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Reflecting On Spiderblog

As I sit here at home, with a paralysing migraine (when I should be in the class this blog was originally created for), too restless to get any more sleep and too doped up to really feel anything, I thought I’d take time to reflect on this blog. Firstly, I named it Spiderblog because I thought it was a pretty cool, lame pun which kind of suited pretty cool, lame me. Spiderblog… of the World Wide Web… HAHAHA! Get it? Apologies to all.

ANYWAY… I’m still very much trying to find my voice. I certainly write with more confidence than I did when I first started but I still have so far to go. When I’ve been complimented by the few people that frequent here, I feel a real sense of pride and achievement and that’s something that I want to keep going. “RANDOM!” is the word most used to describe this blog, and I’ve had a few “You must be pretty crazy in real life” comments, which kind of work for me but I definitely hope they mean those in a good way. I most enjoyed writing my light-hearted criticisms of the likes of Bono, Tyra Banks, Sarah Palin etc. And it was something that I got the most positive feedback for, which is not surprising since celebrity and political scandals are closet addictions for a lot of people, including myself. I just tried to avoid the unnecessary trash-talk and malice of Perez Hilton, and provide (semi) substantiated reasoning behind my words. I also really really really enjoy listing things.

I’m fairly proud of everything I’ve put to cyber-paper here, although I am baffled that I spent as much time writing about the Olympics as I did. For the love of God, this wasn’t an Olympic themed blog and one blog post would’ve been more than enough! In hindsight I care so little for the Olympics that I want nothing to do with the athletes involved until at least the next Games. (Especially Phelps who should stay the hell away from acting!). In my defence, I’m the type that can get easily swept up in the moment, and I went from someone who never even thought about writing a blog to someone who had to write at least twice per week so I was starved for ideas. At least I can look at my weaker moments with an open-mind.

If I can take anything away from this experience, it’s definitely thinking far more highly of the blog-medium. I barely used to visit blogs prior to this class, bar on the occasions I used to scout for rare album links or new album leaks. But now I’m genuinely interested in what people think and write about, what’s important to them, and more so, how they have evolved as bloggers and found a voice their readers come back to time and time again.