Well, it's finally here, the end. What can I say, I've been Blogged, Flickr'd, Mashed Up, RSS'd, Newsfed, Image Generated, TiedUp (sorry that was another course), LibraryThing-me-jiggered, Rollyo'd, made Del.icio.us, Technorati'd, Wiki'd, Zoho Written, Google Doc'd, YouTubed, Whipped (just making sure you're still reading), Podcasted, Downloaded and there's still no visible difference in the size of my wrinkles! I ask myself "am I a better person for having done this", I doubt it, but "am I worth more money", you bet. Can't wait for the big bucks - SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!!!
Husband No. 1 (He-Man) is most happy this is now the end. He's been muttering for weeks to the kids something about Mum being an 'internet junkie' and believes there to be a direct correlation between my blogging and the amount of food in the fridge. Of course with the upcoming nuptials (to JohnnyD!) life's about to get a whole lot busier. Johnny's added protein shakes to his diet and extra cardio to his daily work outs (cause let's face it, he's gonna need it, there's 25 years of pent up passion coming at him!!!). The divorce is taking a bit longer than expected, a legal battle is ensuing over who's responsible for the bodies in the backyard, car bodies that is (gosh these systems guys are still a bit jumpy).
At the early stage of starting out on this adventure I managed to wrestle an Australian Macworld magazine from a nerd and read an article on Blogging. It encouraged bloggers to make their blogs more interesting (even the poor nerds must have been getting bored stiff). To this end I've spend time applying the knowledge rather that just writing about it. I'd like to thank the few who have taken the time from their busy lives to read and/or comment on my blog. It was reassuring to discover other forms of life in the blogosphere (although some forms I'd rather not have encountered!). And as to where all this lunacy (sorry technology) is heading, I recommend a read of Ben Elton's new best seller "Blind Faith".
Well, that's it folks. I'll share with you a passage from Dave O'Neil's book "Everything tastes better crumbed" which I think just about sums it up:-
SO FELLOW BLOGGERS IT'S FAREWELL. It's been my pleasure and I offer a last little video clip to help you remember why you keep rocking up to work here each day, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lex0GBppe4Y.THE INTERNET HAS BEEN VERY GOOD FOR LONELY, SLIGHTLY OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE WHO LIKE SCI-FI by Dave O'Neil
Just imagine: you're an overweight, 27-year-old single man living in a small town in outback Australia, who loves Battlestar Galactica. I mean, you love it - you have all the DVD's, all the little figurines and
you even get you mum to knock up a costume on the sewing machine.
Sometimes you have Battlestar Galactica nights (when Mum and Dad are at the CWA fundraiser) and you close the curtains, put on the costume and only speak the alien language while watching series three. And at the end of the night, when Mum and Dad come home, you scamper to your room, lie on your single bed (with Battlestar doona cover) and wonder, 'Why doesn't anyone else in Connawaraburra like Battlestar Galactica?'. No one's even heard of it. Don't they know it's on Channel Nine sometimes, late at night, when the cricket's not on?
And then, like the big bang, the Internet happened. It was no
surprise that it was invented by nerds. Nerds, who wanted to talk to other nerds. Suddenly that Battlestar fan in Connawaraburra is no
longer alone. He's online in the Battlestar chatrooms, he's swapping facts on series two, he's buying merch, joining clubs, playing games and - look out - he's even met a girl from Ohio and fallen in love.
Let's be honest, the Internet has been great for lonely freaks. Freaks who knew there were like-minded people out there but just didn't know how to meet them. In the old days they would have joined model railway clubs or the Freemasons. They would have had a CB radio or, if they were a big gun, a ham radio. Now all they have to do is turn on the computer and they have their own community. MySpace, YouTube, RSVP, IMDB or PolishWomenWithBeards.com - there's something for everyone.
All those guys you made fun of for staying after class to help the Science teacher clean the Bunsen burners? They control the world now.
Computers haven't taken over, the men who love them have. The revenge of the nerds is complete. And I, for one, say good luck to them. I hated sport too, you know. I loved comics and staying indoors. I rode a BMX until I was eighteen, and was in the Model Rocket Club. I loved those model rockets. I can build a Battlestar Galactica one, if you like.
Top three Internet search engine topics:
1 Sci-fi
2 Porn
3 Sci-fi porn.
BLOGOFFAGAINANDAGAINANDFOREVER!!!
