Day 2 - Adolescence
Is my interest in this whole thing waning? It wouldn't surprise me. I had a go with a couple of these before. They turned out rubbish.
On the other hand, this is day 2. You're still here. So am I. Both of I. So this has turned out great! Maybe a 2nd anniversary party should be arranged.
I have little experience of blogs, apart from reading other people's and thinking "I could do that better and on a cheaper budget". I have already fulfilled one of those obligations. Can you see any spelling mistakes? Grammatical errors? No. That is my pledge to you, the reader. High quality English or your money back.
Should this be a slice of life? Should this be about my day? About my job? About my interests? Should this drop mentions to people who the average reader will have no idea about?
For instance, I have read blogs which say things like, "Mike and I went to the shops today". Out of the blue. Not only is it rude not to formally introduce "Mike", but it also strikes me as rather self-indulgent. But maybe a blog is self-indulgent. Maybe that's what it's all about. Some kind of electro mind-wank, publicising the fact that there is a "Mike" and that you do fun stuff like going "to the shops" with him. Even this sounds like protesting too much. Why even include this Mike character? What's wrong with "a friend"? You can't dangle the carrot of a 3rd person dimension then whip it away from the reader, where Mike's place in the scheme of things always remains tantalisingly outside of your comprehension. Surely, if you want some kind of confessional format to these things you need to foster that trust and connection between yourself and the reader. The whole Mike thing takes a sledgehammer to that and batters it senseless. What's next? Is Mike going to have a spin-off Blog called "Mike"? Perhaps Mike doesn't even exist. Perhaps he's a construct which allows people to think that this blogger has a life. That she/he is not so completely obsessed with blogging that she has to create an intricate fantasy life to have something to say. That's some kind of weird Twilight Zone thought. Matrix-esque. Maybe all bloggers are just robots, well versed in human randomness.
Time for an oil change I reckon.
On the other hand, this is day 2. You're still here. So am I. Both of I. So this has turned out great! Maybe a 2nd anniversary party should be arranged.
I have little experience of blogs, apart from reading other people's and thinking "I could do that better and on a cheaper budget". I have already fulfilled one of those obligations. Can you see any spelling mistakes? Grammatical errors? No. That is my pledge to you, the reader. High quality English or your money back.
Should this be a slice of life? Should this be about my day? About my job? About my interests? Should this drop mentions to people who the average reader will have no idea about?
For instance, I have read blogs which say things like, "Mike and I went to the shops today". Out of the blue. Not only is it rude not to formally introduce "Mike", but it also strikes me as rather self-indulgent. But maybe a blog is self-indulgent. Maybe that's what it's all about. Some kind of electro mind-wank, publicising the fact that there is a "Mike" and that you do fun stuff like going "to the shops" with him. Even this sounds like protesting too much. Why even include this Mike character? What's wrong with "a friend"? You can't dangle the carrot of a 3rd person dimension then whip it away from the reader, where Mike's place in the scheme of things always remains tantalisingly outside of your comprehension. Surely, if you want some kind of confessional format to these things you need to foster that trust and connection between yourself and the reader. The whole Mike thing takes a sledgehammer to that and batters it senseless. What's next? Is Mike going to have a spin-off Blog called "Mike"? Perhaps Mike doesn't even exist. Perhaps he's a construct which allows people to think that this blogger has a life. That she/he is not so completely obsessed with blogging that she has to create an intricate fantasy life to have something to say. That's some kind of weird Twilight Zone thought. Matrix-esque. Maybe all bloggers are just robots, well versed in human randomness.
Time for an oil change I reckon.
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