This is my first time actually running a blog. I'm not sure how similar or different it all is from keeping a journal, but I am excited to see how it all pans out when I look back a few years from now
A lot of the time, I operate off of inspiration. My mind, by default, is an empty slate of nothingness that I thought would be an advanced 'I'm totally a Bhodisatva' aspect of my life, but is actually quite bothersome in practice.
I was inspired to start this blog by my friend Jameson, someone who is is younger than the old internet that I grew up with, sending me a YouTube video about the 'IndieWeb'. As a pre-2010s web user, I have had experience in my youth with websites like GaiaOnline and early Tumblr which gave the user the responsibility (and power) to edit their own blog and thereby customize their own user experience. I enjoyed it greatly, as it felt like an ongoing creative outlet for pre-teen me that allowed for me to keep up with my friends and make new connections online.
Everything changed when the corpo-net attacked.
The Current Internet
Nowadays, the 'Internet' is defined by a few websites (Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter) where people essentially get the blogging experience, only with built-in advertising. I was telling my best friend, Patrick, that going on sites like Instagram is akin to going to
the mall. You go there to see people, but you are also swarmed by opportunities to spend money and advertising meant to rest in your brain, inspiring you to spend money later on.
It's terrible.