Naked vs Nekkid:
Naked is when you have no clothes on.
Nekkid is when you have no clothes on AND you're up to somethin'.
You should be forewarned that the only purpose of this post is to rant about things that are currently pissing me off. So, if you don't want to read a rant, then you may want to go elsewhere, or in the very least skip this post.
1. Harry Potter
I love the Harry Potter books as much as the next person, but I'm not going to spend $250 to get the book TWO DAYS before it's supposed to arrive on my doorstep!
If you can't wait 2 days to get a book, perhaps you need to step back and reevaluate your priorities in life. IT'S JUST A BOOK!From the article: "That's right -- I've got one copy of Harry Potter 7, on July 17, and it can be yours as soon as July 19. Hurry! Confirmed payment by 6:30PM on July 18 will ensure delivery on July 19 by FedEx Priority Overnight!" read a message from a seller identified as "willpc" and based in Atlanta.
2. The iPhone
Yes, it's pretty, it's nifty, and has all sorts of cool features, but again, it's just a phone.
3. My apartment complex management.
I realize that you have work to do on the roof, and I'm all for fixing things that need to be fixed. However, perhaps you could give me more then three days notice to get all the shit off my deck. If I had a smaller deck it wouldn't be a big deal, but I don't. I have a two ton grill, two tables, two chairs, a bench, and various pots, etc. Not to mention the fact that my husband is out of town. If you had let us know last friday (which is a week's notice, mind you, and a little more realisitic), we could have taken care of everything over the weekend. But no. You decide to let me know three days before, for something that you have known about for some time. Thanks, assholes.
4. The bats outside my window at 3am.
Yes, you have to go and eat...whatever. Do you really have to do it at 3am right outside my window! Have some respect for the non-nocturnal creatures!
And there you have it. My insane rant for the moment. Hope you enjoyed it.
/goes off to yell at the neighborhood kids to get off her damn lawn.
In a recent discussion with a friend, it was suggested to me to write about what I am passionate. I think for most people that this question is somewhat easily answered, at least on a superficial level. "I love video games!" "I love music!" "I love my job!" All are very appropriate answers to the question. However, I am never so simple. "What am I passionate about?" I asked him. Because I truly haven't a clue.
I'm not sure there is anything that I feel so strongly about that I would call the emotion passion. For example, I'm a graphic designer currently, and whereas I enjoy it, I don't know that I'm "passionate" about it. There are definitely things within the design community that I feel passion for. I love typography and happen to be a type purist. When I'm working with type, I try not to alter the type too dramatically if at all, and it urks me when I see my favorite font twisted into a former shell of it's beauty by some ignorant or egotistic designer. I am very interested in information design and get angered when the design of a piece hinders it's communication - because for me, that is what design is about - communication. Even though I have strong opinions on these subjects, I don't know that I have it in me to write about them. Or at least not enough to give voice to it in blog form. Perhaps an essay here and there...but a blog? Nah.
I suppose you could say I'm passionate for video games as well. I mean while, I was in school I designed a whole magazine targeted to women gamers. Then again, I don't feel like writing about it. I just don't care that much.
The only thing that I can think of that I might be passionate enough to write about would be music...but do I really? Is there enough in me to warrant a blog on music? Do I have anything to add really to what's already written about music? Sadly, I don't think I do. And even if I did, what I would write about would be for such a niche audience that I don't even know that it would be worth my time. Especially, since I don't know nearly as much as the experts (self-proclaimed or otherwise).
I'm not sure where any of this leaves me though. I'm back at square one, wondering what I'm passionate about, and what I should focus my blog on. Writing this has given me a few inklings of ideas, but I doubt this blog will be focused on any specific aspect.
Perhaps I'm just passionate about writing...the way words work together... Or maybe I'm just boring. ;) That is always a definite possibility.
