Wednesday, November 08, 2006
- Lisa's blogging issues -
I feel like a bitchy blog today. I don't want to get over the top though.
But regarding that I went through a certain blog (unnamed but you know who they are, too much plugging of this blog already, I'm scared I'll add too much to his ego that it'll burst his head) and there was that quote saying 'emo blogs are so boring'. I'm not going to disagree but what's all this telling me I'm emo??? Ahem, joke or no joke, you have brain-washed me to think I am.
I also know another person with an emo blog (as they say) and now they might quit blogging due to emo tendencies. Sigh. But everyone blogs for their own reason and everyone is entitled to their own opinion. You love to think that wouldn't you? But it's always easier said than done. And what makes people that are not in your circle of friends arouse interest to your blog? I tried to read a friend's friends blog and it was uber- f*kd. I couldn't bring myself to reading it. I was gonna cry of crappiness. I'm trying to restrain from bitchiness because it's the right thing to do. ARGH. No, it wasn't crap. It just wasn't my cup of tea and was of no interest to me. And it wasn't funny either. But hey, they could think exactly the same of mine.
But then what makes your friends appeal to your blog? The way you write? The things you write? Your life? Someone said they didn't want to blog because they thought their life was boring. But who said blogging had to be solely based on your life? Sure, maybe Alan has an interesting life and all with his X and Y friends and free bbt, but yours could easily win the next best blogger award if you understand the way blog readers work and what they appeal to. Again easier said than done.
In the end, you just do it and see where it gets you. Do it because you want to. Not because everyone else is. I admire Xiaxues blog only because I hate her yet I'm still drawn to her blog every time. That's what you call appeal. It's the blog you love and not the person. Kenny Sia was awesome pictures. I mostly love the pictures. And his one-liners.
I'm not emo. I may have a sad pathetic attitude online, but that doesn't make me an emo. I may whinge, complain a lot and seem like an unsympathetic bitch (remember that line?). Whatever you think I am, go ahead. Because I realise this blog is for me. I'm not really writing for a crowd because I don't know how to. My blog is a personal public domain. I share what I want and that's it. Nobody gets a say because it MY blog.
I think it's as easy as that. If I want to be an unsympathetic bitch, I will be. Mind you, my online identity may not translate into real life.
Virtual space allows for an alternate identity that one does not choose to pursue in reality. I'd like to think of it that way. So I really don't care. As long as my friends know me as I am when they're around me, its all good. What I write shouldn't matter all too much.
But regarding that I went through a certain blog (unnamed but you know who they are, too much plugging of this blog already, I'm scared I'll add too much to his ego that it'll burst his head) and there was that quote saying 'emo blogs are so boring'. I'm not going to disagree but what's all this telling me I'm emo??? Ahem, joke or no joke, you have brain-washed me to think I am.
I also know another person with an emo blog (as they say) and now they might quit blogging due to emo tendencies. Sigh. But everyone blogs for their own reason and everyone is entitled to their own opinion. You love to think that wouldn't you? But it's always easier said than done. And what makes people that are not in your circle of friends arouse interest to your blog? I tried to read a friend's friends blog and it was uber- f*kd. I couldn't bring myself to reading it. I was gonna cry of crappiness. I'm trying to restrain from bitchiness because it's the right thing to do. ARGH. No, it wasn't crap. It just wasn't my cup of tea and was of no interest to me. And it wasn't funny either. But hey, they could think exactly the same of mine.
But then what makes your friends appeal to your blog? The way you write? The things you write? Your life? Someone said they didn't want to blog because they thought their life was boring. But who said blogging had to be solely based on your life? Sure, maybe Alan has an interesting life and all with his X and Y friends and free bbt, but yours could easily win the next best blogger award if you understand the way blog readers work and what they appeal to. Again easier said than done.
In the end, you just do it and see where it gets you. Do it because you want to. Not because everyone else is. I admire Xiaxues blog only because I hate her yet I'm still drawn to her blog every time. That's what you call appeal. It's the blog you love and not the person. Kenny Sia was awesome pictures. I mostly love the pictures. And his one-liners.
I'm not emo. I may have a sad pathetic attitude online, but that doesn't make me an emo. I may whinge, complain a lot and seem like an unsympathetic bitch (remember that line?). Whatever you think I am, go ahead. Because I realise this blog is for me. I'm not really writing for a crowd because I don't know how to. My blog is a personal public domain. I share what I want and that's it. Nobody gets a say because it MY blog.
I think it's as easy as that. If I want to be an unsympathetic bitch, I will be. Mind you, my online identity may not translate into real life.
Virtual space allows for an alternate identity that one does not choose to pursue in reality. I'd like to think of it that way. So I really don't care. As long as my friends know me as I am when they're around me, its all good. What I write shouldn't matter all too much.
-{ missing you 11/08/2006 01:20:00 pm }-