Wrap-Up

It seems that the two previous post will work as an excellent wrap-up of the first chapter of Suburban Supernova. Accordingly that means that this is a new beginning. With this new beginning a wash-out of all unnecessary distractions and litter has been performed on the spring of creativity that I call my desk. The objects on it has been reduced to the most necessary office/writing equipment, a couple of books, an analog camera, a notepad and something as cheesy as a globe. With these few objects, I believe to have put myself standing on the edge, which could cast me into the realm of minimalism. Though I am a firm believer in the minimalistic way of life, I seem not to have taken the leap into its spartan abyss. I still need a few objects of recreation, inspiration and distraction. My purpose for this blog seems to have faded and I leave myself at a position in which I need to reinvent it or destroy it. No matter I will commence something new, on this page or maybe just in general. My next destination is New York, which means that my next project is doing a semi-plan for that trip. U.S. I look forward to the pleasure of meeting you. Suburban Supernova, see you?

A Brooklyn store front

The genres of blogging

Today I was asked the following question by alternablogger (to be explained) Lauritz: "What is an alternablog*?"

Since Lau writes an alternablog, and doesn't know what an alternablog is, I believe I must enlightened the World. I guess it is fair if he does not know what an alternablog is, since I invented the word, and explained it really poorly to him.

So I give to you Lau, future students needing to analyse blogs (see previous post), and the rest of the world: The genres of blogging

Diary blogs: known to some as the weed of the World Wide Web, diary blogs are mainly used by suburban families to give an everyday description of their mostly not so interesting life. For blog analysts: The reason for diary blogging is the fear of going on to the after life with out having left any trace behind.

Alternablogs: blogs by hipsters/alts/artsies/indiekids. These are the new way of creative communication. A way of getting a breakthrough in the modern world and connections in the alt-world. Alternablogs can contain everything. Most readworthy blogs out there are alternablogs. (http://ddaakkoottaa.blogspot.com/)

Music blogs: these are often also categorized as alternablogs. Music bloggers upload tracks that they think are relevant. The alt and wannabe-alt societies rely on these blogs to keep their lust for the hippest music at bay. (http://goingotherplaces.com/)

Philosoblogs: philosophic ramblings of hipsters and intellectuals, their ideas most likely not relevant to others than themselves. If they were my guess is they wouldn't need to blog about it. At least not today, but maybe in the future.

Politiblogs: a place for political ideas to get out. Used by spin doctors, politicians and supporters as a less obvious form of publicity.

Photoblogs: another common form of alternblog. The essence of the photoblogs lies in the name of it. Photographers upload their art giving pleasure to the people.

Funnyblogs: the meaning of these blogs appear to be entertainment and their existence are often not valid. Though if a funnyblog suceeds with its' objective of enjoyment it is a very giving experience. (http://imimb.blogspot.com/)

Skizoblogs: these blogs have multiple personalities and do not know which of the above they belong to. They change themes somewhat at random, similar to a girl that time of month (sorry girls). These blogs will be the most challenging for future blog analysts.(http://suburbansupernova.blogspot.com/)

I believe most blogs to be alternablogs to at least some degree, some more than others obviously. http://ddaakkoottaa.blogspot.com/ is a great, certified, artsy alternablog in my eyes.

This post ended up being much more extensive than I had wanted it to. Sorry, I guess. Too much text, too few pics. Once again, sorry.

*An expression used in the second post of this blog called The Blogosphere

Analyze and Interpret!

I'm currently writing a paper. It is a Danish paper. It is a comparative analysis and interpretation of two poems describing the concept of Night. My professors would love for me to say that I'm working in the faculty of humanities, with the hermeneutic spiral as my tool. Lovely, lovely I say.

The assignment tells me that it is of great importance, that I emphasize the modernist and genre specific features in both poems. This genre thingy gets me a bit depressed, because it makes me think of the future of analysis and interpretation. The students to come will be in a great deal of trouble for the World will test them with a new genre. THE BLOG.

Most likely to be considered a relevant form of litterature in a few years future-high schoolers will have the hardest piece of analysis on their hands. Because to solve the mystery will be as hard for future youngsters as it was for ancient greeks to solve the riddles of the sphinx.

The riddles of the sphinx will be considered easy compared to interpreting the meaning of blogs.

Students will be helpless when questioned by the pretending-to-be-smart-teachers ask them, what the "message" or what the "intention" of a post is. Because a blog is really just a runoff for the blogger to spill whatever meaningful/useless soon-to-be-litterature is has bottled up inside.

What I'm trying to say is, that I'm glad I'm up after midnight analyzing poems rather than blogs, because my god is that going to feel like being Sisyphos, though instead of carrying a rock up a hill for all eternity you'll be analyzing something unanalyzable.

So hail to The Blogosphere for supplying work for generations to come.

The "Blogosphere"

Blogosphere is a funny word. The fact that it exists is a notion, that probably too many blogs which you could really live without, are out there. Too many people with too few valuable contributions to the WWW makes me think that this abbrevation really means WorldWideWeeds. So it was with great hesitation that this blog was created. It is not to be seen as a call for attention. I do not write because I believe that the lives of others will be enriched by what is spilled out of my mind through my fingers. At first I didn't want to blog until I was 100% sure that what I wanted to say, was worth saying.

Then I was encouraged to blog to show, that I was able to create something. That I was not just another one of those lazy students. I was told that was how colleges percieved blogging. I believe this to be a paradox, because blogging to me, is really just, for most people, a way of saying: >>Hey I'm "alt", listen to what makes me so special<<. To colleges bloggers should really just be people who hasn't got anything particular interesting or fun to do, therefore choosing to stream their empty words on the internet in lack of any better activity.

But apparently colleges do not think that way. And anyway this blog-thingy seems to be an effective way of refining my english. So, this is me saying: >>Hey I'm "alt", listen to what makes me so special<<.


The Blogoshpere - The little dot, currently not connected to the blogosphere, is "The Suburban Supernova"