So.
I've often thought about inflicting the hazardous wastes that exist inside my head on the outside world, but I've wanted to spew it on my own terms, if that makes sense. "So join social media" they said. Uh ... no.
I'm not a fan of pushing my thoughts out one bite sized chunk at a time a la Twitter or bsky and I really can't be bothered to document my life one picture at a time a la FB or Insta. (Yes, I have social media accounts but that's beside the point.) So here's my grim compromise.
Imma start writing down what I think about books, movies, TV, games, yeah yeah yeah, you all know the drill. I'll say it up front, I don't have anything special to differentiate this place from all the other internet diaries you can find. I'm just another lonely voice in the wilderness of voices, hoping that I luck into big audience of like-minded weirdos who share my sense of humor - or at least find my tastes in literature interesting.
'Cause I hope that's mostly what I'm going to be writing about. I read a good deal (thanks audiobooks) and I keep hoping that I can build a career as a fiction writer. As I work on that, I'm hoping I can finally make some use of my English minor (and BA in Journalism) by using this blog as a vehicle for my critical opinions.
Outside of said BA, I don't have any credentials that make me a critic so I'm going to have to make myself one. So, until I start reading books on textual criticism or semiotics, or on film and literary criticism, please note that most of what I write will be of the "I like this because of X" school of criticism. Also, I'm hoping I can post at least every week, and more frequently if I can.
Anyhoo...
I'm working on a post about the book I just finished, Crash by J G Ballard. Hooooooooooooo boy that's a hell of a first thing to write about. If you know, you know. If you don't... you'll find out. From me.
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