Some Ground Rules

I've always had a thing against blogs, mostly because they strike me as egotistical. A webpage dedicated to you and what you think, its almost like building a shrine to yourself. I mean who reads these anyways. The internet gives you access to hundreds and hundreds of pages about every interesting topic from 19th century pornography to which celebrity marriage is likely to end in tears. So who wants to read about what I'm up to?

So why start one? Well, a blog also has the quality of being a kind of mirror for yourself. One or two entries don't really amount to much, but people who have had long running blogs have a kind of record that outlines them in a way, sort of like personal journals. I have a journal actually (its in the photo), I bought it years ago in a small art store off Spadina in Toronto. I mostly filled it with details from trips I've taken, the museums I saw, the restaurants I liked, people I met in hostels, etc. I also pasted a lot into it, especially air and ticket stubs, so its like a scrapbook. I've only ever shared it with 1 other person, and even then I kept parts of it to myself, because of that it will always be a much more honest record. Blogs are read by your friends, and who really wants to fess up to being a total ass on a public webpage. So I think by their nature blogs must always portray the author as better than they are. Anyways while I like the journal I haven't touched it in over a year, who has time to get out the pens and sit and write anymore. There's a small chance I might be able to regularly write here.

I obviously have issues with blogs, so I've made a few commandments to help me:

1. I will write in it only when there is something worth writing. There is no need for anyone to know what I bought in the grocery store.

2. I will not write political editorials. I share my opinion often enough in a bar, I might still toss a remark in here now and then but no dedicated entries.

3. I will not mudsling, people who trash talk on blogs are cowards.

4. I will not write articles about girlfriends/dating/breakups/etc

5. I will not get dramatic

6. I will use full sentences with proper spelling and grammar, cuz its n. a sms whr u pay per lttr

Ok, well this is good to begin with, I'll probably add some and then break some, but let's get started...