Blogging is so 2004.
Holy crap, I still have a blog? I thought I totally abandoned this thing since everybody's got a blog nowadays. That means in order to maintain a thin air of superiority and coolness, I have to stop blogging. It's like how it was cool to listen to Coldplay five years ago but now if you like them you're totally lame because even your mom has a Coldplay CD and the more people that like something the less cool it is. That's why if you're in a band, you have to stay starving for the rest of your life because the second anyone other than the hipsters and college kids starts listening to you, you've sold out. You're not the same. You suck. Keep that in mind, aspiring band people. And aspiring bloggers. Don't get too many devoted readers because if too many people like you, that means you suck. Sorry. For the three of you that were here from the beginning, thanks for the memories. I know this blog isn't as good now because all those people looking for info on Iceman and Mr. Kicks or the Egg & Muffin Toaster keep turning up and messing up the scene. I know you all got really ticked off when the dorks looking for info on the Batman Titanium Flex Ring showed up. Even the guy looking to see if Beth Gibbons sang on DJ Shadow's "Midnight In A Perfect World" couldn't combat that kind of dork influx. (FYI, no she wasn't on that track). Now the blog has gone to hell, I tell ya. It's all gone to hell.
Actually, there's a simple equation, if you will, for what's going on here. When given the choice between A) doing nothing or B) doing something (for the sake of argument we will include "blogging" as doing something) then Maki will naturally gravitate towards choice A 99.9% of the time. Unless doing something gives him an ego stroke. Then, yes, he will do something. Such as referring to himself in the third person for no apparent reason. Or writing something moderately funny on his blog. This is the way of things.
I will now proceed to do nothing. Move along, nothing to see here. At least you got a song out of it.
posted by Maki @ 11:13 PM
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10 Comments:
So what does this mean? Are you finished? Is your blog gone? (No No It can't be gone!!!) Oh the humanity!!!!
(I will finish being dramatic now.)
I think that is true, the whole conundrum about how if too many people like something, it isn't cool. I have only been reading your blog for a few months, but you are totally un-fucking-cool. You're like a whore without the happy ending. I bet your shit was off-the-hizzook when you first started, but now you just want free toasters.
Seriously, though, I would beg you to stay, like I do most of the people who want to leave, but I have learned that it really doesn't do much. If you are tired of this shit, I can totally relate. I have been doing more "lurking" lately than actual posting. Two pieces of advice:
1. Don't buy generic peanut butter. It's just not the same.
2. Never leave home without your iPod.
Hope to see you somewhere again soon. If you start back up, I want to be on the ground floor of the first few people who read your new blog. Just contact me.
You suck. ;)
Don't worry kids, I'm not leaving. This was just me being dramatic about taking a week off. Monetary donations attempting to keep me around will be accepted, though.
Jacob, I've got both those checked off on the list already. Good man.
You know what would make you feel better? Buying the large television and getting the Direct TV NBA Ticket package with me.
The cure for burnout!
I'm not letting you near any electronics. You'll just break them like everything else.
Oh no! You can't stop blogging! What will we all do? How will we ever fill our days without your cynacism and sarcastic humor? Tell me.
Oh..nevermind. You were just being sarcastic. Gish. I would never have expected that from you.
I think both blogging and Coldplay will reach a happy medium soon. When something starts from nothing, then turns uber (sp?) trendy and goes the way of McDonald's and Britney Spears (and therefore very uncool), if it persists long enough, it will become simply commonplace and it won't be a big deal to be a part of it or not.
Take cable and cool TVs for example.
Technically, I didn't break the camera. Circumstance and a large van did.
There was really no way to stop it.
I can watch from your foyer.
OMG that was soooo mean! Especially to those of us who have decided to make a futile effort at expressing ourselves on the great internet. And i really thought I was having a great time and doing so well at it! :(
You know me, Jules, I'm a mean sumbitch. That reminds me that I need to put up a link to you...
I'm wondering when not having cable became a bad thing. Am I really missing that much by not watching Laguna Beach? I'll admit I'd probably watch anything on a 50" widescreen LCD HDTV. Not that I had one that broke 5 hours after entering my house or anything. That reminds me that I need to get those outlets properly grounded...
Hey, wait, I have a foyer?
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