11/07/07
themes of a blogster -
Categories: Apparently what a good blog needs is a different theme everyday. That’s what another constructively critical friend said to me when I enquired what he thought of my previous few entries. 'It shouldn't just be a log book, it should be as though you are writing a newspaper column. Yours is more like a "what I did in my holidays" entry' Apparently. Of course he is a master of blog etiquette and technique, but writes his under a pseudonym and wont tell me what it is, so I cant use it as a template. Wonderfully helpful without actually being remotely helpful whatsoever. Not too dissimilar from the NHS direct help line.
I have never excelled at any sort of journalistic or novelistic (a word what I made) writing, with a high point in my life when I received two merits in my English class (aged 13) for a Raymond Chandler style story about a missing dog. I had wanted to write a severely grisly murder story, but I was forced to conform to light heartedness, and hilarious dog antics to avoid funny looks and a poor mark.
Although feeling as though it would be good to fight conformity, I will attempt to write each of my blogs in a more brief and thematic manner. At some point when my blog dictators back is down I shall write a minute by minute dull entry of my life up until this point and defy all his boundaries and rules and become the reigning blog rebel king! My minions shall all join m and together we shall stop blogs being featured in crap free papers, and writing everywhere will sound like a child with learning difficulties had written it (like that book about the dead dog. I could’ve done that.)! We shall overcome in a poor and illiterate way!
Until then though today’s blog has themed on dogs, and brought to you by the letters D, Z and the number 12.
By the way, for anyone who cares, Fat Tuesday last night was excellent thanks to the small but enthusiastic crowd. Both Steve Williams and Glenn Wool's previews were excellent, and are going to make brilliant Edinburgh shows. Go check them out if you can.
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