Let's ride the wave.

So in all of the hustle and bustle of the phenomenon we call online social networking, it's becoming more challenging to figure out exactly what purpose these accounts and blogs serve. Of course companies are on a marketing frenzy and they're filling our email inboxes, trimming our web pages, and clogging our twitter feeds with updates, advertisements, and scams. And to be honest I would be disappointed if they weren't. For the most part I can shut it out but sometimes I get weary of endorsements and propaganda coming at me from every direction that I wish every web page could look more like the inside of an apple store.

Honestly, one of the main reasons I don't use Myspace anymore is because I couldn't take all of the obnoxious flashing page layouts and banners. Not to mention the general skankafied feel of it all. And Facebook better be careful, even though every profile looks the same and it has a fairly clean look about it, they run the risk of drowning me in applications that my dog wouldn't even be interested in. And don't even get me started on the fan pages. Just today I had in my suggestions section a fan page for "Not being on fire. 5 friends are now fans." Are you effing kidding me? I was tempted to find out which of my 5 friends it was and promptly unfriend them, but that seemed a bit drastic.

So the point of my rambling is this: Why do we as the general public, who have nothing to market, read and write blogs? Are we looking for good conversation? Or perhaps it is in some ways a popularity contest by way of how many followers/subscribers/friends can you get. With the ultimate goal being making sure it's more than your friends have? Or perhaps it's just a way to relieve boredom at work. Most of us probably have our own reasons, but I'm wondering what is it for you?

There are several blogs I love to read, 1000AwesomeThings.com for instance, I read it first thing every morning at work. And I save the Sunday Secrets from PostSecret.com for my Monday morning treat. And it's very rare that I'll buy a magazine, after all, if it's worth reading they'll put it online right? My friend Jaimie had an interesting post about that at Jamie Maldonado Photography if you're interested I suggest you have a read and leave a comment!

So let's ride the wave of the blogging trend and see how creative we can get! Make suggestions for your readers to post about in their own blogs. When you read someone's blog leave comments and give feedback. Strive to post meaningful, insightful, informative or hilarious things.

Anyway, that's all I have for today!

Daily Reflection On A Dead Man's Quotation

And now for a serving of a little something I like to call,"Daily Reflection On A Dead Man's Quotation" brought to you in part by Madison DuPree and Oscar Wilde.

"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to change it every six months."

Now I don't know what remedy Mr. Wilde was suggesting but I concur with him in his angst about modern fashion trends. For instance I was cleaning out my closet and came across a light pink and gray shirt, and I debated throwing it out because those colors haven't been in style since last summer (or 1985 depending on your personal fashion tastes). I thought about throwing it out but I went against my mother's voice in my head and kept it, because after all I'm just a poor college student. As much as I would love to use current trends as an excuse to revamp my wardrobe every few months I simply can't afford it.

By the way... you can get some really great deals on Threadless.com if you check their $5 and $10 sections everyday. You know... for those who strive to keep up their artsy fashion look on a tight budget. And if you're going for more of an upscale fashion look then anthropology does have a decent sale section, you just have to be committed to checking it out regularly!

If anyone else has any cheap style tips I'd love to hear them!

And if anyone wants to know how my day is going..... I'd have to say it's going well. I love it when it's stormy outside at night, especially when that storm floods the roads around my work making it impossible for me to come into the office at 8:00. I got a call early this morning telling me that I shouldn't come in until 11:00. Sleeping in is a beautiful thing people... a very, very beautiful thing. So I slept until 9:00 (as opposed to my usual 7:00) then spent the last bit of my stolen time watching America's Next Top Model reruns.

And I pride myself on my efficiency today because I was planning on going to Starbucks to use some of the gift cards I got for Admin Assistant Day and read. But instead I went to the store because it's my week for groceries.

Also, on a completely unrelated note our pool is green. I'm not happy about this.

Ooops I forgot!

So sorry... I've forgotten all about this thing. But as my need for a blogging site grows (other than the trashy forum of MySpace, The outdated network of xanga, or the impressively stalker friendly facebook) I find myself turning here. I don't know that anyone reads it anymore, but hey, if you're reading this then I most likely linked to it on Twitter and now you can decide if you're ever going to read this again.

I don't have too much to say and when I do say something it will most likely be about mundane every day stuff. And I will most likely be mad about it... but as my roommates tell me, I'm funniest when really T.O.ed. Ok whatever, I'm not sure I appreciate that but if you want to be entertained then step right up to the plate and I'll throw you a fast ball of arrogant angst and cynicism.

And I love to throw in book reviews here and there. So I leave you with the words of the immortal Mark Twain,
"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them."

Or

"We call it the 'Goodness of God' that we have those three unspeakable precious things; freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either."

Take what you will.