Introducing Air
My second attempt at blogging. The first blog is lost in virtual stratosphere....in layman's speak, I don't know where the "begeesus" it is....*
I'm thinking it's hiding from me...tearing away into the dark hole of the web screaming "set me free!" Maybe it's 'cos the farthest I've gone is to write my description like this one. And that's it. That first blog probably felt pimped that it was so under utilised while the other blogs were enjoying a field day, getting loadsa eyeballs, getting recognised, heck, even getting sponsored! And mine was like dead air. I'm not a tech-retard, in fact I'm logged on 24/7. And get this, I'm a full-time freelance journo (how strange that rhymes so close to wino). So what gives? Explain thyself!
After much soul searching (read: starring into a blank screen), I've come to the epiphany that it's who I am. The very same reason that led me to my current vocation, and the very same reason that's gonna be my undoing. I tried too hard...everyone was getting into blog-fever and personally I have a soft spot for all the food blogs that are filled with talented writings and beautiful photos. I covet after these, wondering if I should join 'em...but there's so many of them now doing a good job that it doesn't make sense to be a pathetic drop of water in a vast ocean.
Which brings me to this new blog. "Defragmenting Air" I call it. Is my name Air? It could be. Look at it from any point of view, religious, socio, philosophical...air just seems universal. It seems like nothing. Comes and goes as it wishes. Important and unimportant. A clash of meanings. A breath of fresh air. A reek of stale air. Chameleon like, it takes on shapes, sizes, smells....anything and everything. That is what I am, what I have come to be. I am nobody. For those of you who have watched the awesome movie "Dead Man" with Johnny Depp, his constant companion is called Nobody. Sit through the movie and you'll understand.
Defragmenting? Big word. Techie word. Innocuous word. I just like the sound and look of it. I got to know it first when my computer crashed major big time. A sig-other went about defragmenting it to set it right. I ain't no whiz so I asked what that meant. Then it hit me, the revelation...breaking it down and sweeping away all the "bad stuff", the goo, the what-nots that have been weighing the machine down and getting into the hair of its proper functionings. Making a clean break of it all. I liked how that sounded. I wanted that too. "Please sir, can I have a defragmenting special with extra de's?"
If only it were that easy....*
In the universe of happy-happy-joy-joy blogs, the cheese stands alone. I choose to air my thoughts and grievances in a world that has seen better days. I hope that, honest to gawd, there are many out there of like-minds. Amidst the shiny happy people, it is my wish to represent the down-trodden, the despaired, the disillusioned, the lost souls...you're not alone. In a way, perhaps this blog can serve up some heartfelt rememdies, solace, chicken soup for the weary. Or you could read 'em and weep. Catalyst or carthasis, you need Air.
So this blog is my avenue of defragmenting myself. All the gunk in my life, my brain, my thoughts will be channeled into this blog and when it comes time to defragment the computer, it will in a way defragment me too. All my troubles and woes will go into the black hole where techie trash is rid of forever. You are welcome to climb on board my journey. Feel free to disembark whenver, wherever. On Air, you can do anything.
I'm thinking it's hiding from me...tearing away into the dark hole of the web screaming "set me free!" Maybe it's 'cos the farthest I've gone is to write my description like this one. And that's it. That first blog probably felt pimped that it was so under utilised while the other blogs were enjoying a field day, getting loadsa eyeballs, getting recognised, heck, even getting sponsored! And mine was like dead air. I'm not a tech-retard, in fact I'm logged on 24/7. And get this, I'm a full-time freelance journo (how strange that rhymes so close to wino). So what gives? Explain thyself!
After much soul searching (read: starring into a blank screen), I've come to the epiphany that it's who I am. The very same reason that led me to my current vocation, and the very same reason that's gonna be my undoing. I tried too hard...everyone was getting into blog-fever and personally I have a soft spot for all the food blogs that are filled with talented writings and beautiful photos. I covet after these, wondering if I should join 'em...but there's so many of them now doing a good job that it doesn't make sense to be a pathetic drop of water in a vast ocean.
Which brings me to this new blog. "Defragmenting Air" I call it. Is my name Air? It could be. Look at it from any point of view, religious, socio, philosophical...air just seems universal. It seems like nothing. Comes and goes as it wishes. Important and unimportant. A clash of meanings. A breath of fresh air. A reek of stale air. Chameleon like, it takes on shapes, sizes, smells....anything and everything. That is what I am, what I have come to be. I am nobody. For those of you who have watched the awesome movie "Dead Man" with Johnny Depp, his constant companion is called Nobody. Sit through the movie and you'll understand.
Defragmenting? Big word. Techie word. Innocuous word. I just like the sound and look of it. I got to know it first when my computer crashed major big time. A sig-other went about defragmenting it to set it right. I ain't no whiz so I asked what that meant. Then it hit me, the revelation...breaking it down and sweeping away all the "bad stuff", the goo, the what-nots that have been weighing the machine down and getting into the hair of its proper functionings. Making a clean break of it all. I liked how that sounded. I wanted that too. "Please sir, can I have a defragmenting special with extra de's?"
If only it were that easy....*
In the universe of happy-happy-joy-joy blogs, the cheese stands alone. I choose to air my thoughts and grievances in a world that has seen better days. I hope that, honest to gawd, there are many out there of like-minds. Amidst the shiny happy people, it is my wish to represent the down-trodden, the despaired, the disillusioned, the lost souls...you're not alone. In a way, perhaps this blog can serve up some heartfelt rememdies, solace, chicken soup for the weary. Or you could read 'em and weep. Catalyst or carthasis, you need Air.
So this blog is my avenue of defragmenting myself. All the gunk in my life, my brain, my thoughts will be channeled into this blog and when it comes time to defragment the computer, it will in a way defragment me too. All my troubles and woes will go into the black hole where techie trash is rid of forever. You are welcome to climb on board my journey. Feel free to disembark whenver, wherever. On Air, you can do anything.
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