What exactly is a blog??
I don't mean in the technical sense - although to be honest I don't know that either; heard it once, didn't care to remember - I'm talking about as a writing style. What is it?
Before starting this blog I had little reading experience of them. The only one I had read was the fantastic reasonsyouwillhateme.com, by the brilliant Marieke Hardy - yes her of Triple J fame. Since starting this I have also read parts of Ricky Gervais' hilarious blog entries. This lack of knowing what to write led, does lead, to problems. Is every post expected to be humorous? Is their leeway for insight, interesting-if-not-particularly-amusing experiences? Would a shopping list suffice as a post? Does anyone really give a shit what I think, say or do? (don't answer that one)
This problem has caused a sort of self editing I'm not entirely happy with. I have several perfectly good posts I won't put up for fear they don't fit in with the sites overall theme.
Fuck it.
To be or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing, end them.
You'll get what you're given.
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