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no-subject-2005-11-23
There are plenty of blogs on the Internet, and enough well-written, entertaining ones to suck up whatever productivity gains society may have gained by the Industrial Revolution. The world does not need another blog -- especially another poorly-written, boring one. But I'm here, and I decided to try the LiveJournal thing. What the hell was I thinking?
This is an experiment. I have some goals in my head, and LiveJournal is trendy and free, and I finally thought of a username that was not taken, so I decided this was as good a time to experiment as any.
Goal number one is disclosure. There are a number of issues I feel uncomfortable or unable to express elsewhere -- not in person, and not in my other online personas. These issues are mostly mundane cliches, but they are eating me up inside and I want to get them off my chest. What better audience for my darkest secrets than the entire (online) world?
Goal number two is honesty. I am dishonest about pretty much everything. To some degree I would like to express myself honestly here, or at least to be dishonest about new things.
Goal number three is writing. I want to improve my writing, which for me means writing for an audience (that's you) and writing regularly (that's my job). I have a lot of bad writing habits to overcome, and you get to be the guinea pigs (if you choose).
Goal number four is brevity.
Goal number five is regularity. That means eating plenty of fibre and updating frequently -- maybe on some fixed schedule.
Goal number six is quality. That means making sure these entries have some kind of point, and avoiding blathering for the sake of blathering.
It's easy to see I won't meet all of these goals. If I am still around and this blog is still around, we'll see what happens in a year.
Livejournal URL: http://lonelyache.livejournal.com/864.html
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