Successful Blogs No More
December 23, 2004
You know those really famous blogs that everyone visits and reads and drools over? You know, the kind that make a name out of themselves by having a purpose, cutting edge design, and opinions that seem to be so popular with everyone. They were the ones everyone emulated. Their designs were partially, or wholly stolen. They can get away with PayPal and Ebay donations even though they don’t sell anything. Yeah you know these guys.
Well, after years of reading and jumping around to the different sites, I’ve concluded that I really don’t care what their opinions are! I don’t care what they think of the American public now that the election’s been done with. I don’t care which independent bands they’re listening to on their orange ipod. I don’t care! I’m finding that the people who do care, care too much. Instead of following and listening so closely, why not go out and do your own thing? I am going to stop visiting their pages from now on! I quit! I’m deleting the cookies that store my personal settings on their pages.
I’m enjoying the posts that my friends write, about what they did over their weekend. I’m interested in what movie they saw and how good or bad it was. I’d rather read about what I’m missing being so far away from them. I’m into the details now rather than opinions about issues that I’d rather discuss over a cup of coffee instead of such an anonymous medium such as the internet. Those issues they tackle are still important but to get a reply from someone who goes by RainbowCloud1524@yahoo.com is just a bit insulting to my intellect, and yours.
So? A long time ago, I changed my writing style to be more to the point and focus on minor issues. I’m writing about minor things on my own page thinking maybe I’m not the only one who feels that way. I like including pictures whenever I can because as the old cliche goes, a picture has more words per square inch than normal… uh, words… or something like that. Personally, having owned a blog for a good 5 years and having a couple opportunities to read through my old writing, I’m more interested in how I thought about things like school and certain people. I think you’ll have noticed I write a lot less about politics than I used to.
And as for focus, my page will never have a focus because just like in my life, this page goes all over the place. Perhaps a focus would be that this page reflects everything that I do and think about in real life… that is, going about trying to satisfy every minor need and appetite that comes up.
Note: I nor anyone I know has ever contacted RainbowCloud1524@yahoo.com, but can you really see a quantum physicist with that address?
December 24th, 2004 at 05:07
Unlike you, I never got into the whole blog phenomenon. In fact, I didn’t even know there was such a phenomenon and I was surprised when I started reading stories about people selling their well-read blogs for good chunks of coin. I can’t imagine how fun their blogs are to read. After all, there IS a reason why I don’t read Gene’s blog…
That said, I think you’ve found your blogging “zone” without realizing it. You’re in a foreign country with all sorts of different sights and sounds, and that makes your experiences different and unique to us. The pictures definitely add to your updates and it’s just fun to read how things are different and what you’re going through in the land of the rising sun. Boy am I glad that of all blogging people, you’re the one that updates the most!
December 24th, 2004 at 05:56
The blogging people you refer too, that’s you and me right? I wish I were as tenacious in other aspects of my life as I am in writing here.