I should blog. Duh. I thought of this for several reasons. One being that I severely need typing practice in this time of joblessness. While I've been putting this off because I don't intend to be an admin the rest of my life, I still desperately need it in the short term. The second being that I enjoy the bandwagon. It's comfy and I usually get a window seat. The third being that in a burst of caffeine-induced mania I remembered that once upon a time I was good at writing. The kind of good that got me nods from a bestselling author or two (no, seriously). And thus, I need to write again. So here I am.
Along that line of thought, I really want a laptop so I can perform said writing in aforementioned coffee shop. I've been dreaming of a Macbook Pro, but maybe I should hold out with my G5 at home and get a Dell just to write or do some light -shopping (as in Photo-). All of this is of course contingent on me finding employment, which may well not happen until my typing skills are somewhat improved.
Still along the blog train of thought, the main reason I've been putting it off is because I figured there was no point in publishing anything until I'd gotten it perfect. I had to have the unifying idea, the color scheme, the first three posts, the name, everything all planned out before I could "break ground". F--- that. I do that crap all the time, and nothing ever gets done. Freakonomics seems to be doing just fine with no unifying theme, so I think I just may be okay, too. Chances are no one's ever going to read this anyway, and as I've already mentioned, readership is not the point. So I'm not going to be an obsessive perfectionist about this. I may not even post anything after this. Who cares? I'm having fun for now.
New topic: all coffee shops should play at least one Smiths song every hour. Continuous Smiths for hours on end, maybe a little much, but at least one every 60 minutes. I'm starting a petition.
Something that has plagued me for a while is the usage of quotes, particularly from music, in various every day situations. While I use them frequently myself, and often appreciate them when I run into them, a lot of them make me cringe, even when they're from songs I like. Sometimes nerdy people quote a song and instantly seem cooler. Some cool people quote a song and instantly become a tool. Why is this? I wondered for a long time. It came to me today that the obscurity of the quote is directly proportional to its coolness factor. Some simple guidelines: If the quote is a) the title of the song, b) the first line of the song, c) from any part of the first verse or chorus, that quote is lame (particularly if that song was a single). If one quotes anything from subsequent verses or the bridge, that quote then becomes acceptable. Bonus points if the song was not a single, and/or if it was from a record before the artist's breakaway album. I hope that clarifies things.
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