Untold Untruths
Mike Wozowski is gobsmacked for good reason.
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Friday, August 26
My pennyworth of thought.
Earlier when I was blog-surfing, I noticed - not for the first time - that out of the 10 random blogs you read, 8 of them are crammed full of verbal drivel. Perhaps I was surfing around in the wrong circle of bloggers but really, it drives you a little insane with impatience after a while.
So, unbidden came the question: What makes a blog interesting?
The blogger? The content? Or God forbid, the tagboards?
After reading Kelly's blog, I have arrived at a conclusion. The Zyrk herewith declares her unbiased (but possibly premature) opinion, that an interesting blog is one whose blogger looks at life just that bit differently. It's really not about whether that person is more lengzai/lenglui, popular, good in english, proficient in gossip or whatnot. It's about how that he/she looks at life, and what he/she gets out of it. Hehe, big statement for a wee blogger, but I must elaborate a little.
Methinks that
Certain people pass their blog off as interesting to the general public because they:
1. Post pictures of their beautiful selves
2. Update everyone on gossip
3. Ramble about their everyday lives
4. Have BMW (bitching, moaning or whining) tendencies
4. Are genial, sweet and nice
5. Lead interesting lives
But by the Zyrk's standards, truly noteworthy bloggers are those who:
1. Make you smile/laugh
2. Write well, and with purpose
3. Touch the heart
4. Are not BMW (bitchy, moany or whiny)
5. Display intellectual integrity
6. Allow you to relate and appreciate
7. Leave you deep in thought
8. Have a little of the former category
** Further input from the Cow, highly advocated by the Zyrk:
An interesting blog by anyone's standards would be unattractive all the same, if it:
1. Is littered with "flashy thingamaroos"
2. Cannot be read by fault of overly fancy/microscopic font
3. Provides music/music videos of any sort
4. Has an ugly layout (read: repulsive colour combination and abysmal navigation)
Whereas a friendly blog which constituted the opposite of all of the above would be a reading pleasure to one and all :)
And thus, noteworthy bloggers of the Zyrk's acquaintance would be:
(not in order of preference)
1. Grace
2. Yi Perng
3. Kelly
4. Hui Ying
5. Myself (conceit alert!)
Hehe. Moliu post, but entertaining for myself nonetheless. Selfish Krys!
So, unbidden came the question: What makes a blog interesting?
The blogger? The content? Or God forbid, the tagboards?
After reading Kelly's blog, I have arrived at a conclusion. The Zyrk herewith declares her unbiased (but possibly premature) opinion, that an interesting blog is one whose blogger looks at life just that bit differently. It's really not about whether that person is more lengzai/lenglui, popular, good in english, proficient in gossip or whatnot. It's about how that he/she looks at life, and what he/she gets out of it. Hehe, big statement for a wee blogger, but I must elaborate a little.
Methinks that
Certain people pass their blog off as interesting to the general public because they:
1. Post pictures of their beautiful selves
2. Update everyone on gossip
3. Ramble about their everyday lives
4. Have BMW (bitching, moaning or whining) tendencies
4. Are genial, sweet and nice
5. Lead interesting lives
But by the Zyrk's standards, truly noteworthy bloggers are those who:
1. Make you smile/laugh
2. Write well, and with purpose
3. Touch the heart
4. Are not BMW (bitchy, moany or whiny)
5. Display intellectual integrity
6. Allow you to relate and appreciate
7. Leave you deep in thought
8. Have a little of the former category
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
** Further input from the Cow, highly advocated by the Zyrk:
An interesting blog by anyone's standards would be unattractive all the same, if it:
1. Is littered with "flashy thingamaroos"
2. Cannot be read by fault of overly fancy/microscopic font
3. Provides music/music videos of any sort
4. Has an ugly layout (read: repulsive colour combination and abysmal navigation)
Whereas a friendly blog which constituted the opposite of all of the above would be a reading pleasure to one and all :)
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
And thus, noteworthy bloggers of the Zyrk's acquaintance would be:
(not in order of preference)
1. Grace
2. Yi Perng
3. Kelly
4. Hui Ying
5. Myself (conceit alert!)
Hehe. Moliu post, but entertaining for myself nonetheless. Selfish Krys!