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| A welcome yawner. |
| 10.23.08 (2:07 pm) [edit] |
Turns out that statistically, blogging has dried up. The majority of blogs are laden with advertising content (look around), and notable bloggers are jumping ship to sites like Twitter. Blogging is no longer the fresh, new, in-your-face way to get heard -or read- by anyone with a browser. No longer is it about that lone voice with something witty or clever to say. People are myspacing, facebooking, twittering and ninging to their heart's content and blogging has become yesterday's news..
There be no humans among us. Darn. The frequency with which I post these days might be some indication of how concerned I am. I've got a tiny little safe haven in which to tuck my thoughts among friends. And I've got a site devoted to my high school that is nearly 1300 strong now - we're considered rather dinky among the other groups.. but most of the other groups are centered around something or someone specific (or is it generic?), like.. Kayaking or Tyra Banks. I have no idea what those people talk about when they log in.. Since all of my school chums were scattered to the four corners of the world, the activity in our little spot is constant and it's leading to a lot of in-person gatherings all across the US. Lately, I'm caught up in the US presidential elections like many other people.. except I'm not clinging to a particular candidate because of my fierce (read: blind) loyalty to one party over another. I'm laughing at the media manipulation, the staunch advocates who distort facts, spew hatred and anger, and the lengths and depths each campaign goes to in order to unearth something that will sway the populace in their direction. Funny enough, most of my classmates from high school have military backgrounds, are or have been active duty at some point in their lives or have an unexplained sympathy toward the military, dare I name it nostalgia? There's a strange mix of blindingly fierce republican support and alarmingly frustrated democratic opinion bubbling over there in my site. From where I'm sitting, it's tough to figure out a couple of things... like how exactly it is the fault of democrats that Fanny and Freddie went bust. I still haven't figured that one out yet, given that deregulation did, in fact, lead to greedy manipulation of the rules that have now collapsed the housing market.. and I don't understand why democrats, who seem so driven (suddenly) to appear the better, more in-touch-with-the-little- people party aren't concerned about the masses of small donations that come in just under the line of accountability for their candidate. We've become so selfish that part of our ideology is that others should 'believe what *I* believe' and it seems to trump the notion that we each have the right to believe in something different. It's clear that if you don't agree with me, than you are wrong. Ummm... okay. Oh, there's so much I could write about, but, hey, it's a blog. (see above) Suffice it to say, it's been entertaining, watching McCain and Obama whore themselves to the American public. Yes, Obama fans, he's doing it too. He's just more subtle about it and is a well-adjusted individual as compared to the ticking time bomb that is McCain. Better to identify it now, than *after* he's done something that has pissed off the whole country. I'm not undecided. Just uncommitted. But for the record: I'm voting anyway. Told you it was a yawner. |
posted by: FinalyFree (reply)
post date: 10.23.08 (12:47 pm)
Hey I'll take a yawner any day! It's great to know that a few of us 'old-timers' are still around to post every once in awhile, huh? I just can't get on board with the whole MySpace thingy, since I'm not looking for a bed-buddy I'm not a very hot commodity over there, lol.
I'm voting too!
posted by: mimi (reply)
post date: 10.23.08 (2:32 pm)
I'm with you! miss you! xoxo
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 10.24.08 (9:41 am)
Reply to: FinalyFree
The few old timers that are here are really the only reason I come along as often as I do!! I'm with you on the myspace thing.. confessedly, I do have a myspace account, though it's not in my name.. I use it to find classmates and lead them back to our groovy school site. ;) Stay away from myspace.. it is the devil's portal! *giggle*
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 10.24.08 (9:42 am)
Reply to: mimi
Mimi! Mercy! It's been too long.. I'll have to come see how you are doing... Miss you too! :)))
posted by: Nate (reply)
post date: 10.28.08 (7:10 pm)
i apologize, for being one of the ones who abandoned this place.. i find now that i'm truly happy with life, i don't have anything to write about... not doing me much good either, cause now my songwriting is suffering something fierce too. i lurk around sometimes to read up on my favourite tbloggers though ;)
you don't post often, but i'm glad to see you're still well and kickin'
well, hope all stays well. cheers lindy!
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 10.29.08 (6:47 am)
Reply to: Nate
Nate! Don't be sorry! I'm thrilled that you reached a place in your life where you don't feel the need to 'live' here.. I'm being sarcastic about the lack of humans in here. I'm glad you wander over and check things out once in a while.. I do the same.. I usually can't be bothered to write anything either, but I figure maybe one or two people I know here will come along and be pleased to find an update. :)) Stay well, and I hope things continue to progress nicely for you in Canada. My Canadian is quite pleased with Texas weather! ;)
posted by: rizi (reply)
post date: 11.27.08 (8:12 pm)
hmmm..its very true about the "old-timers" blogging frequency being very low. Its funny that something that I did 3-4 times a week has shrunk to the same frequency a year. Anwyay - a good post.
I was interested in your presidential election briefly while I was in USA. It was convention time there (a strange thing for our system doesn't do anything similar particularly when election is around the corner) and I was surprised by the amount of hatred each party has for another. It is one thing to see it here in India where politicians are cheap and mostly uneducated but I expected better from both the parties. I could see the obvious media-bias - another thing that astonished me. Now that the election is over and there has been a clear verdict, I can only hope that the new man can lead your country to more economic strength. After all, a lot of us are dependent on it...
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 12.09.08 (1:51 pm)
Reply to: Rizi.
Hey, Rizi. Nice to see you again.. It must be quite interesting to see how the election systems differ in your country and mine.. actually, it's astonishing to me as well, since I grew up in Europe, where things go a little differently as well. There's a lot of pomp and show in American politics and I'm not entirely sure our politicians are any more educated than in your homeland. Americans are good at 'appearing' smart, despite that there is often little substance to go with it - completely my biased opinion, of course. I'm also hoping that the new president will step it up and lift some folks out of the mess the US is presently in.. only time will tell if he will be successful. It may not be until his time is up that we see the fruits of his labor, if there are any. We're in for a long, hard ride, Rizi. I hope you are managing to stay well. It's always good to hear from you.
