This Is Not a Blog
Wait ... WHAT?!
That's right. This is not a blog. This is a web presence.
"Semantics!" you cry, "Synonyms!"
Hear me out. This is my effort to separate myself and this publication from the mainstream, stereotyped "blogger-ess" and "blog:"
Bad Poetry - and I mean heinous.
Pointless Details on one's daily life - no one cares that you had cheerios for breakfast because the cornflakes were stale ... unless they're stalking you. In which case they'll just crawl in your window and read your non-digital secret diary anyway, right?
You're the next Socrates? Philoso-bloggers. (Yes, I made that up)
ALL of the Above!?
Cheap Advertising - and by cheap I mean free.
The 'Tortured-Soul-Gothic-Princess-Emo' rubbish - someone wake up on the wrong side of the coffin today?
Dribble on Pets, Kids, or hobbies. A photo-pile, usually.
Your Vacation - umm ... yay?
The LinkDump - 'nuff said.
Oh, and apparently Cult Meetings. I found this one while looking for another category ...
I'm not bashing personal sites! I have several favorite bookmarks of other people's ramblings. The quality of any site is directly proportional to the writing itself. I, too, have a personal blog. Entries are limited to personal experiences that I presume to be amusing. Might as well let the public share a laugh at my expense. However, I can accept the fact that my life is not nearly interesting enough to warrant a daily log of its events ... but the campus on the other hand ... IS!
NU Daily - not a blog about "my life at Norwich."
That's right. This is not a blog. This is a web presence.
"Semantics!" you cry, "Synonyms!"
Hear me out. This is my effort to separate myself and this publication from the mainstream, stereotyped "blogger-ess" and "blog:"
Bad Poetry - and I mean heinous.
Pointless Details on one's daily life - no one cares that you had cheerios for breakfast because the cornflakes were stale ... unless they're stalking you. In which case they'll just crawl in your window and read your non-digital secret diary anyway, right?
You're the next Socrates? Philoso-bloggers. (Yes, I made that up)
ALL of the Above!?
Cheap Advertising - and by cheap I mean free.
The 'Tortured-Soul-Gothic-Princess-Emo' rubbish - someone wake up on the wrong side of the coffin today?
Dribble on Pets, Kids, or hobbies. A photo-pile, usually.
Your Vacation - umm ... yay?
The LinkDump - 'nuff said.
Oh, and apparently Cult Meetings. I found this one while looking for another category ...
I'm not bashing personal sites! I have several favorite bookmarks of other people's ramblings. The quality of any site is directly proportional to the writing itself. I, too, have a personal blog. Entries are limited to personal experiences that I presume to be amusing. Might as well let the public share a laugh at my expense. However, I can accept the fact that my life is not nearly interesting enough to warrant a daily log of its events ... but the campus on the other hand ... IS!
NU Daily - not a blog about "my life at Norwich."
~*~ More Interesting than CliC and Better Grammar Than the Guidon ~*~
This entry brought to you by the various bloggers in cyberspace (sorry to make an example out of you - I'm sure you have lots of fans, really ...), the Norwich University Corps of Cadets, and myself - the humble Editor.
posted by Spitfire at 8:15 AM
2 Comments:
Is this post because of me saying I read your blog? My mistake. But seriously, this is a blog, whether you like it or not missy!
People who read your BLOG will now associate the word with QUALITY writing, and all because of you! You are bringing back the blog!
Touche! I proudly claim this as my "blog" - changing the stereotype, of course!
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