October 27th, 2007 | 
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Forcing myself to get back into the very good habit of posting at least once a day is helping to focus my mind and improve my writing. I’ve been very slack of late and my daily output has suffered as a result of this. I don’t just mean here on the hippy, but with other things I’ve been working on too.
Recently I asked, is this still a blog? With new found participation on my part, does that mean my site is becoming a blog again?
I think that would depend upon your definition of a blog, or weblog to give it the full title.
I rarely tell you what I’ve had for lunch, which in my mind is a prerequisite component of any blog, so I’ve already failed my first test. In general, this site has evolved into far less of a diary of my life, and is more of a forum to express my views on whatever particular subject (or lack thereof) takes my fancy.
Posting every day also doesn’t justify calling this a blog, as some bloggers post dozens of times a day, others post sporadically and others still don’t post at all. Remember ghost blogs?
I suppose the one thing that really decides if this site is a blog or not is whether I wish to call it one. I suppose it makes life easier for everyone to think of me as a blogger and this site as a blog. Otherwise, I could end up leaving myself devoid of description. If I’m not a blogger, what am I in the generic sense?
I’m not the webmaster here, I don’t actually administer my own site, I mainly provide creative direction and content. I didn’t design the layout, the graphics, I didn’t even choose the WordPress software that is the technical framework we use here.
If I was to choose a title for myself; one that actually expresses what I’m presently doing here, I would probably opt for “internet columnist”. It doesn’t exactly trip pleasingly off the tongue, though and there is no obvious shortening of it to “netnist” or “netcol” either. Perhaps I defy description?
It wouldn’t be the first time!
Just as I am a misfit in the real world, a square peg for an endless succession of round holes, I’m exactly the same in my online incarnation. Maybe, I’m whatever I want to be that day, or only for the particular post I’m writing.
I might pop up one day and tell you what I’ve had for lunch. I might review a film or a TV show, or talk about my love of electronics and gadgets, or recommend some music (which I haven’t done in ages!) or most likely, I might tell you again why legalising drugs makes sense. I might tell you anything!
The one thing you can be certain of is that whatever I’m writing about, I’ll tell the truth about it to the best of my ability, I’ll be honest about myself and the world around me. I’ve been doing that since day one and I don’t intend to change that now!
