I am, therefore I blog...
I was asked today what was a blog... I tried explaing simply as an online journal slash blathering slash musings slash entertainment for the masses slash whatever you decide once you read my blog....
Then I was laughed at... see, those masses don't blog, they have no idea..
I've been on the internet since late 1995 when it was still a BBS with flip sock and an archiac version of netscape as your source to the outside world, unless of course you were an A$$holes OnLine member and still are, and that isn't the 'net at all... however..I digress... Blogging in some form or another has been around since then.. newsgroups, forums, etc.. just someone came up with a better catchier L33T name for it.
Its kinda like snarf... everyone has done it, but no one knows what it was called til we gave it a name... snarf is when you laugh with your mouth full of liquid and it comes shooting out of your nose, mouth etc and you then proceed to choke. Snarfing Coke or any carbonated bevvie is dangerous, hot coffee as well... milk is just plain rude.. And Huggle.. thats kinda like the hug your grandma used to give you when she would hug you tight and turn you side to side/wiggle you at the same time... a huggle... canoodle.. thats like a noogie with a hug..at least thats how I see it..
I tend to greet people online with animal sounds.. Moo... Ribbit.. I'm not sure exactly how that started, I do blame it on Mudding on the Disc ( http://discworld.imaginary.com ) where you can moo from half way up a tree at someone in greeting. I also tend to boggle alot which isn't usually a term someone uses unless they are "boggled by something" rather than an action "You boggle at so&so." .. imagine shaking your head like a cartoon in confusion..
Today we had the Dirty Bird Wash Party at work. Nothing more cool than being able to go into the hangar and wash an airplane with a hose. It was supposed to be from 1800-2100... I worked til 2000 and it was over when we got there, but Rachel got to see the inside of the engine and the pits which was something she hadn't seen before...
Anyways, I lost my point somewhere in all of this.. should probably call it a night since its nearly 2 and I have to be up at 830.
Then I was laughed at... see, those masses don't blog, they have no idea..
I've been on the internet since late 1995 when it was still a BBS with flip sock and an archiac version of netscape as your source to the outside world, unless of course you were an A$$holes OnLine member and still are, and that isn't the 'net at all... however..I digress... Blogging in some form or another has been around since then.. newsgroups, forums, etc.. just someone came up with a better catchier L33T name for it.
Its kinda like snarf... everyone has done it, but no one knows what it was called til we gave it a name... snarf is when you laugh with your mouth full of liquid and it comes shooting out of your nose, mouth etc and you then proceed to choke. Snarfing Coke or any carbonated bevvie is dangerous, hot coffee as well... milk is just plain rude.. And Huggle.. thats kinda like the hug your grandma used to give you when she would hug you tight and turn you side to side/wiggle you at the same time... a huggle... canoodle.. thats like a noogie with a hug..at least thats how I see it..
I tend to greet people online with animal sounds.. Moo... Ribbit.. I'm not sure exactly how that started, I do blame it on Mudding on the Disc ( http://discworld.imaginary.com ) where you can moo from half way up a tree at someone in greeting. I also tend to boggle alot which isn't usually a term someone uses unless they are "boggled by something" rather than an action "You boggle at so&so." .. imagine shaking your head like a cartoon in confusion..
Today we had the Dirty Bird Wash Party at work. Nothing more cool than being able to go into the hangar and wash an airplane with a hose. It was supposed to be from 1800-2100... I worked til 2000 and it was over when we got there, but Rachel got to see the inside of the engine and the pits which was something she hadn't seen before...
Anyways, I lost my point somewhere in all of this.. should probably call it a night since its nearly 2 and I have to be up at 830.
posted by Kristin at 8/12/2004 01:33:00 AM
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