the online process of Matt Slaybaugh
This is the first post on my new blog/website/thing.
I’m trying not to worry about formatting and the look of it and stuff.
I’ve started clean.
I have not imported any of the nearly 600 blog posts from my past, what – 15 years – no, more like 10 – on the internet.
I have always loved the idea of a blog.
I remember that when asked, once, 16 years ago, to describe my life in 10 years, my description involved writing every day.
Everyday.
Well, that was kind of depressing. I googled the word in this post’s title, which are also currently found at the bottom of my blog. What seemed like hundreds of blogs popped-up. And they all looked exactly like mine. [Read more…]
It’s like coming home, isn’t it? Despite all the crap I’ve been through over the last … 8 years or so, trying to get blogs to do what I want, it seems like the blog wars might be almost over. The newer editions of WordPress feel like I’ve always wanted it to feel. Amazing.
Test a link.
Trying to decide if blogging is a habit worth pursuing again.
So how does it all connect and what does it all do?
I wish I didn’t have Facebook and Linkedin and Twitter and all that. Myspace, etc. I wish could have one hub. But people like to connect in different ways. I guess I imagine it works one of two ways.
1) One central site collects all the little pieces and I have fun communicating where I want to.
or
2) One central site disseminates to all the little pieces.
Or both? I mean, Tumblr collects twitter posts. That’s cool. Can it collect Facebook updates?
Then I can send blog here and send photos here in the “Where’s Slay” kind of way, and that’d be cool.
Maybe I want to design my own thing. Use expression engine. Could it collect twitter posts? Facebook? Why do I want to collect those?
I guess it’s a little like a photo album, I want to collect some memories.
I wouldn’t mind being a large-hearted boy or something like that. I just kind of go off on whatever. Artie does that, doesn’t he. Do people really read is blog, is he building an audience. Does he mean to? He’s putting on a show, isn’t he. For what purpose? To sell ads and make money? Maybe.
Do I really need a blog? No.
Do I want one. Kinda. I’m trying to figure out what to do with all this stuff. I’m trying to figure out what to do in the future.
What if I wanna write about my secret theory that KRS-One wrote LL Cool J’s best battle rap? Where can I put this? How will people know what I’m thinking? How can I get this stuff out of my head?
Do I wanna blog for me or do I want to blog for you? For who? Do I want an audience? I’m a little embarrassed that I do.
Maybe it’d be a good interface for fans of AVLT, another way for them to connect. Is a blog a way of marketing myself?
Theatrforte for theatre. CBHH for Comic books & Hip-Hop. Not like I’m trying to be part of those scenes. Mostly, I start blogs and get depressed about not using them.
Welcome to my newest blog. SInce it’s January and I don’t have enough to do (syc) I figured it’s time to finally start this little project. This one is really and truly just for fun, and I don’t expect anyone to read it, after all this territory is well-covered elsewhere. Anyhoo …
I like comic books and hip-hop. A great summer afternoon would be sitting around blasting a good mixtape and reading a stack of Vertigo issues and Drawn & Quarterly books.
I have very few people around here to talk to about these obsessions, so I’m gonna put it on the internet and join the conversation there.
Can I kick it?
Fuck you. I’ma do it anyway.