WHOOPS

Kind of forgot about this thing. I haven't always been into blogging but I've always WANTED to be into it. I think with a lot of these websites I've felt that expectations were to make considerable posts about specific topics or about what's been going on in my own life. I'm not a good writer and so even if there were something here that I wanted to talk about I'd do a shit-poor job of writing it.

I've also always been averse to being too personal on the internet. I think in the back of my mind I can see myself being in a public position someday and having intensely personal things on the internet has never been good. Sadly most of my free time is spent thinking about those same things I'm unwilling to put out there in the public realm. This makes keeping up a traditional blog difficult. Trying to find some kind of mythical medium between substance and interesting miscellany isn't my cup of tea. So instead of disappointing expectations with infrequent, uninteresting posts I've decided to make a move to a more alex-friendly blog: tumblr. From now on you'll find me here:

fortyandtwo.tumblr.com

My idea for this so far is to have two posts each day: a quote and then some form of media (picture, video, etc). I'll do my best not to overlap with the things I share on Google Reader. If you've never used tumblr before I highly suggest it. It's simple and user-friendly. The queue feature is what sold me on it. I'd love for there to be a way to easily sort my queue instead of only "move to top" which makes for organization to be more like chess. But for the most part it offers me the simplest way to express myself without feeling burdened by it.

For most of you the things I post will be pretty typical of who I am. For others you might be getting a glimpse of something new. But since I've recently turned 25 I've decided it's time to be honest with myself about who I am. You might not get any more of the "THIS IS LITERALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MY LIFE" crap from before but you'll certainly read more about the things that go through my head on a daily basis. Enjoy.