{"id":1549,"date":"2009-01-20T17:06:55","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T17:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2009\/01\/bipolar-singing-blogger-smackd.html"},"modified":"2009-01-20T17:06:55","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T17:06:55","slug":"bipolar-singing-blogger-smackd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2009\/01\/bipolar-singing-blogger-smackd.html","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Singing Blogger Smackdown, Part 2!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those who missed <a href=\"http:\/\/knowledgeisnecessity.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/bipolar-singing-blogger-smackdown.html\">the first episode of &#8220;American Idol&#8221; for bipolar bloggers<\/a>, let me just say that I was prompted to do a singing sequel to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2007\/11\/video-the-12-bipolar-days-of-c.html\">&#8220;The 12 (Bipolar) Days of Christmas.&#8221;<\/a> Unfortunately (for you) my voice has deteriorated even further. I could barely get through the edits of this, because the noise was so painful, especially as <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2008\/11\/video-the-highly-sensitive-per.html\">a highly sensitive person<\/a>. 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