First Thoughts

Here I am. A high school senior bored out of my mind, with the thought of getting writing practice with a blog. This site you're presumably looking at to read this is my third attempt at a blog, not necessarily because I can't, but I won't. I'm still a kid, and a kid with a vast array of viral videos and mainstream games to experience, so why should I make time for arguably productive shit? Who needs productivity these days? Anyway, I start again at the suggestion of an ex-journalist neighbor who gave the basic advice, "write something everyday". The idea behind it is the practice makes perfect doctrine, but in this case, my natural writing style is pretty obviously an informal style. My ultimate goal for my career is to write successful contemporary criticisms and social commentary columns, so casual style may not be a problem, but still, it bothers some people to see someone writing in a very open and informal way. To those "some people", go away. Even as I write this, I don't think about that MLA shit, but instead, I basically do the voice input thing without the actual software. I imagine myself talking to a friend, then write it how I would say it to that person, because that is the sort of thing I like to read. Overworked essays based on subjective prompts don't make successful blogs or columns in terms of mass appeal. My goal on this is split between two motives. One, writing for me, because why not, screw it, etc. Two, maybe this blog will appeal to people who are tired of formal, specialized blogs that turn into a one man/one woman forum. Most blogs I run into (because I click the wrong Google entry) manifest themselves as personal cooking blogs or formalized social justice essays without evidence or "meat". I go into this by being straight up; some of my posts could be semi-serious reviews with reasonable premises, some of my posts could be the unintelligible rants of a clinically anxious teen. Sometimes I'll temper my language, sometimes I'll curse so much, archetypal sailors would give me dirty looks. I'll try not to rant much, but I have a handful of strong opinions, and in the midst of writing I may drone on. But overall my goal is to be halfway entertaining. So, hopefully I appeal to you, whether you're an insecure, immature teenager, or a 40 year old with too much time, but if I don't, let me know why I don't appeal to you at vrobweis@gmail.com, and I can guarantee you I'll read it within at least 24 hours, and you know I won't. 

Welcome,

Vincent Weis