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The end

Hey guys. Bad news. I woke up this morning and decided I wanted to stop blogging. There was a time, when I first started doing this, that I thought I could blog for the rest of my life. In many ways, blogging was the perfect format for me and my scatterbrained personality. I'd go through my daily activities, witness something interesting, plop at my desk after work, write about it, repeat the next day.

You ever wonder how chronically single people are able to go years and years without having sexual intercourse, and not lose their sanity? Easy -- they masturbate. And that's sort of how it had been for me all these years: creatively-speaking, I was content, because I had a blog to scratch all of my itches. Blogging was a quick fix. Masturbation.

But now it's time for me to move on. It's been a great run these last 4 years, but I think I want to do other things now.

So this is it. My last post on Ill Noise. For those of you that have been reading about my life all these years, thanks. I really appreciate it when people stalk me. No, seriously, thank you for reading, everyone. And who knows, maybe this won't be the last you'll ever hear from me. Maybe someday I'll publish something or do something else equally as fun. I don't know. I'll figure it out.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

29 Comments

#1 Minnie

nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

November 13, 2007 07:40 PM
#2 Will

Sad day for the internet. I don't think I even know a blog out there that was as consistently entertaining or funny as yours. Most blogs recycle daily political or celeb news, or talk about geek technology...yours was just about your life, but unlike the millions of livejournals out there yours was engaging. Take care, and good luck with whatever you decide to do to scratch your "itches."

November 13, 2007 08:44 PM
#3 Chris

I've been a fan since you started. If you publish something, I will be first in line at B&N.

November 13, 2007 09:09 PM
#4 Melanie

Aw Pete. You were very committed to your blog, so I'm surprised. Also disappointed because I will have nothing to read in the morning when I have my coffee.

What are you going to do now? You need to do something, that's just the way you're wired.

November 13, 2007 09:13 PM
#5 Angie

Lame. You're not my buddy anymore. Kidding, but I am sad.

November 13, 2007 09:41 PM
#6 Felecia

:(

November 13, 2007 09:48 PM
#7 Joanna

What a sad way to end it, I didn't even see it coming!

Well I must say that you are a talented writer with a very unique blog. You were topical, and fun to read. I always wondered how you were able to come up with so many interesting or funny things to write about, never showing signs of slowing down.

My prediction is you will return to blogging some day when you again have a really funny life experience and need to tell the world!

November 13, 2007 10:54 PM
#8 Jenny

nooo pete!!! why???

November 14, 2007 06:27 AM
#9 Steve

So you're pulling the plug just like that. You just pulled a Dave Chappelle on us. This sucks...

November 14, 2007 07:36 AM
#10 Bernie

You can't leave us! I refuse to believe!

November 14, 2007 08:13 AM
#11 Sean

I'm disappointed....but I understand.

November 14, 2007 09:18 AM
#12 Paul McKendal

I don't think there's anything else on the internet quite like Ill Noise... I started reading this summer and instantly bookmarked your site. You have a very idiosyncratic brand of humor, but you were also good at blending it with pathos.

You will be missed.

November 14, 2007 10:32 AM
#13 David

You'll come running back to your blog someday I know it.

November 14, 2007 11:31 AM
#14 Evan

....Say it ain't so!

November 14, 2007 12:32 PM
#15 Mark

I'll let you guest Blog once in awhile.

November 14, 2007 12:58 PM
#16 Greg Cygnar

Good for you. You were pissing your talent away on a blog, it's time to do something a little bigger. Kudos.

November 14, 2007 03:11 PM
#17 Frank

you will still putter with this. Even if you dont, i hope you continue to write.

November 14, 2007 07:25 PM
#18 Kaler

Pete I've seen you grow as a writer and humorist all these years. You have a way of making us laugh uncontrollably while also breaking our hearts at the same time. You've amassed a body of work that you should be proud of. I can't wait to see the kinds of things you come up with next.

November 15, 2007 06:45 AM
#19 Joe

you are quitting, wtf??

November 15, 2007 07:56 AM
#20 Hoyt

So what the heck are you planning on doing now?

November 15, 2007 08:33 AM
#21 Ian

I don't believe for a minute that you are ending your blog. I predict your return by the end of next week TOPS.

November 15, 2007 10:58 AM
#22 Lennie

Thanks for the laughs.

November 15, 2007 03:01 PM
#23 Zelda

awww no! oh well at least there are still a lot of posts in your archives i can read.

November 15, 2007 04:43 PM
#24 Nicholas

I say we all sign a petition to bring Ill Noise back!!

November 15, 2007 05:08 PM
#25 Walid

You know thats ironic Mr.Pete because I was just thinking of giving up masturbation. But in the end, we always return to old habits. Cheers to you good sir.

November 15, 2007 11:20 PM
#26 Jason

Did you calculate the risk involved with this sort of decision?

November 16, 2007 10:28 AM
#27 Owen

I get it... you are working on Ill Noise: The Movie aren't you?

November 16, 2007 11:57 AM
#28 The Mark of Excellence

Michael Jordan
He created a game called basketball.
-Millions adored and indulged in his success.
Then, he "quit" and decided to play baseball.
-Millions were sad at the decision, many expected it to result in imminent failure, even more expected the failure to encourage him to return to basketball.
Then, he quit baseball to return to basketball.
-Millions got what they wanted, and were dissappointed.

Then, he starred in Hanes commercials with that guy from Footloose.

November 16, 2007 05:45 PM
#29 Roy

It was fun reading your blogs all these year Pete. I hope you get a book published one day.

November 16, 2007 08:44 PM