Entry #1 Blogs, blogs, and more blogs

Social media has taken the world by storm. And that's not a bad thing, social media is fun to partake in. It allows the world to communicate with each other and combines social aspects with what we consider fun like writing, video games, and art. One of the earlier attempts at social media was blogging. Blogs are written posts on the internet similar to diaries. But unlike diaries, are public and often contain trivia, pictures, videos, and more. Blogs are a fun way to share information and the whatnot. While a dying media, many popular blogs still exist, and many show creators still use it to post updates.

One blog I really enjoy is GoNintendo, a video game centered blog that focuses around the blog creators' reviews and lets plays. While this blog focuses a little too much on personal opinions and not enough on information for my liking.

One blog I absolutely admire is the Keep Beach City Weird blog. Run by the creators of animated series Steven Universe, Keep Beach City Weird is the name of the blog run in show by side character, Ronaldo. This blog is run be animators and writers from the show, and follows the series through Ronaldo's perspective. Ronaldo is a fun, weird, quirky character. He doesn't have much friends, he's weird, a conspiracy theorist, dons a hideous fedora, and is the exact epitome of that boy in your class who claims he's a "nice guy" but complains when woman don't want to date him. He's a fun parody of a very real person, and his character adds interesting conflict to the show. The way this blog is run offers a different perspective to every episode, and even gives the serious episodes a lighter feel.

I can't get enough of fun blogs like these. But where there are good blogs, there are also the bad. For example, some people may be interested in blogs such as Pink is the New Black. Nothing seems as boring, stupid, vapid or whatever adjective I can add in as this blog. While I hate and couldn't give a shit about celebrity gossip, for some people, it's a way of life. Maybe I shouldn't be so judgmental, because we each have our own tastes. And that's part of what this blog project is, experimenting with our own tastes and learning about each other. In the end, that's what it comes to. It's not about who has the best blog, the most interesting blog, it's about the learning experience that us as classmates will gain from each other.