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1. I get to earn money for my sushi kitty (no pun intended). And, as any dedicated sushi lover will tell you, them little raw fishies do not come cheap. So far, I have earned R70 which will almost satisfy at least one of my sushi cravings. (Note that this point can also applie to Red Wine)

1. I get to blog. Ok, so there are loads of other sites I could go to but none of them are half as cool or funky as MyDL. And I speak from actually having blogged on three other South African blog sites as well as on other overseas sites.

1. There is a Shout Box. I think this is such an awesome feature that most days I would rather just park off there than do anything else. I’m probably there right now.

1. I love emoticons... Maybe a little too much...  They’re kind of addictive...  I can’t imagine writing something now without adding an emoticon... They have taken over my life...  Yes. They complete me...  

1. Ok, so then there’s all those posts about gadgets and stuff. *scratches little blonde head* Let me tell you, as a technologically-challenged person, these tend to be really informative. I mean, who would have thought there was something called a BlackBerry?

1. You can win really cool stuff. Competitions like the most recent one are a healthy motivating factor and as I tend to be quite a lazy writer, it’s great having an incentive to get the creative juices flowing.

1. The staff are helpful and I would just like to publicly state that I need all the technical help I can get (refer point 5). I think most of the queries I’ve ever had were answered almost instantaneously and in comparison to other blog sites, this is definitely pretty impressive.

1. You can see whose online at any given time. This is particularly useful if you are looking for someone to harass or annoy. And, if they don’t reply you know they are just ignoring you. This will be useful ammunition when you take it up with them outside later.

1.  Blogs get highlighted and if you’re lucky and can spell and write real good, you might even make it to the “Writers That Rock” corner of fame. I mean, talk about an instant self-esteem booster.  

1. I’m here... (I decided to self-inject my self-esteem – who knows when I will make “Writers that Rock” again.)