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We Never Thought We’d Type “A2 Sex Blog” Either

A2 sex blog Sex and the Diag characterizes the Old Fourth Ward as “the assumed virginal side of town– deep into Ann, Catherine, and Thayer.” So that’s where we went wrong when looking for an apartment! Apparently the odd Kingsley or Ingalls resident gets some occasionally, though. And even in this chaste enclave, we’re glad to hear, “Sex, UM, and tradition are everywhere– a triangle capturing each students latent desires.”

35 Responses to “We Never Thought We’d Type “A2 Sex Blog” Either”

I live on Third St. and I can at least attest to the virginal state of my OFW bachelor apartment. If this chick is jaded about relationships at 22, I hope she isn’t still single at 33 like me. You gotta be tough, baby.
posted by Dave on January 13th, 2005 at 10:42 am
I didn’t know there was a “Bad Television” major option at UM…
posted by OFW insurgent on January 13th, 2005 at 10:47 am
Third Street is in the OWS, not the OFW.
posted by Larry Kestenbaum on January 13th, 2005 at 10:54 am
Shows what I know. Obviously there’s more than one virginal side of town then.
posted by Dave on January 13th, 2005 at 11:03 am
Long, over-written and boring. Maybe that’s why she’s not getting laid…
posted by js on January 13th, 2005 at 6:04 pm
Priceless! Keep ‘em coming, AAiO. js, I couldn’t agree more.
posted by Dale on January 13th, 2005 at 7:00 pm
(Tom Wolfe reads the blog wide-eyed, madly scribbling notes, and, I hate to say, panting).
posted by Laura on January 13th, 2005 at 8:17 pm
Seems like she’s trying to write just like that sex and the city writer, boring and unoriginal.
posted by TJ on January 14th, 2005 at 11:43 am
I feel sorry for her. I mean, I have trouble myself meeting anybody, whether for dating or not, but jeez… I’ve never watched ‘Sex and the City’, so I thankfully have little idea of what y’all are talking about (of course, I live in the United States, so I can’t claim complete ignorance).

The mention of Tom Wolfe now moves me to automatic laughter.
posted by Lazaro on January 14th, 2005 at 4:23 pm
Speak for yourself about the OWS being virginal, Dave.
posted by Brandon on January 14th, 2005 at 6:06 pm
Near ows keeps me plenty busy, doesn’t hurt living about 4 blocks from the bars on main st. and first st. I get plenty of strange every week.
posted by Brazo on January 14th, 2005 at 7:28 pm
Brandon — I *was* speaking for myself. Dunno why, but I’m finding it hard to meet folks. I’ve acquired some casual drinking buddies, but of course, they’re all guys too. Napoleon Dynamite is better with the ladies than I am.
posted by Dave on January 15th, 2005 at 3:37 pm
Ah, the young’uns with their dreams of becoming a sex columnist when they grow up…

At least it’s better than the Daily sex columns, when I used to read the Daily. Hey, I’m on Ann, and while there used to be action, it’s been rather dry as of late. Maybe the virginal problem is spreading from house to house like the plague? Makes me worry about living in Kerrytown next year.
posted by Jen on January 16th, 2005 at 6:44 am
As a Catherine street dweller I have to interject that I get tons of pussy
posted by Edward Atkinson on January 17th, 2005 at 12:12 am
Is it just me, or is this writer possibly the most boring inane blogger you have ever come across? I have come across some bad blogs, but Sex in the Diag is simply pathetic. I mean, it isn’t even interesting in any conceivable way. It doesn’t provide any insight beyond the shallow thoughts of a ridiculous undergrad. Only Ann Arbor could produce a writer whose bread and butter notes on sex could put me into a coma. Absolutely ridiculous trash.
posted by Duffy on January 17th, 2005 at 3:49 pm
I guess LiveJournal agreed it was boring since it’s apparently been deleted.
posted by Dave on January 17th, 2005 at 5:47 pm
I promise you it wasn’t worth reading - the asinine musings of a Michigan sorostitute. It was funny - great proof of the fact that while Harvard might be the Michigan of the East, Michigan students are sometimes the Ole Miss students of the North.
posted by Duffy on January 17th, 2005 at 5:57 pm
Come on, every nerd knows about Google Cache - her 15 minutes aren’t up yet:

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:dl4EqtZRSW4J:www.livejournal.com/users/sexandthediag/+&hl=en
posted by Anonymous on January 17th, 2005 at 10:14 pm
What the hell is the problem with you people? Freedom of speech and all, but ever hear of being respectful?
Obviously, she put a lot of time and effort into writing the journal, and probably didn’t think that what she was writing “wasn’t worth reading”. That said, if you don’t like it, just don’t read it.
Some of you are just being mean and hurtful which is uncalled for. She didn’t do anything wrong to any of you.
posted by Rich on January 18th, 2005 at 12:32 pm
Don’t express your thoughts in a public forum if you don’t want the public to express its thoughts.
posted by Dale on January 18th, 2005 at 12:57 pm
One would think that as an author, she would want the input of people who read her work so that she can make an effort to improve it. It would then be up to her to sort through the chafe and act on valid criticism.
posted by Kozzie on January 18th, 2005 at 2:42 pm
All bets are off once you start writing about your hoo-hoo. Especially once you start writing badly about it.
“sort through the chafe”… is that some sort of sick sex pun?
posted by personality on January 18th, 2005 at 3:00 pm
I don’t think people would have been so mean if it wasn’t so derivative…at least we have saved her from a Doris Kearns Goodwin-like demise.
posted by OFW insurgent on January 18th, 2005 at 3:15 pm
I would not be so critical if it A. was original B. interesting C. well written D. insightful E. provocative or F. worth the paper it isn’t printed on. It was none of these. If you want a one way conduit of information, then turn off the comment section on your live journal. Then you do not need to worry about people saying that you are a dipshit. Or better still - don’t write boring drivel at all.
posted by Dr.Mandrake on January 18th, 2005 at 5:52 pm
Although technically it wasn’t printed on paper…

I think people who say stuff like “As a Catherine street dweller I have to interject that I get tons of pussy” should have to wear that as a sign around their neck so that women can know to avoid them. Blech, I feel like I’m swarming in ants.
posted by Alex(andra) on January 19th, 2005 at 9:12 am
Actually, Alex(andra), though I agree, I confess I found it rather amusing that “interject” appeared in his sentence. I don’t know why… it just sounded so hifalutin…

Duffy: OUCH. My mom’s family are big Ole Miss fans, so I found that much funnier than I probably should have.

I usually try and make my criticism positive, but I concur with most of the posters here, I think–once you’ve decided to put it out there (no pun intended), you have to accept that you might be headed for brickbats.
posted by Lazaro on January 19th, 2005 at 3:33 pm
I try to avoid “this thing that no one’s heard of is bad” criticism, but if the thing enables me to criticize A2, I can’t resist. Ann Arbor is a small town, though, as I may have pointed out before, and people will see comments about them here (through referrer logs or self-Googling, not necessarily because of my vast local influence.)
posted by ann arbor is overrated on January 19th, 2005 at 5:15 pm
At this evening’s blog meeting, it was suggested that AAIO has a larger readership than the Ann Arbor News.
posted by Larry Kestenbaum on January 20th, 2005 at 1:36 am
How did that go? I keep refraining because I am under the impression no one actually shows up.
posted by Dave on January 20th, 2005 at 10:02 am
AAiO — do you have any visitation statistics? I’d love to see ‘em?
posted by Dale on January 20th, 2005 at 12:29 pm
I like to think I have a pretty decent readership among Ann Arbor politics geeks, anyway.

My stats say I get about 70,000-80,000 page views a month.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on January 20th, 2005 at 1:32 pm
How many unique views, if you have that info?
posted by Dale on January 20th, 2005 at 3:14 pm
PS thanks.
posted by Dale on January 20th, 2005 at 3:14 pm
Last month I got about 9000 unique visitors. Who knows how many of those are spambots.
posted by ann arbor is overrated on January 22nd, 2005 at 1:35 am
Sorry to spoil the readership bit but

Does anyone actually date in Ann Arbor? I thought they all just met and decided to get married. And this is not that undergrad shit (no undergrads date anywhere).
posted by the pentaverate on January 22nd, 2005 at 10:27 pm