Saturday 23 January 2010

Every Other Blog


Pictures; where i'm aiming to go with this blog

I made the mistake of clicking the 'next blog' button a couple of days ago, and it's been hard to stop clicking it since. However the initial excitement at the prospect of prying into other peoples lives swiftly wore off, giving way to the discovery that there only appear to be eight different types of blog. Worst are the generic twenty something's (hello me). Almost every twenty something female blog begins with a statement along the lines of 'i'm just a twenty ___ year old girl, trying to make my way in the world', usually accompanied by a picture of a rabbit/puppy or kitten. Their blog posts are usually a brief description of what they had for breakfast followed by a mildly amusing story about what happened to their boyfriend/friend/parent while shopping at the mall today. And they have a considerable predisposition towards pink.
The average male twenty something blog (replete with manly black background) begins with a statement such as 'today we do what we do everyday, try to take over the world', or something equally humourous/bewildering, usually backed with an image of their favourite hollywood star in all his blood-spattered glory. Their posts tend to be about the latest video game/film they've watched/played, followed by a brief description of their most recent night on the tiles complete with an amusing story of what happened to their girlfriend/friend/genitals.
The other six types are; Left Wing liberal, Right Wing conservative (political blogs), nuclear family blog, religious nuclear family blog, eccentric japanese girl/boy blog, a blog trying to sell beauty products. While I'm aware that my blog is probably not a bastion of interest and originality, the banality of most of the carbon copy blogs out there seem to confirm my suspicions that most people are actively trying their hardest to be exactly like everyone else. Anyway, i've got this great story from last night about my genitals....

(I may have left out depressive teenage goth/emo, desperately single man/woman in their mid to late 40's, and OAP's with a wealth of gardening and allotment information to share)

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