ceci n'est pas une 'blog'
There is a growing trend, I find, of individuals making a basic error in terminology when discussing blogs. "I just read your last blog," they say or write. "That blog was dumb." Whut? Now to me, blog is short for weblog (web log) and thus is analogous to a journal in which we write individual entries, or, as I prefer given my earlier days on an internet message board, 'posts'. You wouldn't call a journal entry a journal, so why confuse the issue with blogs?
You may say that I'm supposed to be a descriptivist, so what am I doing complaining about this popular usage?! Well, yes. So if that's what it's going to be, go ahead with it... just be aware that it sounds really dumb.* At least, if you call each little piece we write a blog, you're going to need a new term to describe the whole collection of them. I look forward to hearing it!
*This only applies to the young folks; people over a certain age are exempt from sounding dumb when it comes to matters of the internet. Standards are different, you understand.
Visions of the Future
My final assignment for my leadership class is to create a vision statement for my life five years into the future, and to create a vision collage to go along with it. I had so much fun transfering all my goals into photoshop that i thought i'd share it with you.
Key to deep symbolism embedded in this image:
The brief-case symbolizes the fact that i finally got a job, one that requires leaving the house on a regular basis!
Our commitment to environmental sustainability is demonstrated through the windmill i added to the back of our home, as well as through the re-beautifying of one of our front bushes.
The sneakers on the front lawn signify my continued commitment to physical fitness, as well as my lack of care for putting my stuff away.
As you can see, in 2011 i drive a Prius but can't seem to park it worth shit.
Also, i added a Puggle.
Oh! And we up and birthed a kid, too!
I can't wait for DA fyutchR!