Changes

I guess I'm in a talkative mood tonight. I think I've posted more in the past few days then i have in the last few months. Probably the last year if you just look at posts where I acctually provided any kind of content. Hopefully, things will stay this way.

Anyways, I've been making some changes to the layout here, trying to get things set up with the new birth of the blog. I know I'm going to be making one more change to things (the name of the blog). But, I guess the rest will pretty much be in place for the time being.

The main changes that have happened (beyond finally getting the stylesheet to work right) are the links. I've included links to the labels that I'm ordering from and the magazines that I'm reading. I've got a feeling that music will be playing a big role in things now. And instead of having to create a link over and over again, it just makes sense to create perminant links on the side.

I've also decided to change the name of the blogs I list. I had given the names of the writers before, back when I was trying to be a good member of the blogging community, since that seemed to be the norm. I then looked at the list, and realized that with a few exceptions, none of the people listed are likely to be names that mean anything to most readers, and so I changed it around to the title of the blog.

I've also added a new blog to the list, The North Carolina Experiment. I came across this site, after poking around the blogger site near the end of last week. I've been going through the archives and waiting for new entries ever since. I'm not really sure why I feel so compelled to read this blog. With the exception of Boing Boing, Adventures of Accordian Guy, and Tokyo Tidbits, all the other blogs listed there are people that I have some kind of relationship to. Jesse over at The Three Dot Column is on a Moorish Othodoxy list that I'm on, the rest are friends.

I guess the reason that I'm so intruigued by the NC Experiment is a voyeristic nature. The same reason that I read Tokyo Tidbits and Accordian Guy. But, something is different. Tokyo Tidbits is set in a city that I've found myself facinated by. And Joey, over at Accordian Guy, is just full of funny stories. Beth at the NC Experiment though, is different. It's more low key then Joey's stuff.

I've been thinking about this off and on all weekend. The best I can come up with is that it's really well written. So much so that I'm feeling very self concious about my own abilites (I used to be able to write, somehow I lost the touch). She also has many of the same faults as I do, and views the world with a similiar outlook. I guess its an issue of taking satisfaction that you aren't alone and that others feel just as akward and celebratory about life as you do.

Its either that, or I'm falling in love with her. :)

Posted by Matt at September 14, 2003 08:39 PM