Hmmm... it's been a while since I've visited the very first blog I created. After watching Julie and Julia 2 weeks ago, I began thinking about some of the things that I’ve done in the past that I never got to finish. As far as I can remember, during my childhood I was the person who never sits out on things; I am one person who is determined to constantly finish things I that I started. On the contrary, I’m also the type of person who always has a solid reason why I never got to accomplish something. I mean living with 3 siblings, my parents and some of my relatives while I was a teenager made it difficult to find my own space where I have a quiet time to do such. I tend to always go out and spend time with my friends. Again, that was before, when I was way younger; but now that I’m renting my own apartment – practically a place of my own – I suddenly realized that I was turning away from something I wanted to do my whole life – to share to the world my thoughts on my everyday life. Then again, my work, my love life and my extra curricular activities (wink wink ^_^) always occupy my time; in the past there seemed to be something that is always keeping my attention from all of this. Now, I suddenly thought of it. I realized why prolong the agony of just thinking of starting a blog rather than to start making it a reality. This time around, at 6:44AM - September 23, 2010, I was proud to say that I’m determined to finish the very first post I’m going to put on my blog.
Since I require a little “more” motivation to do this on my rest day since I should be sleeping at this time of the day or doing the laundry or cleaning my house; I thought of googling some helpful tips that might inspire ME to continue with this long time-overdue project. I searched for “how to start my own blog” and I came across a hilarious website that I wanted to share to all of you. By the way, I added my reactions and responses to the some of the steps just to emphasize some points…Thanks to the author! Feel free to laugh your heart out !!
Interested in the blogging scene? Confused how to go about setting up your very own blog? Follow these fifty-one easy steps and you'll be a l33t blogger in no time!
1. Find a free blogging service, such as www.blogger.com – Great! I did choose www.blogger.com
2. Register a catchy yet philosophically deep name for your new blog: "lifesucks"; "All Things Me"; "Lifehacker"; "Playing With Matches"; "The Internet Slacker", "I Stalk David Hasselhoff". – “Thoughts on one’s everyday life” – isn’t that catchy enough?
3. Consider one of the many pre-made website templates offered by the blogging service, or one created by you. - done
4. Turn your nose up in disgust at the thought of using a pre-made template for your blog. – No choice hehehe
5. Spend the next seventeen hours creating a functioning website from scratch. If using Microsoft FrontPageTM, relocate all children and elders to a safe area out of your "profanity zone". – 17 hours? I did it in 4.. hehe
6. Complete your self-made blog template by clicking on the "Publish Website" command in Microsoft FrontPageTM. – need to skip this
7. Watch in shock as the aforementioned seventeen hours of hard work gets permanently deleted off your hard drive by Microsoft FrontPageTM. – not again.. but it happens in real life… think about all the info, movies, mp3s, software, etc. on your HDD… that got corrupted.. ouch!!
8. Swear so loudly all dogs within a five block radius begin running in circles and howling. - LOL
9. Declare "Screw It" and choose from a pre-made template. Always choose one with lots of kittens and flashing animated gifs. – I admit I tried.. I tried searching for animated Yuri templates but I couldn’t find any…darn !
10. Make sure the template is ready for your first blog entry. You can do this by going to your new blog's URL address and seeing if the page loads properly. It will have no posts yet, of course, as you have not actually written your first blog entry. (If you do see a post written by yourself at this specific moment in time, read it! You've traveled back in time to warn yourself about the "Publish Website" command in Microsoft FrontPageTM). – yep yep
11. Click on the "Create Post" selection. The window will reload with a box for you to type text in. -
12. Put fingers to keyboard in preparation to type your first blog entry. - done
13. Realize in horror that you have absolutely no idea what you're going to write about. – hahaha this happened earlier !! boo hoo !!
14. And you've got a whole blog ahead of you. – o_0
15. Stand up and get an alcoholic beverage to calm you. – I never thought of that !! Arrghh !!! Liquor please !!
16. Pace back and forth while racking your brain for a great post. – hmmmm…
17. Cast resentful looks at your computer monitor while drinking the alcoholic beverage. – I’ve done this.. but it’s difficult without the alcohol..
18. Come up with a touching yet funny childhood memory you can write about, like when you and all the other fat kids in the neighborhood used to take down the ice cream man not unlike a pack of lions ravaging a wounded gazelle. – I will.. in my future posts…
19. Or, make your first post about how much you love pets. Remark on the fact that you let your pet pit bull out of the house every night to get some freedom and exercise even though the sirens from the ambulances tearing through your neighborhood constantly interrupt your sleep. – Zabreena would love me to do that… I will write about her on my future posts.
20. Or, make a heartfelt confession about how guilty you feel that you could never be a vegetarian because you salivate every time a nature documentary appears on the television. - Nah uh… I’ll skip this…
21. Sit back down at your computer desk with your great idea. – I am..
22. Complete your first post. – I’m about to… WOOHOO !! Cheer for me hehe
23. Experience a fleeting sense of satisfaction that you now have a blog with an actual entry, even though it details your sexual attraction to Yoda. – Let’s see later…
24. Immediately phone all your friends and family to tell them the URL. Remind your grandmother that 'stiffwoodysdiary' in your blog's address is spelled "all one word". – I prefer to be anonymous… FOR NOW ok?
25. Reload your blog incessantly every two minutes to see if anyone has made a comment. – hahah should I? No one is going to read it anyway…
26. Become enraged when the very first comment made on your very first blog entry is "yuo are teh sUxx0r!" from Anonymous – I’m expecting it actually..
27. Go outdoors to calm down and get some fresh air, since you've spent twenty-two hours now working on your blog. – I will… later….
28. Tell every person you encounter - jogger, police officer, frantic paramedic - your blog's URL. – I will remain anonymous.. for now
29. Head back home when an idea for a blog entry comes to mind, such as the rudeness of paramedics who can't be bothered to talk about your blog because they are busy helping some whiner with pitbull bite wounds on his throat. – haha !
30. When back at your computer, immediately refresh your blog's page to see if any more comments were made while you were gone. – noted !
31. Grip the edge of your computer desk when the second comment reads "I said yuo are teh sUxx0r!" by Anonymous - ????
32. Click on the "make new post" button on your blog. - I will...
33. Realize with horror you've totally forgotten the good writing idea. – will I ever encounter this? LOL
34. Stand up and get another drink. – hmm.. water sounds good…
35. Sit back down at your computer desk. – whew.. this is indeed a long list…
36. Write your second post: how people who make dumb comments on blogs should be strung up by their genitals with barbed wire. – I would if I could.. let wait for the first comment and see what happens.
37. Complete the second post. – hopefully there will be a next one after this…
38. Stand up and get a third drink to calm you down from the blogging experience. – next time.. mark my word.
39. Watch TV while thinking you shouldn't watch so much television since experiencing life would probably make for a blog that's actually interesting to read. By going out more, you'll be able to continue to spread the address of your blog to bemused strangers, too. - I will think about this first...
40. Accept phone call from your grandmother asking you to change 'stiffwoody' in your blog's name to something more polite. - LOL
41. Refuse and hang up phone.
42. On the way back to the television, refresh your blog's page again to see if there are any more comments. – not again…
43. Experience relief when third comment is a non-abusive one. Become incredibly depressed when you discover it is written by a fellow blogger asking if you ever fantasize about wearing lederhosen while flailing midgets with kielbasa sausage, and if you'd like to meet up with him for same.
44. Stand up and get a much larger, stronger drink. – whoa… I like..
45. Consider making your third post. Repeat verbal declaration made in step #9, forget blogging for now, go to bed. – somebody ! get me to bed !! puhleeezzz…
46. Just before you fall asleep, realize with horror you'll need to repeat steps #11 to #45 daily to keep your bragging rights about owning a blog (which, ironically, nobody reads). – yeah right !
47. Slip into an uneasy nightmare about being forced to type the word "sUxx0r" on a flaming keyboard while chained to Jabba the Hutt, who keeps demanding "More! More! Jakatooie Blogga Dooie! More!!!" - LOL
48. Wake up in the morning. Scream. – Can’t do that, Angie and Zab were fast asleep earlier…
49. Read the new comments posted on your blog. Scream again. – scream in silence? Ok!
50. Repeat for the rest of your life. – I certainly hope so.. I hope I can find the time..
51. Welcome To Blogging! – finally…. Thank God! What a list...
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Now that’s a warm welcome. Well… I hope to “repeat this for the rest of my life.”
Let’s do this… >>_<<
