Monday, November 23, 2009

Moods

Recently I've been spending my inspiration on music and conversation. Listening to music, playing music; talking to people.

But I feel like maybe I'm cheating some of this inspiration. Wasting it. Like when energy is in transit--a little piece is always lost as heat. It's like I'm along for the ride. Taking the A Train, but not really ready to get off at any point. I don't mean to sound despairing--it's not like I don't know where to get off, it's just that I'm having so much fun on this ride that I'm not ready to go out there just yet.

So where does this bus stop? Where do I get off? I could write some more. Hey, as we speak, I'm spilling out these words. I mean, this feels great. Blogging. God, I love blogging. This is something I should get back into.

Try it out. Blast your favorite tracks. Go along for the ride. Don't go against the flow. Let it take you where it wants, because it's usually where you need to be.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Study Hard, Now

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Indulge

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Have Fun

Monday, November 9, 2009

The Dislike Button

I've never felt the need for a dislike button.
The new fad that's sweeping Facebook. Mass-hysteria. 1,000,000 strong for the Dislike Button.
What are we propagating when we petition the creators of Facebook?

I see all these groups (there are far too many) supporting and requesting a dislike button. Stop and think before you click that responsive "join" button. What are you supporting?
Do you so strongly feel the need to trash what other people have to say?
You want to let other people know that what they say is so unintelligent or uninteresting or simply so inappropriate that it deserves LESS than "no comment." Is that it?

If you have a problem with the vulgarity of someone's post, that's a different story. Facebook already allows us to remove friends from our friend list. And if removal is taking it too far, why not "hide" the user from your news feed?

As a sidenote: if any user posts a status update like "Mondays..." or "Hangovers..." or anything to that gist, using the dislike button might be understandable--because things like Mondays and Hangovers are generally accepted as crappy. But in this example, the 'disliker' is actually in agreement with the poster; so using the dislike button this way would be, in a sort, inaccurate.

The more negative responses we give to our friends in the social-network, the less likely it is that they will post; or worse, they might just 'dislike' back. Typing whatever you want as your status-update is one carefree advantage to being in a social-network. You don't expect your friends to 'dislike' what you say.


Well, what do you think? I never understood the dislike button. What am I missing?

Monday, November 2, 2009

Blogging is Amazing

I think we all need to take a step back and remember how great blogging is.