m such a jerk."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not only a <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/redwing.hutman.net\/~mreed\/warriorshtm\/jerk.htm\" target=\"offsite\">jerk<\/a>, but I&#8217;m damn good at it.<\/p>\n<p>Hell, I&#8217;m better at it than you&#8217;ll EVER be, BAY-BEEE. Wait, better yet, I&#8217;m on a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">professional<\/span> level of jerkiness!!! <strong>Batgrl<\/strong> didn&#8217;t knickname me <strong>The Vortex Of Mischief\u2122<\/strong> for nothing, ya know.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nI sucked you all in, and I played you like a Stradivarius. Again. :0)<\/p>\n<p>To demonstrate, I&#8217;ve brought along a little visualization for your feeble minds to fully comprehend and appreciate the sheer magnitude of &#8230; of&#8230; the <strong>Grand Jerkdom<\/strong> that stands before you. As of 11:58 PM tonight, my Sitemeter stats:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/images\/posts\/stats0619.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"See? I'm not even afraid to SHOW you my pathetic stats!\" width=\"331\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Good writing and content, my @$$!<\/strong> Disasters and catastrophes are what the people want, by gum!!! So spare me the crap that none of you are here for my antics, flame wars and train wrecks, ok? The visits quadrupled because of heckling day.<\/p>\n<p>I also met a lot of cool new people, got bitchslapped by Sara, Diz, Venomous Kate, and Davezilla and we all had fun&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>54 hilarious comments, and 8 trackbacks. For a minute there, I REALLY thought I WAS the Princess of the Blogiverse\u2122. *sniffles* *adjusts tiara*<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all about the EGO, baybee!<\/p>\n<p><strong>EricBrooks.Com\u00ae<\/strong> &#8211; Admit it. You wanna be just like me when I grow up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good writing and content, my @$$! Disasters and catastrophes are what the people want, by gum!!! 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