Comments and Coffee

I keep forgetting that I have a blog.

It's becoming more of a nagging voice in the back of my head instead of a dutiful responsibility these days. I created this blog with a purpose of commenting on various tidbits of life, liberty, and the pursuit of caffeination, but I really do keep falling behind. Work, lack of sleep, lack of coffee, and work are consuming my current thoughts.

Maybe one of these days I'll grow up and make a blogspot that looks slightly more professional. Maybe that will inspire to me to stick to a schedule for blogging. But for now, this is good enough.

I listen to a lot of music. Like, a ton. Prior to streaming, I used to have immense difficulties handling an expanding music library thanks to early-release/promotional-use-only albums courtesy of my father (when I was younger) and from music downloads back when that was cool.

Now I pay for my music via Google All Access Music. And you should, too.

Moral guilt trips aside (thieves, you're all thieves), I plan on posting a track from Youtube, Soundcloud, or Hypem of what I'm currently listening to while I'm working out at the gym/studying for the GRE/driving/grading my kids' homework/planning my kids' monthly workloads. The first edition of Song De Jour will be posted at 7:30 pm today, so keep your eyes peeled.

One of the hardest things for me to do is establish a consistent schedule for non-important things (even though I value consistency like none other). Since this blog isn't any form of necessity (like eating, working out, going to work, and drinking coffee, my god how could I forget that), I don't see myself posting daily blog posts like a certified blogger of the blogosphere.

I don't have time for that. I actually want to contribute to society in ways that exceed social commentary. Feel free to laugh along with me as I examine music, current events, and policies in a critical fashion.

I'm not going to generalize and tell you how important a first impression is. Or should be. Or something along those lines. You should know that already. That's how you got your job. Or how you got your girlfriend / boyfriend / gallon of Nutella. You walked in, presented your resume, body, or wallet (respectively), and the ball started rolling from there. In the case of this blog, the first thing you looked at was most likely the background. Hopefully my background gave you a good first impression enough to continue reading this website. If you're colorblind, or you somehow manage to filter out sepia tones thanks to your rampant abuse of Instagram, welcome to my blog. Hopefully you find some enjoyment while you consume the material I plan on posting on here. Now that you're here, though, here are some ground rules and general notes you should most likely follow and keep in mind:

Behave. Don't start any form of comment war that will turn into something similar to a Facebook Flame War. That's what Facebook is for. I'm not interested in hearing what you have to say (unless I explicitly ask for other opinions). Don't get me wrong, I'm sure that you're capable of saying very intelligent and insightful things; my blog is not the place for you to preach your message in an uncensored fashion. Start your own blog if you really have some things to say. It's therapeutic, really.

If I do offend you, the reader, in some fashion, contact me directly. I'm easily reachable. Preaching your hate on the Internet isn't the best means to send the message of feeling offended or hurt. I'm aware of what it means to create an equity violation, and I'm not about being offensive or hurting another intentionally. So--contact me directly if I do offend you in any way.

I might be using certain terminology that you might not understand. Whether it be some form of acronym or Internet colloquial term--it doesn't matter. Everything I talk about on here can and will be easily searchable via Google (or another search engine, like Bing, if you actually do use Bing for something other than desktop backgrounds or looking for naughty videos--nasty). If you seriously don't know how to use Google or do some simple searching, I'm revoking your Internet privileges. It's like the number one rule of the Internet--know how to Google. Seriously. 

If I am discussing something regarding something out in the metaphorical reaches of the galaxy (like, god forbid--social constructionism, identity theories, marxism, or even macro economics), send me a message telling me that I need to clarify, and I will. I will not, however, teach you how to Internet. Read number 3.