Killer Cars

This is entry #101.

3 months have passed since I started writing in this blog. In those months, I have learned more about my abilities as a person. In this case, I have found a renewed and rekindled interest in writing. In my time alone, it is just great to be myself. I write most of these entries thinking and knowing that I myself am my own biggest fan. I know you’re probably laughing at that aspect, but what I mean is that I guess I take this stuff sort of serious.

Back when I was only running my site full of pictures, I felt that I had more to give to people than just pictures. The original site was garnering alot of traffic. But hey, it was only drunk pictures and the occasional boob shot. It was getting attention way more than I expected, but it was pulling attention away from me. People still didn’t know me better (more on that in a sec) but they were seeing alot of my life. It made me a whore for attention. I can tell you, that I just wanted more.

I just wanted that if people were here and thinking about me, that they wouldn’t just look at my site and think I am all just parties and girls. The fact that you are reading this sort of redeems myself. There are so many sides of me as a person that I just want everyone to see. Pictures can only say so much, so I felt I was so much more than that.

So I figured I would write, and then most guaranteed, you would read it. Is there proof? You wouldn’t have read this, if you didn’t follow.

Another reason, I have been reaching out, is because of the nature of how I do things, I have too many good friends, and far too many acquantacences. I can’t reach out to everybody to let them know me better, because sometimes I just don’t hang out enough to let you know me. I am an individual who never plans ahead. When the weekend hits, I take as it comes. With the amount of friends I can try to contact, I usually end up doing something. And it’s quite easy to figure it out too. Just think, when was the last time that I asked you to go somewhere? That’s right, I am just full of my own options.

So I wrote, so people could get to know me better. I started and then
I got way pulled in because of the enormous resources and spread that a weblog makes. I dunno what motivated me to write so much. I look and read the first post that I wrote, and at the time, I had so much I wanted to put out there, that it ended up being way disorganized. Blogging has definitely been a great improvement towards my writing, as I know ‘my style’ alot better than I did back at the first month’s entries.

In some respects, I have written stuff that I know others would like. Keeping that balance, of writing for myself, and writing for others have kept things in check for both parties. Also, this new ‘blogging’ came at a really great time. Considering after turning 21, life hasn’t been the same. I am still not that big of a drinker, but that just ‘growing older’ and writing about my feelings is helping me establish that link of finally becoming an adult.

I’m going along with this. For my own purposes, here are some steps that I will try to remember to follow when I’m writing in this. Feel free to have them influence you as well.

• Always read and double check your entries. There have been so many times that I have changed an entry because I wrote like a fricking tool. Always read your entries aloud, and see if it sounds ‘alright’.
• Paragraphs are your friend. I can’t stress this enough! The reason why I skip over other people’s blogs is simply because they don’t use paragraphs. Please, be mature and make things easier on the eyes to read.
• Stick to your topic. Catagories help. A 100 lil’ posts read alot better than 2 long ones.
• Know your limits. I try not to delve into stuff I don’t know too much about, or would rather not talk. I could tell you about my personal life, but I already live in a world of E! Don’t believe me? Just think of all the things you heard about me, from others. Not my call. I attact attention to myself, but bad news spreads faster than good. Save yourself the trouble.
• Peak your topics. I have found the best reads fall between the completely useful, and the completely useless. One is for intellect, and the other is for humor. Is you have to write about something dull, just please perk it up.
• Don’t dive in the middle. This is almost like the last one. If you think of a bell curve and invert it so the ends are peaks, try not to write about something in the middle. Alot of teenage LiveJournals dwell in simple times of between happy and sad and that is why I tend to skip over them. Again, like the last one, readers don’t want to hear average everyday stuff. Write about something extreme, Useful or not.
• Short and sweet or long and lengthy. Some things are great reads when they are right to the point. Some you just wish were read like a novel. Most of the stuff so far have been short and sweet, but occasionally since I visit wilwheaton.net alot, I like to detail myself.
• Always ask yourself stupid questions. Big, big big. This is a problem I tend to do alot. Just think if who, what, when, where, why, how. This ends up beefing things up, and makes sure that you don’t confuse yourself a year from now.
• Keep ‘em hungry. Everybody wants more and more. Give it to them fast. It’s always a little frustrating to check on someone, and then be a little dissapointed. Write about something fresh, something noone has touched yet. Better yet, switch up your style and keep the readers guessing.
• Keep notes to yourself. Before I even started a blog, I thought up 6 entries that I wanted to get attention, but when the time came, I lost it. No matter where, try and remember those topics in your head. Write ‘em down. When you get home, you will tell which ones are worth writing about. One time I was delirious off coffee and wrote 3 entries out of 6 I orignally thought were something.
• Don’t follow. Just because everybody else is writing like they are in 6th grade doesn’t mean you should to. Express yourself, remember how analytical other people are. You ARE what YOU WRITE.
• Just let it come to you. This is my favorite. I think the best entries are already written in your head. If your mind can magically put phrases together and memorize them by the time you write, it HAD to be written. This list here, developed in my head and stayed for days and days. Most of the humor entries, also, developed in my head. This is a great exception, to the double check rule.

So there you go. Thanks for reading so far.

Here’s to another 100.

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