i read something that bugged the heck out of me. it was one of those pop-culture cynic-critic people, and he said, paraphrased, “blogs that just recount daily events are soooo lame”. basically, since there is nothing unique about these blogs, nothing interesting, exciting, insightful, witty, thought-provoking, intelligent, artistic, well-said, or well-turned in them, they are worthless. lame.
i guess it could bug me for two reasons:
1. there is something wrong-headed about that mindset
2. i have one of those lame blogs and i just don’t like that someone would call it lame.
i’ll leave it up to you to decide if (2) is true. it very well could be, but i’m not going to let myself make a decision on that point. i think that the cynic’s thought grated on me because i don’t like his standard of a “good” blog. i suppose that he is allowed to have his opinion, but as for me i have no problem letting “lame” blogs exist and letting them have the same rights as other blogs. if you think something’s lame, don’t read it. don’t write about it either, lame-o.
in recent news, school has ruled my life for the past four days. i haven’t had a spare moment to myself since i got back from england…i guess that’s what i get for gallivanting around the world. anyways, in particular logic has kicked my butt, since a problem set was due today (in fact, if you want to see what i spend so much time working on and have microsoft word, i uploaded the answers to my recent problem set part 1). everyone rejoice with me that i at least attempted part 2 this time. i don’t think i actually got any of it right, but at least i had time to look at it. maybe next time i will progress even further.
also, my parents are in town (actually down staying in santa cruz) for the weekend, since it’s Parent’s Weekend here at stanford. they came to the dorm around 4 this afternoon, and watched our dorm talent show. i was in it and played the song a pixellated life to kick it off. then my parents took me out to CPK for a wonderful dinner.
emily and i had a long discussion about what art is tonight. it was pretty interesting. i like art. i wish i was good at some kind of studio art, but i guess i should stick to music.
i’ve been trying to write some music lately, and i think i actually have 4 or 5 or 6 viable new song ideas. i just don’t really have the lyrics to go along, and so i’ve been at a bottleneck here for quite a while. it’s so aggravating. as i’m asking, “will my pen some day just stop producing ink?” i hope not. what do you think chris cross. i’m certainly not going to throw in my mic or my towel just to quit.
in other more important news, i have two mp3s from the upcoming pedro the lion album control. i can’t wait till the whole thing comes out. you’ll also notice by looking at the sidebar that i’m going to see pedro on thurs. in SF. this will be quite sweet.
now my contacts have achieved that wonderfully disgusting state of gooey, slow, solidness with pointy edges. i am going to go remove them and read in bed until i fall asleep.
virtual disc on spin: pedro the lion | progress
