Archive for September 2008
Blogging 101
Hello class. I have been asked to write about what to blog about. However, I lack a good idea of what to suggest about this subject. So I shall instead go step by step of how to start a blog.
- Start with a good name. Maybe something dealing with your topics.
- Choose a site. (blogger, wordpress, livejournal, etc.)
- Think of good theme. (fashion, style, college, white people, sports, etc.)
- Find things to blog about. (google news, personal experience, other blogs, etc.)
- Write.
Hope it’s helpful.
Side Project #1
I have been inspired to do this by a rather strange yet intense game of Question and Answer with a good friend. I will endeavor to find online surveys and answer them one by one on a separate page. It will be named “The Survey Project”. View if you so wish.
I would also like to note that caddywompus (“askew, crooked, not quite right.” – Urbandictionary.com) and kerfuffle (“a noisy disturbance or commotion” -Encarta.msn.com) are two very good words and if anybody is in need for good blog names, be free to use them.
There and Back Again
So on my trip, I found out many things about myself from this Wilderness Orientation thing. My goals and priorities have changed considerably. But the main thing is to maintain the current course and take a higher road.
I have since moved in and gotten somewhat used to residence hall life (It’s just a fancy word for dormitory). I have learned that the usual and generic UCSC student is one of four things:
- A complete stoner who enjoys getting high so much he did it considerably this year.
- An overzealous young person whose naiveté is so unbearable it’s embarrassing as well as annoying.
- A person who had high hopes for the college admission process but was disillusioned.
- A combination of these in varying amounts.
I quite enjoy my room as well as my floor. I can safely say it’s one of the most active floors on campus. If not the most. I will post pictures when I feel more comfortable here. It might be when most other people have classes. Or a normal weekend. Whichever comes first.
I’m Off…
I will be gone on a trasitionary trip from civilian life to that of a collegiate career. And I will admit it is slightly melancholic. I’m gonna miss the city, but more important, I think, are the people that won’t be here when I come visit. So it’s a not so tearful but heartfelt goodbye to the place I called home up til now. Hopefully I’m ready for it, but the odds are against me.
Also, a very sincere happy birthday to my father, for better or for worse.
Asian Moment
While trying to sign up for automatic payment for college fees…
DAD: Wait, what’s this $0.95 cent charge?
me: Convenience fee, see?
DAD: It’s $0.23 to send it in through mail… [pause] forget it.
Yes, my dad is so cheap, he opted to mail in the payment to save $0.72.