It's a lazy, post-rain, now sunny Wednesday afternoon - what better set up is there to begin blogging? A few of my concerns/disclaimers:
1) I realize that blogging is inherently narcissistic on some level. I mean, any writer has to have enough conceit to think his words or his story is important enough to be read, yes? And by definition, that means any blog hopes to distinguish itself relative to other opinions and stories, yes? I am fully aware of this. I completely agree with this. I hate bloggers and critics who think themselves important - people who can only show true wit when they are mean jerks. Having said this...
2) I think myself important enough to have a blog, and call it a Congress, and think this is clever because I just read Jorge Luis Borges's short story 'the Congress', which is a story about optimistic adults who create a representative Congress of the world only to discover it is useless because the best representation of the world - the one that best encapsulates every nuanced opinion, story, point of view, and idiosyncracy of the human condition - is the world itself. Heck, I think myself important enough to say "I read Jorge Luis Borges." But oh well, it's what's on my mind right now, and this is a blog that answers to no level of authority, and I'm not using my real name (Ludwig is my dog's name), so these deceptions shall set me free...
3) I foresee myself discussing movies and books a lot. I see that there is a difference between what one likes, and what makes a movie or book "good." For instance, I love Chip n' Dale's Rescue Rangers. Chip n' Dales doesn't really hold up anymore. But I still love it. I still feel the Fizz of KooKoo Cola (check it out on youtube at the 1:19 mark - it's bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S).
3) I have never taken a course on criticizing things.
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