I re-started this blog about 6 months ago with a post titled "Throw it on the wall..." After these 6 months, I think it's time to look back and see what stayed stuck on the wall!
I had no special objective in mind relating to this blog. It was a "whatever I feel like writing in the moment" kind of thing.
Something constant was the inclusion of (at least) one music video to close each post, often together with the lyrics (with relevant parts bolded) which is pretty natural because I live with music. Every day, unless I'm watching a show or something, there's music always on. Music while browsing, music while showering, music while doing chores, music while working out, music while reading (although I'm trying to stop that, at least when reading something important), music while cooking, music while pretty much everything. I love to associate songs with specific moments or feelings, with a specific person or a period of my life, and so I have songs that I love to bring up when I'm talking about any subject. That's why I like to include the videos, because to me they are a companion to the posts I'm writing, so that's definitely staying.
Things I talked about ranged from rants about things that were happening to me at the moment to tv shows or anime I was watching. Sometimes I talked about food, although I never got around to posting any recipes ultimately. I've thought about that, and although I may still discuss food I'll save any recipes and related talk for a different blog. I will probably need something more professional anyway now that I'm starting out my career as a cook and this "a little bit of everything" blog won't do for that.
I believe that this blog turned out to be more about me than anything else. Of course, a blog is always about the person writing it more or less, but what I mean is it sorta became a place where I held conversations with myself. I've always found comfort in writing (I used to write poems and lyrics until a few years back) and I have once more discovered that it helps me think more clearly. It's like talking with myself and psychoanalyzing on my own.
That's very important and useful for me, but why would it need to be online? Why don't I just keep a diary or something? I don't know the answer to that question yet (but maybe I'll find it now that I'm writing this here!) but I kinda need this to be out in the open. Even if no one is reading this, I'll know that I have put it out here. I'll know that it's something that I have already shared so I'll feel open to discuss it when it comes up in some discussion. It's like a first step in opening up, I suppose. And I need that. So this stays here for now.
I changed the banner and colour scheme of the blog to reflect this shift of focus. If I can sum it up in a few words it would be "let's have some coffee and talk". Cappuccino is my favourite coffee and Alanis Morissette's song "No Pressure Over Cappuccino" is one of my favourite songs. It has taken special meaning for me since the time when we were drinking cappuccinos with my cousin (the previously mentioned Zigu-chan) and I told her that I'm gay, a few years back. That was the beginning of a new relationship for us, we've grown closer and shared much more since then, therefore it was a very significant moment. That's why I've used this nickname for this blog but now it makes even more sense to me. It's me and me, talking to each other, having coffee. You're free to share a cup of coffee with us and join the conversation if you feel like it. :)
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I had no special objective in mind relating to this blog. It was a "whatever I feel like writing in the moment" kind of thing.
Something constant was the inclusion of (at least) one music video to close each post, often together with the lyrics (with relevant parts bolded) which is pretty natural because I live with music. Every day, unless I'm watching a show or something, there's music always on. Music while browsing, music while showering, music while doing chores, music while working out, music while reading (although I'm trying to stop that, at least when reading something important), music while cooking, music while pretty much everything. I love to associate songs with specific moments or feelings, with a specific person or a period of my life, and so I have songs that I love to bring up when I'm talking about any subject. That's why I like to include the videos, because to me they are a companion to the posts I'm writing, so that's definitely staying.
Things I talked about ranged from rants about things that were happening to me at the moment to tv shows or anime I was watching. Sometimes I talked about food, although I never got around to posting any recipes ultimately. I've thought about that, and although I may still discuss food I'll save any recipes and related talk for a different blog. I will probably need something more professional anyway now that I'm starting out my career as a cook and this "a little bit of everything" blog won't do for that.
I believe that this blog turned out to be more about me than anything else. Of course, a blog is always about the person writing it more or less, but what I mean is it sorta became a place where I held conversations with myself. I've always found comfort in writing (I used to write poems and lyrics until a few years back) and I have once more discovered that it helps me think more clearly. It's like talking with myself and psychoanalyzing on my own.
That's very important and useful for me, but why would it need to be online? Why don't I just keep a diary or something? I don't know the answer to that question yet (but maybe I'll find it now that I'm writing this here!) but I kinda need this to be out in the open. Even if no one is reading this, I'll know that I have put it out here. I'll know that it's something that I have already shared so I'll feel open to discuss it when it comes up in some discussion. It's like a first step in opening up, I suppose. And I need that. So this stays here for now.
I changed the banner and colour scheme of the blog to reflect this shift of focus. If I can sum it up in a few words it would be "let's have some coffee and talk". Cappuccino is my favourite coffee and Alanis Morissette's song "No Pressure Over Cappuccino" is one of my favourite songs. It has taken special meaning for me since the time when we were drinking cappuccinos with my cousin (the previously mentioned Zigu-chan) and I told her that I'm gay, a few years back. That was the beginning of a new relationship for us, we've grown closer and shared much more since then, therefore it was a very significant moment. That's why I've used this nickname for this blog but now it makes even more sense to me. It's me and me, talking to each other, having coffee. You're free to share a cup of coffee with us and join the conversation if you feel like it. :)
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