Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Look Ma, I'm On the Internet! Whee!

I do not consider myself a person worth writing about. You won't see me in a melodramatic biopic that steals the hearts of millions in the theatres. You won't see me as the subject of a best-selling book written by not just one, but several committees of intelligent authors and researchers.
But you will see me here, on the Internet, where everyone is a superstar. You can post a song on Youtube that makes millions on iTunes. You can make a webcomic that becomes your full-time career. You can make a sketch video that gets you into theatrical film. Anything is possible.

Before I start sounding too pretentious and preachy, let me say that this wasn't my idea. It was the idea of one of the many, many, many wonderful people I have met in my life that are a thousand times more interesting than myself. She told me I should start a blog. And I, being the spineless tool I am, complied.

I'll post here periodically, maybe every other day, or weekly, I don't know. It depends on how many things worth writing about occur to me. Whatever the case, it is my extremely biased suggestion that you stick around. I'm about to make the magic happen, but I'm no magician. Whatever happens next all depends on whether or not the words I manage to string together can pull off the trick. Hopefully, the trick is worth checking out.

Welcome to the land of Broken Whimsy.

-- January 19, 2012: So readers may be wondering why there is a five month gap between activity. Well, truth is, I -did- publish some articles. However, I believe that they were particularly mediocre, and looking back, I'm really not satisfied with their quality. Therefore, they've been taken off the site and stored away in case I ever feel like sharing the shame of my past. Coincidentally, they were both movie reviews, so they wouldn't really hold much relevance, anyway. Only one article - "Glimpse" - survived the pruning, and was republished as to avoid having some lonely little article floating about mid-2011. Well, there's this post right here, but look at this blurb! 2012 ain't leavin' it behind! It's cool!