As I think this WordPress theme is rather pretty and well-suited to big, pretty pictures, I thought I’d intermittently share some of the finest Creative Commons images I can get my mitts on. Keeps the post-rate up too, eh? I’d take some photos myself, but they are generally awful, unless I use one of those Polaroid app-things that makes even the worst photo look like a beautiful, wistful memory.
I’m afraid this is yet another one of those posts where I bleat on and on about writing without actually doing any of it. Well, of course, I am writing, but I’m writing about writing, which I could pass off as some sort of meta exercise, or as a meditation on the creative process, but it is nearer to an act of public self-absorption, or at least an avoidance of writing about something more worthwhile than the act of writing itself. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m generally late to the whole Next Big Thing party, and this is no exception. Still, I figured I’d be the 978,544th blogger to share this track from Lana Del Ray. I think it is pretty wonderful. I hope whatever follows lives up to the promise, as quite often I’ll hear a new act, get all excited and then feel disappointed when they get around to releasing an album with the same idea spun out 12 times. Then I realise I’m just a fool for hype, a video full of vintage footage and a single good song. Anyway, before disillusion (possibly) sets in, enjoy.
I figure throwing up a video or a fun picture now and then with a little bit of my rambling kind of almost nearly makes up for a lack of posts with Content. I’ll try and get in at least one Proper Post before the week is out. You lucky things.
As I may have alluded to in the past I used to frequent a fair few blogging tips and advice sites. I’m sure I absorbed some useful information. Yet, pretty soon I figured out that at best they were stating the obvious (“Be nice to your readers! Make your site look pretty!”) and at worst were carny schemers looking to part gullible or trusting people with their money (“Subscribe to my newsletter to become a blogging star! Buy my pdf report to find out how you too can become a Full-Time Blogger!”). Beyond all that, these people were sermonising on how to be a better blogger, yet were often terrible, wooden, formulaic writers. I need never see a How Blogging Is Like *insert cultural influence here* article ever again. Read the rest of this entry »
Wait until next year 