Ok so one of the main, if not sole, reasons that I resisted starting a blog was because I think they’re dumb. Any time I have come across a blog it is usually filled with overly precious, self-indulgent drivel. I can’t for the life of me determine what purpose they serve except for making it seem like simply having an opinion means that you should write it down and put it on the internet.
I have lots of opinions, hoo boy, lots. But I also have general wherewithal and therefore know that most of my opinions need not leave the confines of my cranium. I think I have a pretty good life but I don’t think it needs to be documented for public consumption. I don’t visit YouTube, I don’t have a Facebook or MySpace page, and I don’t read other people’s blogs. These were but a few of the hurdles that my dear BC gals (and a few very influential others) had to attempt to push me over in order to bring The Chronicles of Righty to life.
Well, as you know b/c you are reading this, they were successful. I acquiesced. It is amazing what a little bit of flattery will do to convince someone that they should, in fact, post their precious, self-indulgent drivel. And I have to confess that I have enjoyed writing The Chronicles and I have received a decent amount of generous feedback that you all, my loyal readership, are enjoying it as well. I think all this enjoyment lulled me into a kinder gentler view of blogs. And I got to thinking that maybe they do serve a greater purpose. A unifier, if you will, of far flung friends who don’t otherwise get to be regaled with the details of my daily life. A mechanism for uniting friends of friends, who otherwise would never meet, if not for comment block discussions. A means to shrink our crazy busy world and keep us all just a little better in touch.
Turns out, nope, they’re still dumb. Here is my proof, there is a blog entirely dedicate to espousing the greatness of Croc’s (http://www.crocfans.com/) AND one entirely dedicated to hating on them (http://www.ihatecrocs.com/). AND both of those blogs and their “authors” got a shout out from the NY Times Magazine. You see, they are idiotic. Blogs are just clogging up the world with worthless discussion topics and critical judgmental opinions that thanks to, you know Al Gore, we can now post on a worldwide forum. If you have an internet connection or live in decent proximity to a coffee shop you can unload the mundane details of your life to the unsuspecting public. I mean its like, its like, its like writing a blog . . . about . . . an ankle. Oh lawdy what have I become.
Hello my name is Julie. I am a blogger. It has been one day since my last blog post.
6 comments:
yay! :)
I've never met a more interesting ankle....frankly.....
There are over 500 groups on facebook devoted to loving, hating, or being ambivalent about crocs. I hate them, I also own two pairs (pink & orange).
There are also 135 groups dealing with heelys, 39 with heelies, 83 with heely's (some crossover). I also own black and hot pink heelys. They are extremely dangerous.
Finally there are 3 groups devoted to hating both Heelys and Crocs.
c'mon - blogs are educational too. until now, I thought a croc was just a wildebeest population control system.
Laruel, I know I am going to regret this but what the heck is a Heely?
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