photographs

Make me indescribably happy. I can't explain the immense the feeling of satisfaction and well-being I get after looking at photographs, particularly of recent ones of my friends. Its like being there after the fact, at least for the highlights.

commentables

It gives the heart joy to see people leaving comments on my blog, and I'm afraid this new feature will curtail that :( Basically, you can't comment unless you are a registered user of blogger. Yes, encouraging the bubbling Google conglomerate.

If you give people allowances, they will shamelessly exploit them. They do not care that they can comment anonymously (or callously) or create false identities to tease a girl; whereas I have left my life as an open book on yours truly, kneepains.blogspot.com.

Thank you for reading.

comments

I love getting them. I think I've mentioned this before. Although I realize I have to have a thick skin about somethings. For the most part I don't want this blog to get bogged down with heavy stuff (did you see my class list???? and I'm not even going to get into what my job is like), so normally I'm going to write about very uncontroversial things. Hence the 'lightness' aspect of it. So keep the comments coming! Spammers go away.

new

Look! I decided it was time for a change, the last template had 24 stamped in the corner, and when I started this blog, it meant something, it was my age. Now I've left 24 behind, can't claim I'm in my lower 20's anymore and can rent a car without paying a premium. woohoo. For my next few birthdays, I'll probably let by pass quietly, in pajamas, some good DVD's, at home slacking. I'll actually do my laundry, clean my place, do all my shopping, and not have any chores to do. Maybe if I feel like splurging, I will rent a cabin somewhere far from civilization. Is it possible to say the city is wearing on me? Maybe because the last week is definitley about celebrations. I have to say, I'm not used to having such an active social life so it wore me out :) In a little more than a week I'll be starting classes again. Somewhere in there I'm going to maybe get a closet organizer, finally install the track lighting I bought, and maybe get rid of the boombox I have from 8th grade.

anonymous

Is blogging entering the phase of aggressive driving? Although it's not difficult to trace a person's identity on a blog, does the removal of yet another personal level lead bloggers to be careless? I'm not faulting particular bloggers in general. But I'm reminded of when e-mail became widely used. I had an English teacher who was notorious for firing out e-mails too quickly without cooling it a bit. A lot of people have difficulty confronting someone face-to-face, it's a bit easier on the phone, a lot easier on instant messenger and e-mail, and now there's web logs. If you have a grudge against someone at work, isn't it just too easy to write a post and then not worry about it? There are cautionary tales however, for example bloggers who were fired from work. And then there are times blogging takes the form of personal revenge.

It reminds me of aggressive driving. The anonymity of being in a car, acting out the day's frustrations, cutting off people, driving too fast, and recklessly. So rules for blogging? I found this helpful.

so what's with all the blogging

You know why, it's that time of the semester, close to finals!!! Anyway, inspired by Greek Tragedy, I'm also adding a 'favorite posts' to my sidebar. The absolute essentials if you want the best of the crap on this website.