Who’s Who in Baltimore’s Online Neighborhood

The latest issue of Urbanite takes on the Baltimore blog scene, pointing out several “peepholes into the private lives of people in our city.”

Supafine is described thusly:

Stay-at-home mom Mary Beth Eastman started her blog in 2003 because she was, in her own words, unemployed, living in a new city, and bored out of her skull. Since then, she’s used her online alter-ego to chronicle, explain, and document the antics of her husband and young son, and to share her experiences as a new mom. Eastman explains that blogging “takes a little bit of the terror out of being responsible for a new human.”

Well, kinda.

I’m not a stay-at-home mom — I work part-time … um, doing stuff, for a place, vague vague vague — but otherwise it’s a fairly accurate writeup, I suppose. Should be, considering that I supplied the quotes. [I love that Iain has “antics,” too, like a pet. He totally does, you don’t even know.] But it’s not the whole Supafine story.

If we’re talking Baltimore scene, I’d point out that I wasn’t always writing incessantly about my husband and [6 months old next week] son. I had Supafine for two years before Owen was born, during which time Lostgal and I put together the first Blog Baltimore Happy Hour, I started the Blog Baltimore listing, did various Baltimorey things, and the CP tagged me as an “obsession.”

I say this not to toot my own but because, to be fair, I consider Supafine more than just a repository for crazy Owen stories, much as I love that little poopbutt. I may sound like just another mommyblogger these days, but I swear, I used to have a life. Kind of.

But whatever. I know you don’t care, dear readers! That shit’s history. We’re living in the now!

Moving on. Now we reach the part of our program where I will confess I’ve been walking to the Towson library every day after work to find this issue of Urbanite. And it’s still not distributed there! Imagine my self-obsessed angst! Unfathomable! But at least they’ve finally posted it online.

Ugh. I’m utterly sick of myself now. Time for strawberry shortcake and network television. See you tomorrow.

June 30, 2005 | Filed Under check it out

Comments

2 Responses to “Who’s Who in Baltimore’s Online Neighborhood”

Malnurtured Snay on June 30th, 2005 10:40 pm

I was looking for the Blogger section on their website but couldn’t find it — thanks for posting that!
Linda on July 1st, 2005 6:06 am

Congrats on the article - that’s so cool!!! I was looking forward to reading it, and now I’ll have to run out and scoop up a bunch of copies. Way to go! Congratulations.