:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::

:: 1.30.2003 ::

My interest in blogs is probably an extension of an old fascination with personal zines in print form. Factsheet Five had a section listing these zines that featured people's obsessive rants and raves, often about the things either governing or intersecting with their daily lives. This was my favorite. I in fact created my own humble entry for the genre (which only went 3 issues), mainly just to trade with other personal zinesters (common as a motivating factor). FF, incidentally, was a very well-known review guide and resource for mostly printed zines. However, it is no more. It has ceased to be. It's pushing up the daisies. It has run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-zine guide. OK. But, you probably remember FF, and miss it as much as I do. The oddly-sized print (usually photocopied) zines could be replaced by my new attraction to these weblogs that have wildly proliferated. In any case, it is into this extraordinarily diverse arena that I bring BlahBlahBlog.

Yesterday, as if on autopilot, I created this, my first blog. A humble entry. Although I've walked around with the idea for a while (well, most of the month @ least), I hadn't really considered the specifics. But for some reason I could hear the Rollins Band, playing (SCREAMING) "Do It." When I found myself suddenly in the process of creating a new blog, I just typed some things off the top of my head, favoring the silly. But I had to establish this. The Rollins Band song ringing through my head offered good advice, a position you may not agree with, however.

All I can say for now is that hopefully this endeavor will evolve into something worth the time spent by both you and me. If not, I can think of two words: "Disappear here."

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:: 10:51:00 AM [+] ::
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