he's gonna hang around twitter apparently.. just wont be tweeting only gator stuff..
On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 7:53 PM, mail.bobparks.com <[email protected]>wrote: > Too bad he's quitting. He has talent. > > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > Real Estate Broker > Bob Parks, LLC > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > Gallatin TN 37066 > 615-972-4239 > 615-826-4040 > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 2, 2013, at 6:18 PM, Woody Bass <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dont personally know him but hes been quite a legend of sorts in the > blogosphere and twittersphere. > > Woody (via iPhone) > > On Dec 2, 2013, at 7:05 PM, "mail.bobparks.com" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Is this a friend of yours, Woody? > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > Real Estate Broker > Bob Parks, LLC > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > Gallatin TN 37066 > 615-972-4239 > 615-826-4040 > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* Woody Bass <[email protected]> > *Date:* December 2, 2013 at 5:41:30 PM CST > *To:* WXIA <[email protected]> > *Subject:* *[gatornews] The Unsportsmanlike Gentleman: Small Time > Satirical Gators Blogger Calls It Quits; No One Cares* > *Reply-To:* [email protected] > > > http://www.theunsportsmanlikegentleman.com/2013/12/small-time-satirical-gators-blogger.html?m=1 > > Small Time Satirical Gators Blogger Calls It Quits; No One Cares > > Hey everybody, this is my 200th post on the site! YAY! Can you believe it? > However, did you know The Unsportsmanlike Gentleman has been around since > the start of the 2008 season? Well, it’s true, my friends. Granted, I > wasn’t going by The Unsportsmanlike Gentleman in those days and I was only > writing game recaps for my friends on Myspace (HA, outdated websites!), but > that’s where this all began. Then in 2010, I decided to go public, thus TUG > was born on a Facebook page to test the waters before diving into a full > fledge blog. After that season ended, I joined Twitter and shortly after > that, I started this site. > > > Three seasons and a lot of losses and laughs later, I’m here to tell you > all that this is my final post as The Unsportsmanlike Gentleman. All things > must come to an end, right? It’s time for me to move on and do something > else. What that is, I still haven’t figured out. But, I feel like the time > is right to step away from playing this character. And yes, The > Unsportsmanlike Gentleman is a character. This is satire and if you thought > any of this was real, I will pray for you. (Sadly, some did. Looking at > you, Georgia Bulldogs fans!) > > > I’m hanging it up for a variety of reasons. I do this in my spare time for > fun and to give me a creative outlet to keep me sane while I work a mind > numbing office job. My job doesn’t allow me the benefit to sit down and > write during the day when I have down time. Sure, I can sneak away and fire > off some quick tweets here and there, but that’s about it. Sitting at my > desk during the day analyzing spreadsheets with my left brain and trying to > come up with a scouting report with my right brain doesn’t lend me to being > the most focused or productive employee during football season. So, trying > to maintain the site in the evenings and weekends can be a hassle and I > don’t want it to be that way. > > > But, the biggest reason why I’m hanging it up is because I’m just tired > of playing this character and I want to be myself on the internet for a > change. I feel like I’ve plateaued with this blog and I’ve taken it as far > as I’m going to take it and I’d rather end it now before it became unfunny > or stale. Maybe it has already, I don’t know, but if it hasn’t, then it > inevitably will. > > > I love satire. I don’t think there is a greater form of comedy than a > well-written, sharp, satirical piece, but writing satire is tough. There's > a fine line you have to walk. The best satire is when you know it’s satire. > That is why I am going to leave the satire business to the professionals > like The Onion, Stephen Colbert, South Park, and PFT Commenter. And let me > say, if you don’t know about PFT Commenter, go follow him on Twitter or > find him at Kissing Suzy Kolber immediately. He is so fantastic and > astoundingly hilarious that it makes me angry. If I could do this all over > again, TUG would be what PFT Commenter is, but I’m not smart enough to pull > off what he’s doing or I would’ve have done it in the first place. > > > Anyway, there are a lot of people I want to thank for the support and > helping me to this point. First of all, the people who joined the Facebook > page in the very beginning, you all are wonderfully, insane people, for > whom I love. You got into a car with a deranged stranger and let him drive > you around town even though he had no idea where he was going or what he > was doing and was never looking at the road. It means a lot. > > > That goes for everyone who has read this blog and was a fan. I didn’t > know what to expect when I started this. The internet is a dark, damp > basement of assholes waiting to shit on anything that someone else tries to > create that doesn’t match their interests. I really loathe those people. If > you dislike something, be it a movie, book, TV show, etc., move on and keep > searching until you find something you love and promote it to the world. > What’s the point in wasting your time telling someone they suck because you > didn’t like the video they posted on YouTube? > > > I am so happy that the comments, emails, and messages I’ve received over > the years from you all have been nothing but positive and supportive. I’ve > only received a handful of negative comments and the majority of those were > from fans of other schools. So, thank you, guys, for being awesome! > > > A big thanks to Paul Sjoberg at Our Two Bits. I was on Twitter for about > two weeks and had probably 25 followers before Paul reached out to me and > wanted me to guest write for his site. I agreed and my first ever post was > the Muschamp Intensity Meter. I had about 700 new followers by the next > day. They are good people over there at Our Two Bits and I’m really > appreciative of them letting me post my nonsense on their site. > > > Thanks to Chris and James at Gators First, had they contacted me a day > earlier, I would have probably been guest writing for them instead of Our > Two Bits, but they were still kind enough to repost some of my stuff on > their site and gain me a larger audience. > > > Thanks to Andy Hutchins at Alligator Army for linking my stuff on his > site from time to time. I’ve gotten so much traffic from AA. More than any > other source, in fact. Andy may ruffle some people’s feathers, but I > thoroughly enjoy reading what he writes. > > > Thanks to Michael Nash for designing the awesome headers and background > for the site. He does great design work and I highly recommend him if you > need someone in that area. > > > Thanks to all the other Gators blogs that I've interacted with, The Bull > Gator, Jean Shorts Torture, Throw The Flag, The Gators Daily. You guys are > great and I honestly believe that Florida has the funniest, smartest group > of bloggers and writers of any fanbase in college football, including EDSBS > with Spencer and Celebrity Hot Tub. The last few seasons of Florida > football have been less than fun on the field, but every single one of you > has entertained me on a daily basis and at times, had me in tears laughing. > It has been a privilege serving beside you all and I hope to continue to in > some form in the future. > > > Thanks to my biggest fan, the Palm Beach Post’s Jason Lieser. He’s been > quite upset about me hanging up TUG since I confirmed the news to him a few > weeks ago. He even threatened to quit his job if I stopped blogging. > Jason’s one of the most entertaining Florida beat writers to follow on > Twitter and has promoted me quite a bit on that time wasting site. It is > much appreciated, sir. Please don’t quit your job over this dog and pony > show. Bloggers like me are a dime a dozen. It’s not worth it, man. > > > Thanks to Blackout Sports for having me be a part of their network for a > month. Sorry it didn't work out! > > > Lastly, thanks to my friends who continue to support, encourage, and push > me to write more and improve as a wannabe writer/comedian. This blog would > never have existed if it weren't for you. I love you all tremendously, even > though almost all of you are FSU, Miami, or Alabama fans. > > > So, what’s next for me? Eh, I don’t know. I guess I’m a free agent of > sorts at the moment. I want to continue to write, just not sure what yet. > I’m going to take a little break from blogging to figure out what I want to > do. I don’t want to say TUG is dead forever. I may get the itch to write > satire again, but if he does return, it will mostly likely be in book form. > I’ve had an idea for a book in my head for the last two years, but it just > shows you how lazy I am that I haven’t even bothered to sit down and write > it. I think it’s a good idea for a book and would be pretty funny, but > we’ll see. > > > Oh, and who exactly is the man behind TUG? Hello, I’m Blake. Sorry to > disappoint you, but I’m a nobody. I'm the most average person you'll ever > meet. I’m 31. I live in Polk County (I know). I’m a nice guy. I'm quiet and > laid back. I don’t go outside much. I have immaculate hygiene. I love > Reece’s peanut butter cups. I don’t drink (I can hear your gasps from > here). I’m a rational Gators fan, if that’s a thing that exists (get this—I > don’t think Muschamp should be fired OR that Pease should have been fired > [ducks]. Maybe that just makes me dumb and not rational. I don’t know.) > I’ve never been married, nor do I have children, unlike TUG who has > experienced multiple divorces and has a few offspring that he pays no > attention to. His only love is Florida football. So, ladies, I’m single! > Holla! > > > Have I managed to successfully ruin your image of TUG? What I’m saying > is, I’m mostly the opposite of that character. TUG was an alter-ego for me > to get my most asinine, irrational thoughts out and make people laugh. > > > If I made just one of you chuckle, then it was worth it. I never made a > single dime writing any of this, but I didn't get into this looking to make > money. Like I said before, this was all purely an outlet for me to > entertain and I certainly had fun doing it and I hope you did too because > this is supposed to be fun. It’s a game. Losses don’t bother me and believe > me, I certainly want Florida to win, but win or lose, I’m going to laugh > and enjoy it. > > > Don’t worry, though. I’m not leaving for good. I will still remain on > Twitter at my current account and will still tweet plenty of jokes about > the Gators and college football, the sport I love the most. Same sense of > humor and all. However, the account will now be my personal account meaning > other random jokes and me laughing at how bad my Chicago Cubs are (I can > handle a 4-8 season because I’m a Cubs fan). So, I hope you’ll stick around > on Twitter and let me entertain you more. The Facebook page will basically > just be a community for us discuss Gator football and crack wise. As for > this site, it will remain in case I get the itch to blog again and for > anyone who’s feeling nostalgic and wants to read some old stories. > > > Finally, thank you again to everyone who has wasted a little bit of time > to read something I’ve written. Whether you loved or hated it, I appreciate > it. 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