anniversary blog post
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the first "official" entry in my online ramblings started on livejournal (before they sold out and before a friend prompted the move to blogger after remarking on the drab look)... i took a weird approach at the beginning because, although i started posting on November 7, i backdated other posts to weave the narrative of what prompted me to start rambling in the first place (it all had to do with heartache, loss, suffering, blah blah blah)...
that being said, this blog has taken on a totally different purpose altogether... whereas a lot of the initial entries were admittedly navel-gazing (to the point of nausea, it seems now), i've purposely gone out of my way to use it, perhaps not so much as a personal "soapbox" (admittedly, i'm probably breaking copyright laws left and right by posting/linking so many external articles), but to capture for myself the ideals and ideas that, more often than not, i have too much of a difficult time expressing coherently...
i try to find interesting things to share, even if sometimes i wonder how many people are really reading this (although recently there seems to have been "more" activity -- acknowledging, however, that going from "zero" to anything is, by definition, "more")... i've found myself revisiting a lot of my own writing and philosophical reflection and feel compelled to continue exploring it through this medium... it's a weird balance trying to not be too personal (which would make this blog prima facie irrelevant) or too esoteric (ditto the former, but even more so)...
who knows what the next year of posting will be like? who knows if this blog will be around a year from now? who knows if anyone's reading this right now? who knows if i'll have some job security after interview week (yes, it starts today and continues until wednesday!)? who knows if i'll make it through law school? who knows if i'll get slapped with a gazillion-dollar lawsuit for sharing articles that i think should be in the public domain anyway? who knows if any of the things i ramble about will change for the better? who knows if i'll have any part in that whatsoever?
who really knows anything?
i certainly don't... but damn, it feels good to be able to rant...
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that being said, this blog has taken on a totally different purpose altogether... whereas a lot of the initial entries were admittedly navel-gazing (to the point of nausea, it seems now), i've purposely gone out of my way to use it, perhaps not so much as a personal "soapbox" (admittedly, i'm probably breaking copyright laws left and right by posting/linking so many external articles), but to capture for myself the ideals and ideas that, more often than not, i have too much of a difficult time expressing coherently...
i try to find interesting things to share, even if sometimes i wonder how many people are really reading this (although recently there seems to have been "more" activity -- acknowledging, however, that going from "zero" to anything is, by definition, "more")... i've found myself revisiting a lot of my own writing and philosophical reflection and feel compelled to continue exploring it through this medium... it's a weird balance trying to not be too personal (which would make this blog prima facie irrelevant) or too esoteric (ditto the former, but even more so)...
who knows what the next year of posting will be like? who knows if this blog will be around a year from now? who knows if anyone's reading this right now? who knows if i'll have some job security after interview week (yes, it starts today and continues until wednesday!)? who knows if i'll make it through law school? who knows if i'll get slapped with a gazillion-dollar lawsuit for sharing articles that i think should be in the public domain anyway? who knows if any of the things i ramble about will change for the better? who knows if i'll have any part in that whatsoever?
who really knows anything?
i certainly don't... but damn, it feels good to be able to rant...
posted by þΛųL jØŋαŦhΛŋ @ 11:00
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