random nothingness...

life is never this simple...

i started this particular place in spacetime about nine months ago with the implicit intent to give friends and family (and anyone else) a glimpse of everyday life here in korea and wherever else the coals under our feet would lead us. but this was not my first foray into aetherspace, into the shadowy and evasive world of internet posting known as "blogging" (which i call "gleebing" because the word gleebing is just as randomly a created word and sounds just as stupid as the word blogging does), as i had developed about a half-dozen other places with sprinklings of poetry, short stories, and uncensored rants and raves about the modern world. i had resisted setting up these gleebing sites because of the very nature that it was an mainstream intent to be subculture, to be underground. however, as a writer who's had no luck being published very much or widespreadly, i gladly succumbed to the temptation because , if not the outlet for writing, it was at least an outlet for writing and hoping that people other than my friends and family and living anywhere in the world would read what i had to say (provided they could read and understand english and actually want to spend minutes of their daily lives reading what it was i'd written).

a problem these days with gleebing is that there is a proliferation of so-called gleeb sites on the internet, so much so that the dilution has downgraded the quality of writing as a genre and that the ones that actually have things to say or are funny or entertaining are never noticed--though there are probably still less gleeb sites on the internet than there are cubic centimeters of fake breasts in the playboy mansion.

one can frequently hear that gleebs are "changing the landscape of writing and journalism" or some other nonsensical crap, which is why i usually can never find such web sites that are worth even a pile of iguana-wank. meaning no offense to my friends that write gleebs, some of which are linked from here to there, but have you ever seen a gleeb site that is actually worth accessing every day to read what has been written? i certainly haven't, this one included.

most gleebs seem to have the same boring theme: detailing the life and antics of the author's life. save for clever wording, photoshopping, or presentation, these blogs are no different from any other you might see. others are strongly fanatical in favour of the author's religiosity, political beliefs, escapades with camera angles best depicting the folds of labia or scrotum size, patriotism, family, favourite movies, lewd affairs with neighbourhood teenagers, daily routines, eggplant fetishes, preference for tea over coffee, racist or xenophobic tendencies, favourite alcohol, fiendish antics with friends, asking for money to support the underprivileged killer whales of the south seas, and more...

there are far too few gleeb sites that are actually intelligently-written. there are far too few gleebs that are written without the author's taking him- or herself too seriously. there are far too few gleebs that have taken time not to bore people to death. there are far too few gleebs that have been designed with an expressed intent of helping people the world over from conquering poverty, hunger, abuse, repression, oppression, recession, and obsession. there are far two few gleebs designed to incite revolutions against imperial aggressors intent on overtaking all of civilisation in the name of oil, capitalism, democracy, fascism, xenophobia, religion, creaky ideology, or sinister psychology. far too few gleebs are actually funny.

there are also too few people patrolling the internet looking for any intelligent gleebs to pass on to others so that the message gets across. there are few people patrolling the internet who aren't caught up too much in their own daily lives. there are few too people patrolling the internet who aren't obsessed with name brands, outward appearances, the latest fashion, or what they're driving. there are few too people who have not allowed themselves to be brainwashed by their government or media into believing that their particular culture or religion or language or traditions is the best. there are too few people who aren't willing to break away from mainstream thought, who aren't willing to be brave in their ideas, who aren't willing to back up their bravado, who aren't willing to pay the price.

guess that's just the way the silicone gel leaks out, eh??