Megablogging, Underblogging
Jun. 16th, 2004 05:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aggienautMegaunderbloggery
In a chance mishap of procrastination today, while rooting about on livejournal I discovered some interesting livejournals. They termed themselves "megabloggers." Some definitions as used by them:
Underblogger - "An underblogger uses LJ to keep an online diary, as it was meant to be, really." (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
apoplecticfittz, in The Frasky Awards)
Megablogger - Someone who writes to entertain people, or as apoplecticfittz put it "A megablogger writes to make an ass out of him/herself in hopes of entertaining someone, anyone." (ibid.)
Now I myself have never liked the word "blog," but it seems to be slowly and inexorably becoming rooted in society like a social disease.
I think my own livejournal is sort of a megaunderblog, since I try to write it both in journal form and I try to make it interesting to read even for those who don't have a vested interest in the finer points of my daily misadventures. Its like.. a megablog dedicated to the subject of interesting things about my daily adventures perhaps? I think it may have fulfilled this mission better in the beginning, when it had daily features on things like "Social Deviants Who Frequent the Coffee House," and classic stories like "The Girl That Had a Boyfriend (Other early features: my original LJ Friends Explained and The Am(y)ies Explained). Reading the megablogger's entries inspired me to put renewed effort into regaining the lost glory of this livejournal and making entries people might actually consider commenting to (gasp).
30 Entries / 30 Days
Apparently, several of these megabloggers partied too hard around the first of the month and drunkenly swore to write 30 entries in 30 days. I perused at least briefly all of the identifiable participants, and have determined my favourite to be incomple.
I was so inspired by these megabloggists actually, that I've been inspired to attempt to join them in their 30 / 30 adventure. Two things about this: (A) theoretically I update every day (again back in the hey day this used to be true. Lately its been more similar to the publishing record of the "weekly" Chosen Echidna); (B) the month is half over already. Yes, that means I'll have to make TWO posts a day to catch up.
Even though in the past I've been rather against multiple posts per day, I do believe I am going to attempt to catch up with these kids (unless they decide I'm an insult to megablogging and demand that I cease and desist), and subject your friends lists to two of my attempts per day.
And maybe its because I'm becoming a bit delirious from finals, but I even have a mild interest in replicating their 24 Hours in One Place stunts. I'm thinkin the abandoned wild animal park next to wild rivers... absolutely no guarantees about that though.
So there you have it: 30 Posts in 30 Days, my new quest.
Also, I've decided I'm going to need to take advantage of the phonepost feature of having a paid account sooner or later.
Also, last call for people to get me in contact with friends of theirs that need a place to stay for next year. Please don't make me resort to random people.
Poll Question of the Day
[Poll #309062]
EDIT: "...paid account made him mad" "...it, any Feature..." Emosnail Internat'l regrets the errors.
Related
Year Ago Monday:
Stuck In Davis - wherein is described how I spent a hellish week hating life and trying to finish a paper after one (1) year of procrastination. Also Garian was in town and we hung out (recall she was in town the other day this year)
Tales of a Desk Lamp - An entry inspired by my frequent away message ("pretending to be a desklamp so no one will notice me.")
Year Ago Today: STILL here
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Date: 2004-06-16 11:32 pm (UTC)no subject
As to the font.. I'm so attached to it though )=
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Date: 2004-06-16 11:51 pm (UTC)courier new
Date: 2004-06-17 12:11 am (UTC)Hmm maybe I'll do a poll about general opinion of the courier new. I use it because it is the "simplest" font - all digits take up equal space, and because of this it was originally used on most typewriters I believe.
But you may have a point. I'll look into it.
Re: courier new
Date: 2004-06-17 12:12 am (UTC)Re: courier new
Date: 2004-06-17 12:15 am (UTC)green on black + courier new = monochrome core (simplicity to the max). Maybe I should just get an old monochrome computer.
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Date: 2004-06-16 11:57 pm (UTC)Time
Date: 2004-06-17 12:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-17 01:47 am (UTC)I hope you make it though, it would truly be a feat for blogging!
Best of luck.
madness
Date: 2004-06-17 02:08 am (UTC)AND I kind of want to make a friends-only entry about a uh personnel matter.
Good work on the greenhouse thing. I'm seriously toying with the idea of pulling the stunt myself at the abandoned wild animal park.
Re: madness
Date: 2004-06-17 02:13 am (UTC)Thanks, doing that at an abandoned wild animal park sounds terribly exciting, like an episode of Scooby Doo. If you try it, I wish you ghost pirates.
Re: madness
Date: 2004-06-17 01:45 pm (UTC)Several investigations of the park have been mounted on the past, at least one of which ended in a full speed retreat (I blame the others).