One year being an Ex-Ninja

Hey, it's been a year since I started Ex-Ninja, the follow-up to my former blog Ninja Dixon. Nowadays when you google Ex-Ninja you will find this blog at the top, but before that it was actually something completely different: 

1. Ex-ninja
A friend or confident of your ex that goes to the same parties/gatherings as you and informs your ex what you were doing and who you were with at said function. Ultimately, your ex will show as to send and icy cold/frosty stare to you that would make kittens cry.
Urban Dictionary

That's as far from me as possible actually, at least the last 15-16 years. I was more jealous as a young man. 

So I'm not jealous now then? Not at exes, I just don't care actually. But I still can feel a sting in the heart after leaving Ninja Dixon, hoping to find new readers through Typepad. It's gone very slow. The statistics is a little bit better now, when I get more and more steady readers checking in every day to see if I have something new to offer.

This might seem cynical, but you see, compared to some guys I've known I care about readers. If you don't have anyone who's reading your texts there's nothing worth writing for. I write for YOU, because I want to share my movie-viewing experiences to others. 

I'm not sitting here writing for myself, for the drawer. I write because I want other people to watch movies, sometimes movies they didn't know existed - or movie that deserves a reconsideration. That's why I'm writing about almost every kind of movie - except maybe comedies and normal, mainstream-dramas. Well, I can review a blockbuster from time to time - but it needs to go a few years since its release. 

So the reason why I'm here is you. Not for me. Not to give my movie collection a reason to exist. I need you, and I hope you'll stay at least another year. 

Thanks,

Fred

 

Comments

[Megatron]

"That's as far from me as possible actually, at least the last 15-16 years."

Oddest description I ever read of the word "Ex-ninja".......hahahhahahhahah.....someone must have been high.

"I write because I want other people to watch movies, sometimes movies they didn't know existed - or movie that deserves a reconsideration."

Yeah, I for one, appreciated that.......but like i told you before....I think your influence is bigger than you might notice.

But you will probably NEVER get any recognition for that......just accept it.

Nice rant...thanks Fred.

[gk]

i may not comment on every post but i do read them and the treasure trove of movies I've seen in the last year or so through your posts has been incredible. thanks for doing this fred. :)

[Smallerdemon]

Well of course I'll stick around another year, Fred. No one else is reviewing what you do and no one else seems to have such a great enjoyment of actually watching movies.

[Tuscan]

Congrats! Looks like we are stuck one with each other. You are doing a great job!

[Volker Stieber]

Hi Fred,

I read all your posts, but usually through a feed in my browser or on flipboard on my iPad. I don't know if typepad picks that up, but if not, then I think your readership may be higher than reported.

I love your blog/post !

I still think you should offer the entire NINJA DIXON blog as a print-on-demand book or epub. I'd buy it !

[Fred Anderson]

Thanks volker!
It would be fun to do something with Ninja Dixon, but it's so much material to go through... :)

[Fred Anderson]

And I appreciate you reading the stuff you read :) Thanks!

[Fred Anderson]

thank you so much :)

[Fred Anderson]

Thank you a lot! I'll do my best :)