dammit

As I kind of expected, the pompous post below drew the ire of many. So much for that style of writing. I don't think (the few) people who come to my blog come looking for literary entertainment anyway. Guess I'll have to figure out what this is about as I keep writing. One thing I do better than anything else (not saying much there) is making fun of everyone and everything.My everyday life should be comedic fodder enough. Ah well, lets see how things pan out.

42?

42. The answer to life, the universe and everything. That is if you know the question.
I haven't updated this blog in a while for a good reason. I didn't know what to write. The first few posts are tricky because that sets the tone for the rest, and sets people's expectations. So I thought long and hard for about 15 seconds, and decided I couldn't come up with a single theme. What is a "theme", you ask. A theme, in my opinion, is an overall description of your style of writing. Most blogs I have seen fall into 5 broad categories for themes :

1. Experiential: "Yesterday I went out with a couple of friends. We had an interesting conversation about retirement, and then it struck me ...and so on"
2. Descriptive: "I was walking back to my apartment when it started to drizzle. Rain fell in small drops that really didn't leave a stain on the ground. Wonder if people's lives have the same impact in the larger scheme of things"
3. Journals : "Woke up today and really didn't feel like going out in the rain. Lazed around for a little bit and assembled the surround speaker system that had been in its box for weeks. Cleaned home a little bit"
4. Hobby displays: "Here is a photo I took of a flower using a Nikon 450Z Telephoto lens and 334 ms exposure and so on." The internet has enough hi-res images of sunsets and daffodils already and I don't plan to inflict any more on my kind readers.
   
5. There are, of course, many commercial-ish blogs that dispense news, information and, since this is the internet, porn.
   

I digress. In trying to analyze this problem, I looked at the pros and cons of each option:

1.Experiential:

• Pros - Get my friends to read and hence boost viewership.
  
• Cons - My life doesn't supply enough interesting and publishable material
  

2. Descriptive

• Pros - Chicks apparently dig this. I recently found that a guy actually hooked up with a female fan of his blog. This will show off the sensitive and dreamy side of my character.
  
• Cons - I need to grow a sensitive side first. Stop to smell the flowers, so to speak.
  

3. Journals

• Pros: Easy to write, plentiful material. Can finally use the internet to wallow in self pity
• Cons: Boring

4. Hobby displays

• Pros: Can help attract like-minded people from all over the world. In theory, there should be plentiful material
• Cons: My divers jack-of-all-trades approach doesn't lend well to writing deeply about any particular hobby

5. I will not post porn here.No. The other 2 things people can get from anywhere in the internet.

This just struck me. According to orkut, I have 158 friends now. If I create 10 posts a month and "persuade" all of my friends to read each one, that could translate to 1500 views a month or 18000 hits a year, not counting friends of friends etc. Pretty massive castle in the air right there.

More on which of these options I choose in my next post. Also, please, please leave comments. Even if I don't know you at all. It is really awesome if someone reads this without being guilted into it by me.