5 posts tagged “lol”

I have to admit, that although i've been "on" the internet for a long time there are still plenty of things that amaze me. Mostly these come in the form of various memes, or in many cases just little things that are acceptable or common practice on the internet. Yet would be totally unacceptable anywhere else in the world, no matter what country or background you are from.

Also on the other side of that, internet in itself is aside from all of that. Thinking about it, it would be arguable that a man from Japan may automatically take his shoes off when entering a house, where as a man entering his house in England may not. Internet is another one of these, and in some cases, has its own little sub-cultures.

Certain message boards as an example, or auction sites may have their own etiquette. I think though, it's funny when you as an "experienced" user of the internet, well versed in various memes and subcultures and sub-subcultures see these abused or even misused.

An example i saw today, and the reason for this post in fact. Is while browsing ebay for trainers, i noticed that some auctions were being listed as "RARE".

Now, don't get me wrong a pair of shoes may well be "RARE" - but exactly how rare can a pair of Nike Air trainers, size 11 be? I could walk into town now and i'm sure i'd find the exact same pair on the shelf. Now looking back to the early days of ebay, RARE was used to describe something that was actually rare, or exceptional. A way of grabbing attention.

I'm sure, you like me put two and two together and realised that "RARE" has just become a marketing slogan, it's not really rare. But it's a way of saying "HEY COME AND HAVE  A LOOK!!"

Sad really, since now when i search for things that might actually be rare, they are all rare.

Are just generally werid. At least when it comes down to certain things. One day i will elaberate more on this story. But for now, let's just put it down to two things.

The first is 37.

The second is a fortune i had on facebook, my first ever in fact. It said "Next week, you won't even remember".

And you know what, i don't.

We have a young women who has assaulted a policeman in the most unusual way...

You know, i am really not doing so well with the whole blog thing. Although i think to be fair this one has lasted longer than any other blog i have had, well - all 2 other blogs one of which i never actually posted in.

Anyway, let's get away from the emo focused, bullshit that was the last post and talk about something else. Anything else.

Recently, i have been coming to several realisations, i don't think these are new or groundbreaking realisations. But they are certainly realisations. And to be fairly honest, i am pretty unhappy with them. It's just a shame, that the realisations in themselves, are pretty much non-negogiable. It's a case of this is how it is, that's the end. It disapoints me to say, but i really can understand why people are the way they are, it is so disapointing though. Blah, i don't know what i'm trying to say here, rest assured though it's just one of those things.

I saw 300 a few weeks back, several times.

This morning, i had to force myself to eat an entire apple. Core and all, but i had to force myself to finish it rather than just chucking it away. I sat at the bus stop, screaming into my own mind that i must eat it. I did. The whole thing. But i tell you, my head was screaming back at me to not eat it....

When i first started this blog, i set out with the idea that i would regularly update, take advantage of the latest web 2.0 blog technology and really get into it

Posting pictures, movies, music for the world and my audience to share in (not that i have more than 2 people on my current friend's list, neither of which update) and thus, meet new people and do the whole social thing.

I guess as well, there was an aspect of, a fresh start, with me getting up off my arse and moving back to London after being in Sweden for so many months and getting a job, having the bare minimum of stuff with me (my entire life, 1 box, 1 suitcase) and actually achieving all this stuff i dreamt of when i laid back in my big soft and comfy chair.

The not so soft and comfy reality however is, that i was lying when i said it would be easy, or at least i didn't quite realise myself what exactly it all entailed. Don't get me wrong, i would not change any of this for the world, well it depends if you actually offered the world i might think about it, but i guess it's like when you sit down and you write a list of things to do before your 30/40/50. All of them seem so easy to do, get a job, get married, have kids, cure cancer, win a nobel prize. But the actual reality is quite different.

Again, not asking for easy street, and as much as i would love to win the lottery and live away the rest of my days in financial comfort being able to do whatever i wanted to do without the slightest consequence, there is a great amount of pleasure in actually doing something, yourself.

I remember, sitting in Sweden in my big chair, thinking to myself how easy it would be to go back to London, get a job, work, find a place to live and break free of all the restraints i put myself in, mental or physical.

And so i did, and here i am doing it. I have a job, i have somewhere to stay for a good while and the future is bright as long as my attitude stays the way it is. I think really, that this post is mostly a post for myself, since no one does read my blog, but also a self development style kind of thing (that was one of the dumbest things i have ever written), shedding the old me and creating the new me.

There is still work to be done, and once again, i am the only one that can do it. Not because others cannot help, but because it's so much better when you do do it yourself. Then you can sit back in that big, soft and comfy chair and say ; "I earned this".