Declaration of Principles

Hey!

So what kind of blog is this going to be?

Every morning I scan through a prodigious amount of bloggery on a number of different subjects. For me blogs that are done well, and are interesting to read, are the ones that pick a specific subject and then adhere to that topic as closely as possible. I’ve been banging out a blog with varying degrees of success for a couple years now. But for the most part, it’s all been pretty random, stream of conscious stuff with some comic book laced overtones. That’s not the kind of blog I want to write anymore.

So what kind of blog is this going to be?

I could make this a blog about comics. But frankly, the world needs another blog about comic books like I need prune juice enema.

I could make this a blog solely about shit that is going on in my life. But that’s only good readings if you know me personally, have an unhealthy interest in listening to me bitch about how everything pisses me off or if I had an exceedingly interesting life. Frankly we’re just not that close.

Personal finance blog? Let me sum that up for you. I do all right, but I always wish I had some more scratch….and out dated slang.

Books, movies, music review blog? Who wouldn’t want to listen to another uninformed opinion? And trust me, my opinions are among the most uninformed out there.

In the end, I decided to ignore my observations. I’m not going pick a specific subject and adhere to it as closely as I can. I’m going to talk about any and every thing that I feel is worth talking about. That means I could write about anything from comic books, to my irrational fear of flying to my growing interest in environmentalism.

In the end, I’m looking for more than just a platform to scream about the stuff that bothers me. Sometimes I’m looking for a frank and open discussion about a weighty subjects, sometimes I just want to nerd out and talk about Transformers.

I promise to try and blog everyday. And let me tell you right now, I will horribly fail that goal before the week is out. But I still promise to try.

So what kind of blog is this going to be?

I don’t know really. It’ll be a blog about me I suppose. Hopefully something interesting and insightful, but only time will tell.

Blog on.

Working out

Well,

I’ve been fairly successful so far in keeping up with almost-daily posts here on Mr. blog. That’s a fairly big step for me. I’ve never been able to commit the time and energy to this before, even though I wanted to.

Now the problem is just keeping the quality up. I’ve spent the last few weeks checking out some other comic-based blogs, seeing how their comic book reviews match up with mine. Did they have greater insight, more prolific writing, a more amusing style?

Etcetera.

Etcetera.

On the whole I find that I have the content pretty much nailed down, but the quality of my writing leaves a bit to be desired.

I had a friend who bastardized a Tolstoy quote for me once. It went something to the effect of “The brain is a muscle and like all muscles it needs to be exercised constantly in order for it to grow and improve.”

Tolstoy’s gross misunderstanding of human anatomy aside I think the quote rings pretty true.

So this is me, exercising my muscles.