preclaimer v0.1
hello.i'm actually quite hesitant in beginning this new blog. there's so much i want to write here that i don't know where to start.
_preclaim_
this blog will be continually undergoing changes, not merely changes in the sense that there will be new blog entries every now and then, but also changes to the template used, the formatting (i have this thing for bullets coz i've always found point-form easier to digest than prose. what more, i've this horrible tendency to write in epic length. even if nobody but me reads the blog ~& precisely if i end up the only reader of my blog~ i would like the reader to not have to plough through endless fields of words. however, my thought train is kinda independent of tracks. it crashes easily due to an easily distracted & senile mind, it also tends to run anywhere it damn pleases, and it would run for as long as it bloody desires since i still have quite a bit of time on my hands. well, i guess having a unlimited broadband connection can also be seen as a curse, for the reader), the kind of information i place on the blog and whatever else pleases me.
_purpose of this blog_ (i would refer to the blog using its title if only i've decided on it, ~current contenders: 1. whatever 2. voices in the head~ but i haven't. so.)
the idea of blogging was bugging me for a while. this blog is my third blog. i needed a purpose for blogging. one of my previous blog was like an online journal -where i would whine & gripe about my life-. i hardly told anyone about my blogging. Even when i did, i never mentioned the url or hint at how anyone could locate my blog on the www.
before i began this (third) blog, i questioned my reasons for blogging and the meaning of blogging (for me, naturally), and i came up with the following:
- (my) blog ≠ journal
- there ought to be a distinction between my blog and my journal. no point having both if there's no distinction between the two. reasons for a journal<>: low-tech pen & paper - allows me to scribble down stuff without the hassle of turning on my computer and related equipments / is more private and hence i shall keep my whines & gripes in there. no point letting the whole damn world know how whiney i am. that's what the people who know me are for. / i like to see my own handwriting / the fact that it's not on the www means i can write whatever damn pleases me. think i've to admit i don't reveal ALL my facets to those who knows me. heck, even *i* 'm still trying to figure out how demented i am. i wouldn't want to scare any innocent person who has the ill-fortune to pop into my blog
- a way to sharpen my mind. one thing i noticed is that often i'm not communicating effectively. either i'm not using the right words or i'm not phrasing myself properly. i need to practise my thinking/communicating skills. eg of my inadequacy - i've been working on this first blog entry for the past
- what i intend to put in my blog:
- stuff that i'm interested in but i'm unsure if my friends are sick of/interested in hearing about.
- (bizarre) ideas/thoughts eg my "anti-theory". the blog will be like a testing ground for me to work out some stands that i would like to take in life, i guess it's also to help me strengthen my arguments on certain issues. i'm generally rather slow in response - i belong to the type of idiots who will come up with the "perfect" line *years* after a conversation/argument. so i'm hoping that by running "potential" arguments in my blog i might be more equipped in real life to carry out one of my great schemes - to lead people into suspecting that i might be quick-witted.
- rants. they are somewhat similar to whines/gripes which i try to stash away from this blog, and into my journal or the ill-fated ears of those unfortunate people i call friends.
- whines/gripes are generally probably a result of my intolerance/spoiltness/poor anger management/inappropriate actions taken by me and they can probably by avoided by actions taken by ME. whining/griping is a way to relieve my system, and i believe, an essential step to hold on to whatever little bit of sanity in me. hence i would very much prefer to stash them away from the www. i'm sure the world can live much better without my whininess utterly exposed.
- rants on the other hand, are whines/gripes about things which i feel could probably be improved on by the action of OTHERS. i'll admit it. i can be bloody anal-retentive but really, the problem can't be me ALL the time. this topic (my anal-retentiveness) may be further analysed discussed on one day. ~key word: may~
- afterthoughts. they will probably mostly be afterthoughts about movies. i used to watch quite a bit of movies. i guess this is an attempt in order to make the experience last, by writing (typing) down my thoughts on them. but i don't think i'm going to be religious about it, namely coz i'm cutting down on my trips to the cinema (due to limited income), and i don't want to make my trips to the cinema a chore. some days i would really rather decay my unicellular brain with tv or dwindle my time with easy reading. i don't have to share ALL my thoughts. they're really pretty worthless anyway. also, there may be occasional afterthoughts about books/articles/tv shows/concerts/plays/performances/yada yada..
- random musings. these will probably be rather inane.
damnit. i'm starving. and my parents had dinner without me. think my butt has grown significantly with the birth of my first blog for this blog. till next time.
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