“I am about to unfriend you for promoting your work” is the new crazy irrational.

— Jake Bilbrey (@ZicklePop) February 1, 2012

Because if I am passionate about something and your first response is to threaten me? As Calamity Jane would say, “be fucked!”

— Jake Bilbrey (@ZicklePop) February 1, 2012

For the last couple of weeks I have been working very hard to work on things that might help me get a job doing what I want to do. I am proud of my work. I have, in January alone: set up in a new office, built and shipped Call for Me, redesigned my main site, designed and started a blog about web design, and was supprisingly approached to be interviewed on my friends new podcast.

I take a lot of things jokingly, but not these things. These things show who I am and what I am capable of. I am proud of my work. That is why when people say to me, and I am sure they meant it in no disrespect, that they are going to or about to unfollow me because I mentioned once on Twitter the work I have poured my heart in to, I get mad.

Because this is not a joke. I even have had close friends tell me that they think my jokes on Twitter, Tumblr, and on my podcast suck without reading, understanding, or listening to them. That is painful enough, but those things, which I put no less effort in, are for humor and I can ignore it. When I am working on a serious operation to try to start my life as a young adult? Friend or stranger, I do not care. I have way bigger issues to worry with than what I can do to keep you as a follower. Be fucked.