but blogspot makes you get a google account, typepad makes you pay.
is this an existential problem of self-representation online? or is it a spiritual growing up in self-expression with the internet as a means of communication? is it a realization that no one cares how much my parents keep fighting, but they might be interested in learning about PlumpyNuts or in a more eloquent fashion, how my parents fighting has physically impeded me from believing any relationship can exist without a sort of fight? or do i just want attention?
the subject of all these "musings": blogs
everyone's got one, and while my livejournal has been taking a different turn in posts that people may actually find interesting, i've been wondering if the medium, or simply the URL, is something of the past, that a clever internet-er, like i, should just jump onto the blog bandwagon.
but while i contemplate the switchover, what my blog will consist of: cocktail recipes, new music, DIY, social activism, how ridiculous politics are, all with some leftist inklings. i'd like to attach here some blogs that i've come across in the recent months that are actually quite enjoyable, that i do care what these people are writing about, and that they have many readers is beginning to demonstrate really the power of words, and how the internet is changing this world, and making it indeed smaller, and how that's kind of cool.
http://metrodad.typepad.com/
"poppycock from a cocky pop"
new father living in tribeca tells adorable tales of his girl, Peanut, that requests "freebird" at a Laurie Berkner concert and eats chicken masala.
- HILARIOUS, but oh so cute
http://www.sig-gains-in-the-city.blogspot.com/
"teacher by day, and semi-hopeless romantic by night. read the chronicles."
"the often convoluted world of New York city education reform, a topic whose political gravitas headlines every major newspaper nearly everyday. Ed reform is the topic in New York right now, with battles taking place everywhere from classrooms in Harlem, to the front steps of city hall, to the editorial pages of The New York Times. This strange, stressful and confusing world can only be compared to something as fucked up as New York's not-so-underbelly gay scene. The setting of Hells' Kitchen and Chelsea gay bars sets the stage for a world frighteningly so unlike and desparate (yet, just as confounding) as the comparatively tight circles of urban educators that exist in New York.
A life of interacting with teachers, politicians, gay investment bankers and special ed 8 year olds sounds like heaven to me."
- the writings of my good friend, rob, who's doing TFA in harlem and living in the east village. he's only written one post b/c he's busy writing lesson plans, but if he ever remembers he has this, i have no doubt the entries will be great.
http://israelpunctuated.blogspot.com/
“Isn’t life,” she stammered, “isn’t life-” But what life was she couldn’t explain."
RVW's writings, always good, she's one of my favorites, check out her post on opening a kosher bakery in pittsburgh.
http://huckleberryem.livejournal.com/
she does the LJ justice, always love reading her writings.
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/
http://www.lifespeed.blogspot.com/
- Jennifer Walters: Dean of Religious Life @ Smith -> amazing
http://fakinggoodbreeding.blogspot.com/
- Smith senior, whose blog has actually become kind of a big thing in the fashion blog world.
B2 LOVE:
http://elizadoessmith.blogspot.com/
"A senior at Smith College, I dedicate this blog to a year of change and innovation."
http://theonlylivinggirl.blogspot.com/
"DEEP THOUGHTS about anthropology / media / resistance / underground political projects / social theory. PONDERINGS on the finer points of Spanish / Russian / Tibetan language, North India, Central America, the American Midwest. FICTION and NON-FICTION WRITING. The Derranged Musings of a Smith College senior."
i also love the community-posting blogs
http://www.citynoise.org/
a public photoblog where people with a love for the urban form, modern world, or a general appreciation of their environment gather to post stories, narratives and often upload photos of their favourite cities, hometowns, travels, or current locations
http://www.cupcakeblog.com/
cupcake recipes organized by ingredients, style, frosting, theme, and technique
http://www.threadbanger.com/blog
DIY <3
this is long, perhaps i should have LJ-cut it? that's always too confusing and over my head, hopefully the links will come out and make the entry a bit more concise.
still looking into more leftist, and political blogs, those will undoubtedly come soon in another entry. got any good ones for me?
the subject of all these "musings": blogs
everyone's got one, and while my livejournal has been taking a different turn in posts that people may actually find interesting, i've been wondering if the medium, or simply the URL, is something of the past, that a clever internet-er, like i, should just jump onto the blog bandwagon.
but while i contemplate the switchover, what my blog will consist of: cocktail recipes, new music, DIY, social activism, how ridiculous politics are, all with some leftist inklings. i'd like to attach here some blogs that i've come across in the recent months that are actually quite enjoyable, that i do care what these people are writing about, and that they have many readers is beginning to demonstrate really the power of words, and how the internet is changing this world, and making it indeed smaller, and how that's kind of cool.
http://metrodad.typepad.com/
"poppycock from a cocky pop"
new father living in tribeca tells adorable tales of his girl, Peanut, that requests "freebird" at a Laurie Berkner concert and eats chicken masala.
- HILARIOUS, but oh so cute
http://www.sig-gains-in-the-city.blogspot.com/
"teacher by day, and semi-hopeless romantic by night. read the chronicles."
"the often convoluted world of New York city education reform, a topic whose political gravitas headlines every major newspaper nearly everyday. Ed reform is the topic in New York right now, with battles taking place everywhere from classrooms in Harlem, to the front steps of city hall, to the editorial pages of The New York Times. This strange, stressful and confusing world can only be compared to something as fucked up as New York's not-so-underbelly gay scene. The setting of Hells' Kitchen and Chelsea gay bars sets the stage for a world frighteningly so unlike and desparate (yet, just as confounding) as the comparatively tight circles of urban educators that exist in New York.
A life of interacting with teachers, politicians, gay investment bankers and special ed 8 year olds sounds like heaven to me."
- the writings of my good friend, rob, who's doing TFA in harlem and living in the east village. he's only written one post b/c he's busy writing lesson plans, but if he ever remembers he has this, i have no doubt the entries will be great.
http://israelpunctuated.blogspot.com/
“Isn’t life,” she stammered, “isn’t life-” But what life was she couldn’t explain."
RVW's writings, always good, she's one of my favorites, check out her post on opening a kosher bakery in pittsburgh.
http://huckleberryem.livejournal.com/
she does the LJ justice, always love reading her writings.
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/
http://www.lifespeed.blogspot.com/
- Jennifer Walters: Dean of Religious Life @ Smith -> amazing
http://fakinggoodbreeding.blogspot.com/
- Smith senior, whose blog has actually become kind of a big thing in the fashion blog world.
B2 LOVE:
http://elizadoessmith.blogspot.com/
"A senior at Smith College, I dedicate this blog to a year of change and innovation."
http://theonlylivinggirl.blogspot.com/
"DEEP THOUGHTS about anthropology / media / resistance / underground political projects / social theory. PONDERINGS on the finer points of Spanish / Russian / Tibetan language, North India, Central America, the American Midwest. FICTION and NON-FICTION WRITING. The Derranged Musings of a Smith College senior."
i also love the community-posting blogs
http://www.citynoise.org/
a public photoblog where people with a love for the urban form, modern world, or a general appreciation of their environment gather to post stories, narratives and often upload photos of their favourite cities, hometowns, travels, or current locations
http://www.cupcakeblog.com/
cupcake recipes organized by ingredients, style, frosting, theme, and technique
http://www.threadbanger.com/blog
DIY <3
this is long, perhaps i should have LJ-cut it? that's always too confusing and over my head, hopefully the links will come out and make the entry a bit more concise.
still looking into more leftist, and political blogs, those will undoubtedly come soon in another entry. got any good ones for me?