manifesto

This blog is a collection of posts and/or random writing I've done in the past that I consider either worth preserving or sharing with the world. As you can tell, I either don't write much, or don't write much that I deem to have value... and the true value of the latter is entirely questionable to begin with.

That said, in order to keep this blog from devolving into a stagnant pool of self-pity*, I've established the following ground rules:
1. The amount of emo must, at worst, be kept to a minimum. At best, there should be none at all. Therefore, posts about my love life (or its lack thereof) are generally prohibited.
2. In fact, posts about my life should generally be discouraged, unless it is used to tell a story, illustrate a point, or discover something new (see 4).
3. Posts must show creativity of some kind - short stories, descriptive recounts of dreams, and other involuntary spasms of inspiration. That said, creativity for the sake of being creative tends to not be very creative at all. Or at the least, it sucks. A lot. Which is really why I don't have that much to show even after ~14 years of writing on and off.
4. Posts that don't fall under 2 or 3 should be explorative. Wait, I suppose if it doesn't fall under 2, then it's not explorative by definition.
5. No emo posts allowed. See 1.
6. Ironically, this post fails to fulfill 2, 3, or 4. Oh well, at least it's not emo!

And to explain why this post is more recent than, say, all the other posts to this blog at the time of posting... well, that's because I'm writing this now while I'm totally stealing my own previous work to pre-populate this blog. It's sort of cheating, but at the same time, collecting them all together was half the reason for creating this in the first place.

Which might not bode too well for the frequency of any future posting.



* Like all the other blogs or journals I've kept so far, excluding the one I made about WoW.**

** Yes, I have a blog about WoW. But since I quit WoW a long time ago, it's pretty much defunct. And no, you probably don't want to see it.***

*** Yes, this footnote thing is an unashamedly stolen device from kidchamp, who is awesome, takes damn good pictures and keeps a damn fine blog.****

**** After you use it a couple times in a row, "damn" sounds like a really odd way to describe something positively.*****

***** I am now completely abusing this footnote thing and should really, really stop.