You have to *want* to write...
I rarely have anything to say. If something pisses me off, I'll moan about it verbally for a few seconds, then I'll just put up with it. It's uncommon for something to get to me so much that I remember it and post about it when I get to a computer. This is why eatfoss isn't a very good blog.
I'm crap at reading and I'm even worse at writing, so I very rarely feel the need to pour my brains out over the internet. My imagination, on the other hand, is always brimming with crazy ideas and surreal thoughts - the main problem I have it translating those mind screw-ups into readable english which is readable and people can read.
Don't get me wrong - I don't have a problem with eatfoss. It's not your usual blog because it doesn't have much to say, but that's absolutely fine with me. I'm not looking for a popular online presence (although getting one would be a bonus) and I don't want to waste people's online time or bite into their daily routine with my opinions, when their time could be used doing something more constructive (like forming opinions of their own or learning to fly a kite backwards).
That said, I do like posting. Not *writing*, but *posting* - there's a difference. I could publish a spinal-tap-esque two-word entry (shit sandwich) which would count as a post, but it's hardly writing.
Um, yeah. What I'm trying to say is that I don't really have anything to say. I don't even know what I'm saying here other than "eatfoss doesn't really have anything to say". This is a place to post random crap, and it'll never be a "good" blog*. And I like it that way :) Please note - I'm saying this isn't a good blog. I'm not saying that the posts by eatfoss' contributers aren't good. I love what (and when) you guys post here.
The ironic thing is that I've written a huge post explaining how I have nothing to say and can never write huge posts.
..If you've read this far, I apologise for wasting your online time and biting into your daily routine when the time could have been used doing something more constructive, like breeding squid or jogging to Norway.
7 comments:
I have always been intriqued by those that could write well. By well, I mean simple, easy to read, uncomplicated prose. Hemingway is probably the best pure writer, as far as my tastes go. I cannot imagine devoting your life to learning to write. The very thought seems a bit insane to me, which is strange, as I love to read, and toy with the idea of attempting to write something some day. Perhaps the idea is insane, which is why so many writers die of their own hands. Hemingway, Thompson and Fitzgerald all took their own lives. The very hands that wrote so eloquently turned on their masters and killed them. All except for F. Scott Fitzgerald that is, who had a traiterous, suicidal heart that snuck into his cranium and blew up his brain. In reality, I did not want to write this, but was forced to by Foss, at gunpoint. He has a very big gun, which is one of the many reasons that jefflovesfoss. I am going to go do something productive now, like egg spanking.
Wow. how do I follow (a) Foss' post, and (b) Jeff's comment?
I have lots of things to say, in fact I always say too much. Rather than get to the point, I go off on multiple tangents, and will write 50 words, where one will do. I also rarely think about what I'm writing, and let my fingers wander the keyboard, my brain making up the words with about as much forward thought and eloquence as a dead goldfish.
I've recently discovered the world of blogging, and I like it. I've never had much of an online prescenece, because although I can write for ever about nothing, I prefer to read other people's writings. I guess it's because I really don't want to bother anyone. I joined a website called OKcupid ages ago, but although I want to meet new online friends, I never message anyone. I think it's because I forget that even though I'm not anonymous, I might as well be, because the chance that someone else will actually know, or remember me is very unlikely. Unless of course I want to talk to people I know or am familiar with.
Which brings me nicely back to my point, and the point of Foss' post (without planning, it always just works out!); Eatfoss.
EatFoss, in my opinion, is not a blog. It's written using a blogging site, yes, but it never used to, it's just that this is where it's ended up. EatFoss isn't necessarily Just about Foss, but more about his friends. It's a way to spead the word on interesting/amusing/warped stuff. It's where friends of Foss (foF) can post things that we want to express too. Eatfoss is a community. A small one, given the scale of the internet, but a community none the less.
There's no rules on what to post about, no admins to breathe down your back, and the post can be as short or as long as we like.
So yes, this is a bad blog, because it isn't a blog. Just like I am bad giraffe. But don't let that bother you.
And Foss, you're not as bad as you think! But if you want to brush up, just read some books, it'll help immensly! Read Harry Potter or Something, because although the films are lame, and the books are aimed at children, they really are very good books with an incredibly easy to read style.
I may have been waffling, and I'm not entirely sure if I reached a point or conclusion, but that will have to do, as Mystery Men is on, and I want to watch the finale.
Peace out, and keep up the good work Foss.
Rimlicker. :)
"This is a bad blog, because it isn't a blog. Just like I am bad giraffe."
Summed it up so well, I'm using that as the eatfoss tagline. :)
Yay!
Hmmm this is all very philosophical, I think either that or pretensious and arse, it's hard to tell sometimes ;)
I liek eatfoss, becuase even if I don't do finger types for ages no one tells me off, of declares me dead. That fits well with my lifestlye of either working or being very lazy. See ya
trystan
Also few people fuss about my shocking typing skills that lead to poor spelling.
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