ok. beginning to figure things out, here. i think progress is being made, and i offer as evidence the world's most compelling list of links. i suspect that most folks haven't heard of these, so my catalogue is an effort to finally get the world familiarized with up-and-coming journalism.
failed names for this record of daily flotsam:
"subtle intensity" : natalie says it sounds like something the beatnik poet from Peggy Sue Got Married would say. everyone remember michael fitzsimmons' poem about razors and rats? good.
"aggressively indifferent" : while i love the implied message of a contradictory approach to things, it sounds to me more like a diagnosable condition than a personality.
"a complacent worry" : the indefinite article kind of arrests a general state of worriness, i think, but it reminds me too much of mcsweeney's descriptions: "quarterly concern" and "internet tendency."
"obsessively calm" : dang. this is really beginning to sound like an effort to name your next rock album. cover art in this case would definitely involve a calm ocean surface, building clouds in the distance, and a not-subtle reference to "red sky at morn..."
bloggers new to the medium will, at first, post compulsively, even several times per day. soon, the excitement fades, and the commentary diminishes.
back in a minute.
Posted by dave at June 8, 2003 1:18 PMEven bloggers a few months old tinker and post, just in waves ;) I've been planning an entire redesign for months (which is about as long as I've blogged), but alas, Matt's switch to electric green is perhaps a throw of the virtual gauntlet.
To the sketchboard.
(P.S. Something about this template seems to make - at least on my browser - your comments show up invisible, unless highlighted. So you'll likely not see this.)
Posted by: Jason at June 8, 2003 8:34 PM | Permalink to CommentAlas. I'm nuts. It works now. Maybe Critters is the one with issues - or maybe it's just me. Likely the latter.
Obsessive comment #2 ... complete.
Posted by: Jason at June 8, 2003 8:35 PM | Permalink to CommentHmm...I agree with Natalya on Subtle Intensity..besides the fact its too hard to say. But Im lazy.
Thought i would come look around and see what actually intelligent people do with their pages and blogs...instead of never updating them like i do mine.
This random missive was written on a library computer, due to a lack of a working harddrive on my beloved laptop, Humphrey.
Posted by: allison at June 9, 2003 1:20 PM | Permalink to Comment