In response to my “Norwegian friend”, this is the story/post that got me busted at Fark:

Egyptian charter jet crashes into Red Sea; 135 on board

I don’t remember the exact reply, but I think I posted something after it came out that most of the victims were French that said, “WE SURRENDER! WE SURRENDER! *crash* damn monkeys.”

See? Probably a little bad, but nothing straying from the norm for that site. My stance on the French remains the same, much like my stance on Fark remains the same.

Now, moving on, I had been thinking alot lately about stuff I’ve read online about “how to blog”. Who does anyone else think they are to tell me what I should blog about? Don’t get me wrong, template-wise, I’m all the way cool with suggestions or pointers on what looks good, or what might look better. I’ve even thought about changing blogging programs to Movable Type or one of the non-Blogger types that allow for a little more flexibility. But what makes anyone else think they’re the masters of the blogging universe to tell others what constitutes a blog or not?

It all came to a head earlier today, reading a post on angrypete.net by some New Yorker (either tongue-in-cheek or not, I can’t quite tell, but I think he/she was totally serious in his/her posting) about blogging do’s and don’ts. (I’m posting a link to Pete’s site rather than a direct link, because A) he seems to share my opinion, and B) he’s not some snotty New Yorker.) Some of the points make sense, most of it is crap. Especially the way it was written, I feel like I’m being written down to, and thats rule #1A about what I hate about other bloggers. Write how you want to write, but just because you can put your opinion online, don’t think you’re better than me. My opinion is online too, and I think you suck. (For the record, rule #1B about what I hate about other bloggers is the ones that think they’re original for bashing the President/war/economy, and sharing links to other bloggers who say the same thing, as if bloggers word is law.)

Personally, I love that blogs and personal web pages exist, and I think its really cool that they’ve evolved past the point of just posting a list of links to people’s favorite sites. And its even better that I can type a whole page worth of crap and with one click its formatted, sent and posted in a flash. And I also think that I’m alot funnier in person, or on IM, and that my blog is just a way for me to ramble. Some people may like it, others may think I’m dull. Understandable, I do the same thing when reading other blogs. Chances are if I found you un-dull, you’re linked to the right. But its not my place to try to change the opinions of those that are dull, because to SOMEONE, they’re the best thing in the world.

So, with all of that said. Am I dull? *laugh*