Well I say that, but I can already think of things I hate more but right now I'm really unhappy about working overnights where I work. Mainly because they're so boring and it means I'm probably not going to class in the morning due to exhaustion. Which is what has happened to me, due to a complete lack of sleep and need of money I have missed classes all week long but now am not on for an overnight for a while. So I can go to class again, which is good because I'm going to have to start going to classes soon.
I just had to get that out. I really do not like the overnight. Well, I like it for the fact it's easy and peaceful but I can't sleep or even nap and it's 8 hours by myself sitting in big comfy chairs that call to me ever so softly. But once the sun rises I'm really pissed and drained and am trying to tell myself to go to class but I don't because once I get inside my house everything is a blank and I wake up in the evening realizing I skipped.
Which sucks now because I missed my one class I needed to be at and I don't know what I'm going to do now. I had totally intended on forcing myself to go to class today but I don't even remember getting into bed or changing into pajammas. What really sucks is I may have just screwed myself over on this class project here by doing that. I hope I didn't.
Man I swore I'd never do another overnight again and here I am taking all I can get for the money.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Sunday, February 25, 2007
The beginning
This is the beginning of my blog project for my Weblogs and Wikis class.
What is this about? I don't know yet. I'm going to go off on a tangent about something, soon, but for now I'm just going to introduce myself.
I am well, Captain Koala for now. I don't necessarily believe in giving my real name away on the internet as a just in case scenario. Too many creeps and weirdos and perverts and tax collectors and serial killers and boba fett and other things that make me paranoid about giving away personal information online. I should find a better online handle, but hey I like Koalas. I have a near encyclopedic knowledge of random trivial facts. Especially pop culture references people don't usually get.
I would like to point out the flaws of society in this blog. That's my goal. I'm going to properly explain one thing, and then explain why it's bad and why you should not do it. Like eating poison, it's bad. Why? Poison kills, don't eat it, unless you want to die, then I guess that's really a judgement call for you but anyway don't eat poison. Ok, my later posts will definately be better than that. I'm going to go write down somethings to talk about, and maybe whomever is reading this will like what I'm saying and talk about it, then go tell some people about it and they'll tell two friends and they'll tell two friends until the entire internet is reading what I'm thinking.
Well not the entire internet, the Japanese internet scares me, they can stay away. Poop should not be eaten or used for sexual positions. Just saying. Get used to hearing that, Just Saying. I may coin it as a catchphrase. I hear people still do that. Coin catchphrases. I'm thinking of some right now but none are coinable.
But I was saying something I think... oh yes, introductions. I am the Captain, this is my blog. I enjoy long walks on the beach and quiet nights down by the fire. Let's get one thing straight first of all, I hate everyone and everything equally. It's my opinion that this world has gone nuts and I should probably do my part to set it straight via blogging. Kinda. That just sounds like a good reason for blogging, better than "I have to for class" at least. But hey, if you like what you read then I guess I did a good job. So uh, that's my best attempt an an introduction for my blog. I suppose actually making posts would make it much more understandable. Every other post before this is really just the randomness of my blog attempts so far. That was class stuff, this is well class project stuff so yeah. There ya go.
So I'm going to end this on something I've been wondering about my entire life. How does a blind man know when he's done wiping?
What is this about? I don't know yet. I'm going to go off on a tangent about something, soon, but for now I'm just going to introduce myself.
I am well, Captain Koala for now. I don't necessarily believe in giving my real name away on the internet as a just in case scenario. Too many creeps and weirdos and perverts and tax collectors and serial killers and boba fett and other things that make me paranoid about giving away personal information online. I should find a better online handle, but hey I like Koalas. I have a near encyclopedic knowledge of random trivial facts. Especially pop culture references people don't usually get.
I would like to point out the flaws of society in this blog. That's my goal. I'm going to properly explain one thing, and then explain why it's bad and why you should not do it. Like eating poison, it's bad. Why? Poison kills, don't eat it, unless you want to die, then I guess that's really a judgement call for you but anyway don't eat poison. Ok, my later posts will definately be better than that. I'm going to go write down somethings to talk about, and maybe whomever is reading this will like what I'm saying and talk about it, then go tell some people about it and they'll tell two friends and they'll tell two friends until the entire internet is reading what I'm thinking.
Well not the entire internet, the Japanese internet scares me, they can stay away. Poop should not be eaten or used for sexual positions. Just saying. Get used to hearing that, Just Saying. I may coin it as a catchphrase. I hear people still do that. Coin catchphrases. I'm thinking of some right now but none are coinable.
But I was saying something I think... oh yes, introductions. I am the Captain, this is my blog. I enjoy long walks on the beach and quiet nights down by the fire. Let's get one thing straight first of all, I hate everyone and everything equally. It's my opinion that this world has gone nuts and I should probably do my part to set it straight via blogging. Kinda. That just sounds like a good reason for blogging, better than "I have to for class" at least. But hey, if you like what you read then I guess I did a good job. So uh, that's my best attempt an an introduction for my blog. I suppose actually making posts would make it much more understandable. Every other post before this is really just the randomness of my blog attempts so far. That was class stuff, this is well class project stuff so yeah. There ya go.
So I'm going to end this on something I've been wondering about my entire life. How does a blind man know when he's done wiping?
Friday, February 9, 2007
Blogging from my Wii
I am blogging from my Nintendo Wii and it is a challenge when it's all one letter at a time typing. But hey, it's a blog off a video game console and this actually gets easier the more I type.
I'm becoming sucked into the blog.
The more I post, the more I read others, the more I post again. It's consuming me. If not for an irrational fear of the internet becoming sentient, I probably would become obsessed.
The Final Blogging on Blogs
So I used to have this idea that blogs were just for the gothy emo kid.(At some point, you know that was true) However, I eventually came to realize that was untrue, mostly, and realized the true potential of the blog and now embrace the concept.
But then I went and found this: http://vampirefreaks.com/main.php
Now, technically, it's more of a blog server than an actual blog. It's myspace for the gothy emo kid crowd. But what's myspace but a more interactive blog? Yeah, I surfed around it for a little bit, not quite sure who's journal to cover in this so I eventually decided to just cover the site itself. Mainly because I'm not sure if these kids are serious or just doing it as a joke, but either way, it's kind of a funny thing to run into while researching blogs. At least to someone who's always thought of blogs as this to begin with.
I'm just going to get this over with.
Type: Blog. It's kids posting their private journals online.
Genre: Personal/Fantasy. There's a bunch of different "alternative" lifestyles out there. The Goth. The Emo. The Punk. The Vampyre. This site is for them.
Purpose: To post and interact with others who enjoy that kind of lifestyle. Not my cup of tea, but it's someone's. Though, the younger the poster, the more I tend to think it's purpose is for attention and not just to interact with a familiar community.
There's an irony in this having to be done by dawn.
But then I went and found this: http://vampirefreaks.com/main.php
Now, technically, it's more of a blog server than an actual blog. It's myspace for the gothy emo kid crowd. But what's myspace but a more interactive blog? Yeah, I surfed around it for a little bit, not quite sure who's journal to cover in this so I eventually decided to just cover the site itself. Mainly because I'm not sure if these kids are serious or just doing it as a joke, but either way, it's kind of a funny thing to run into while researching blogs. At least to someone who's always thought of blogs as this to begin with.
I'm just going to get this over with.
Type: Blog. It's kids posting their private journals online.
Genre: Personal/Fantasy. There's a bunch of different "alternative" lifestyles out there. The Goth. The Emo. The Punk. The Vampyre. This site is for them.
Purpose: To post and interact with others who enjoy that kind of lifestyle. Not my cup of tea, but it's someone's. Though, the younger the poster, the more I tend to think it's purpose is for attention and not just to interact with a familiar community.
There's an irony in this having to be done by dawn.
Blogging on Blogs 2: Electric Boogaloo
Going with the comic theme, I decided to go with an interesting site linked from the previous blog.
http://www.4thletter.net/
It's a blog done as a group effort. Continuing the personal opinion about the comic book industry theme but at the same time being done as three guys with an offline relationship to each other who each have different opinions to write about. The site itself is also a nicely put together layout. Easy to read and navigate with helpful and worth the click links to other blogs and sites in the genre. I could go on about how much I like this blog due to the well written and easy on the eyes style of the site, but it has to be done:
Type: Notebook. Group effort Notebook. The bulk of posts on the blog are longer excursions into the opinions of the three writers. It comes off as a notebook definately.
Genre: Personal seems to be it, but it's almost professional too. It's a professionally done, personal, notebook, group effort blog.
Purpose: To express the blog writers' opinions and knowledge of their craft. I enjoy that they've seperated their blog posts into categories and start off with the post "4letter is" in the category section to give you an understanding of their style and intentions with the blog. A humorous look into the minds of three bloggers and their comic book world.
http://www.4thletter.net/
It's a blog done as a group effort. Continuing the personal opinion about the comic book industry theme but at the same time being done as three guys with an offline relationship to each other who each have different opinions to write about. The site itself is also a nicely put together layout. Easy to read and navigate with helpful and worth the click links to other blogs and sites in the genre. I could go on about how much I like this blog due to the well written and easy on the eyes style of the site, but it has to be done:
Type: Notebook. Group effort Notebook. The bulk of posts on the blog are longer excursions into the opinions of the three writers. It comes off as a notebook definately.
Genre: Personal seems to be it, but it's almost professional too. It's a professionally done, personal, notebook, group effort blog.
Purpose: To express the blog writers' opinions and knowledge of their craft. I enjoy that they've seperated their blog posts into categories and start off with the post "4letter is" in the category section to give you an understanding of their style and intentions with the blog. A humorous look into the minds of three bloggers and their comic book world.
So I should probably do my assignment
http://ofcourseyeah.blogspot.com/
This is a blog I stumbled upon while searching for a blog to blog about. It's a filter about comic books. I like comics. Hell, I love comics. They take up more of my time then they should. Reading them, talking about them, and posting on the internet about them. So when I randomly stumbled upon this blog I was intrigued.
What I like about it, other than the guy having roughly the same opinion as I do about the industry and the product, is the linking to more comic blogs. The more blogs I discovered through this one the better. It lead me to the next two blogs in my bloggingonblogs attempt.
But let's get down to it.
Type: Notebook. It's a personal blog, only longer and more defined than just random postings.
Genre: Personal. It's all about his personal opinion.
Purpose: I'd say assuming the purpose is to talk about comics is pretty accurate. He's knowledgable about his subject and proves it. He also definately has an opinion he wants to express over what the writers of the books he reads are doing with the characters he loves.
What I like best is his "so you wanna blog about comics, eh?" post. Describing his style and definition of his blog.
This is a blog I stumbled upon while searching for a blog to blog about. It's a filter about comic books. I like comics. Hell, I love comics. They take up more of my time then they should. Reading them, talking about them, and posting on the internet about them. So when I randomly stumbled upon this blog I was intrigued.
What I like about it, other than the guy having roughly the same opinion as I do about the industry and the product, is the linking to more comic blogs. The more blogs I discovered through this one the better. It lead me to the next two blogs in my bloggingonblogs attempt.
But let's get down to it.
Type: Notebook. It's a personal blog, only longer and more defined than just random postings.
Genre: Personal. It's all about his personal opinion.
Purpose: I'd say assuming the purpose is to talk about comics is pretty accurate. He's knowledgable about his subject and proves it. He also definately has an opinion he wants to express over what the writers of the books he reads are doing with the characters he loves.
What I like best is his "so you wanna blog about comics, eh?" post. Describing his style and definition of his blog.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
I don't like blogs
I'll be honest. I hate blogs and bloggers. I respect the idea of a weblog as a publishing source. But having recently gone around the internet, and read some blogs by some very emo kids, I realized I hate blogs. I mean, I always knew I did, but I put up with it. I put off taking the weblog class for so long because of my long standing stance against blogs. However I've come to realize a blog is a useful tool and have recently softened my stance.
Which begs the question. Do I become a blogger or just a guy publishing on the internet? I downright hate the idea of being one of those people that blogs about their daily life like it's a journal. I hate journalling. I feel really weird reading a personal blog about some punk 13 year old kid's love life and self mutilation. However, I have also found blogs which are not only useful but insightful. Real people with actual opinions make an interesting read. I no longer think of the blog and blogger as being this ranty little thing about someone's personal life. Which let's be honest, there are too many of out there and have built a nice little stereotype around the concept. A stereotype I myself have believed since the dawn of blogging.
Having been on the internet since I was seven, I can honestly say I've seen it all. I was there when the web was opened to the public. I was there when AOL 1.0 came out. I was there when there was still a mating call of the servers that you actually listened to and had to wait five to ten minutes to hook up and that felt fast. I was there when people started blogging. And let me tell you, even back then, I thought it was creepy.
My opinion has changed now that I am blogging. I see the usefulness of it, and from a psychological standpoint I understand why people blog about their personal lives like they do. But what I wonder now is what do I do with this thing. I feel I have no audience yet, and question how or if I should go about getting one. Do I blog about my life and random thoughts, or do I find a theme? Do I make a notebook or a filter? I am tempted to just restart the whole damn thing and pretend to be a 13 year old girl and see what happens.(I have this fantasy about tricking some psycho pedophile into meeting me at a public place and calling the cops on him)
My real reasoning for a blog seems to be a self publishing thing. When I make it big do I keep this around so the world can see my genius? Is that a little cocky? I think what I'll do now that I've actually gone against my own personal code and created a blog is keep it around even after the class is over. I'm thinking I might go out of my way to find an audience now and test out my abilities as a writer. Every post before this was just a testing ground anyway. But that would technically require me to actually use my name on the internet. I don't like that concept. I don't know why, maybe it's something from way back in the day when it was well advised not to use your real name on the internet no matter what or maybe it's just because I can do whatever I want this way and not have any consequences for my actions. It could also be an irrational fear of the internet becoming sentient due to the many different A.I. programs being created out there being linked through it and turning into a Skynet situation and the need to remain anonymous to avoid detection.
Um, where was I?
I am a writer. This is my blog. Yes blog. Not weblog. It's my blog. I've finally decided I'm going to be a writer for real now and this is where I begin. Now I need to find an audience and maybe a good pseudonym to use. Because Captain Koala is a good handle, but I don't know if I should be signing everything as "The Captain" for much longer.
Since I was seven. Damn. I can honestly say I was there when people talk about the early internet. But that's a story for another time.
Which begs the question. Do I become a blogger or just a guy publishing on the internet? I downright hate the idea of being one of those people that blogs about their daily life like it's a journal. I hate journalling. I feel really weird reading a personal blog about some punk 13 year old kid's love life and self mutilation. However, I have also found blogs which are not only useful but insightful. Real people with actual opinions make an interesting read. I no longer think of the blog and blogger as being this ranty little thing about someone's personal life. Which let's be honest, there are too many of out there and have built a nice little stereotype around the concept. A stereotype I myself have believed since the dawn of blogging.
Having been on the internet since I was seven, I can honestly say I've seen it all. I was there when the web was opened to the public. I was there when AOL 1.0 came out. I was there when there was still a mating call of the servers that you actually listened to and had to wait five to ten minutes to hook up and that felt fast. I was there when people started blogging. And let me tell you, even back then, I thought it was creepy.
My opinion has changed now that I am blogging. I see the usefulness of it, and from a psychological standpoint I understand why people blog about their personal lives like they do. But what I wonder now is what do I do with this thing. I feel I have no audience yet, and question how or if I should go about getting one. Do I blog about my life and random thoughts, or do I find a theme? Do I make a notebook or a filter? I am tempted to just restart the whole damn thing and pretend to be a 13 year old girl and see what happens.(I have this fantasy about tricking some psycho pedophile into meeting me at a public place and calling the cops on him)
My real reasoning for a blog seems to be a self publishing thing. When I make it big do I keep this around so the world can see my genius? Is that a little cocky? I think what I'll do now that I've actually gone against my own personal code and created a blog is keep it around even after the class is over. I'm thinking I might go out of my way to find an audience now and test out my abilities as a writer. Every post before this was just a testing ground anyway. But that would technically require me to actually use my name on the internet. I don't like that concept. I don't know why, maybe it's something from way back in the day when it was well advised not to use your real name on the internet no matter what or maybe it's just because I can do whatever I want this way and not have any consequences for my actions. It could also be an irrational fear of the internet becoming sentient due to the many different A.I. programs being created out there being linked through it and turning into a Skynet situation and the need to remain anonymous to avoid detection.
Um, where was I?
I am a writer. This is my blog. Yes blog. Not weblog. It's my blog. I've finally decided I'm going to be a writer for real now and this is where I begin. Now I need to find an audience and maybe a good pseudonym to use. Because Captain Koala is a good handle, but I don't know if I should be signing everything as "The Captain" for much longer.
Since I was seven. Damn. I can honestly say I was there when people talk about the early internet. But that's a story for another time.
Sunday, February 4, 2007
Blood.
What is a Weblog? I know what a Weblog is. I didn't know the terms for differing types of weblogs though. That was nice to have a reference for.
Why a Weblog? I like the concept of using a weblog(I do not like the term blog) as a tool for publishing work. In this day and age, the weblog gets read more than a portfolio of work does, which is kind of sad. However, I'm not comfortable going around and reading the personal journal of some random nut on the internet. Seems weird to me to bare this personal information on the internet. Especially in this day and age when employers are actually going out and looking up on you then finding a myspace, blog, facebook, or whatever else run by you that is all about your wild nights or angsty emotional psychosis. But I digress, back to Blood.
I was unaware I could just through copyright mumbo jumbo at the bottom of a page and it's actually copyrighted. That's good to know for future reference. After reading the chapter about maintaining a weblog I realized something; The only problem I have with a weblog is maintaining it. I am a busy man, and when I'm not, I get bored easily and don't think to post anything, though I do have a collection of short stories I'd like to post but going through the whole thing to add the html for indenting is a pain.
I'll be honest, most of what I've read so far I'm already familiar with. The Weblog Handbook is a nice handbook though. Using it as a reference guide every so often isn't so bad, but weblogs are pretty self explanatory when you get in there. I have only read the first few chapters, I'm expecting more things I was unaware of later on in the book.
Why a Weblog? I like the concept of using a weblog(I do not like the term blog) as a tool for publishing work. In this day and age, the weblog gets read more than a portfolio of work does, which is kind of sad. However, I'm not comfortable going around and reading the personal journal of some random nut on the internet. Seems weird to me to bare this personal information on the internet. Especially in this day and age when employers are actually going out and looking up on you then finding a myspace, blog, facebook, or whatever else run by you that is all about your wild nights or angsty emotional psychosis. But I digress, back to Blood.
I was unaware I could just through copyright mumbo jumbo at the bottom of a page and it's actually copyrighted. That's good to know for future reference. After reading the chapter about maintaining a weblog I realized something; The only problem I have with a weblog is maintaining it. I am a busy man, and when I'm not, I get bored easily and don't think to post anything, though I do have a collection of short stories I'd like to post but going through the whole thing to add the html for indenting is a pain.
I'll be honest, most of what I've read so far I'm already familiar with. The Weblog Handbook is a nice handbook though. Using it as a reference guide every so often isn't so bad, but weblogs are pretty self explanatory when you get in there. I have only read the first few chapters, I'm expecting more things I was unaware of later on in the book.
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