Blogs, etc.

I don't understand blogs, really. What is their purpose? I claimed long ago, maybe my first post, that this would be a bitch-free zone--at least in that I would avoid bitching about my life. I'll complain about pet peeves and the like, such as the last post, but I'm not writing to whine. I got Dr. Phil to help me deal with that shit. But reading other blogs, I fail to understand what blogs are really for. I enjoy entertaining stories of parties, or humorous experiences, but some people treat blogs as if it is their only outlet for dealing with their lives. If that's the case, is a public domain really the appropriate place to get help? If I'm going to treat a blog like a diary I would have to be completely candid, but I wouldn't think I could be completely candid if I knew everyone was going to read it. Can I really be honest without just being passive aggressive?

Also, another solution to this 'online diary' would be to make things general enough that randoms could not decipher exactly who they may be talking about. I noticed one of my friends does this, but since she does, I have no fucking clue what she's talking about. It's so general in hopes to avoid getting too deep with strangers, that people who know her have no idea what's going on. This brings me back to my original hope that blogs be used to share stories, not therapy. To provide humor or interesting insights, not generalities or mild soap operas.

Here's something that will hopefully get and give interesting insights: I'm trying to figure out a place for me. I've realized I'm really good at a lot of things, but not truly great at any one thing. I'm smart enough, I've got good hand-eye coordination, thus, all in all, quite competent regarding virtually anything, but there's nothing out there for me as far as great success is concerned. Yeah, anything I do will most likely result in some basic form of success, but I can't see a place for me to get into (industry or just great opportunity in some other field that interests me) that will give me a chance to succeed where it matters, on a more global scale.

Maybe this comes down to money, but I don't think it's that simple. I don't want money for the sake of money. I want money to be able to do things, travel, and eat. When I say do things, I mean be able to go to the movies and buy some candy without thinking twice or bitching about making rent. Clearly, I'm probably better off than most straight-out-of-college men, but I don't think teaching is the path at this point in my life. I'm not giving up on teaching yet. I'll do it for a little while longer, I just really want some money. That sounds so strange coming from me. Money's not a big priority in my life. I don't like buying things. My least favorite thing to do is shop. Just now that I'm done with college, all I can do is earn money to go do things.

I'm rambling.

My point is this: there's really not too much out there for people slightly above average--the category in which I feel I fall. Inanity drives me crazy as does ignorance, but I'm losing confidence in my ability to become great. So, I got to thinking, there must be some place that isn't being filled where someone like me can fit. What could that be? I'm trying to figure that out. To be a successful actor, you need to be incredibly talented, or lucky. I can't bank on luck. People who depend on winning the lottery would not fare well in life, and neither would I. I need another way in. I can't sell things, I hate that. I don't think I can 'work my way up' as a PA or something, I mean, I have a Graduate degree from Harvard. I don't put much stock in that but the rest of the world does. That's just the thing I'm talking about! Priorities and perceptions don't mean anything because a person must always subscribe to someone else's priority (as far as what's important (in anything)) or perception unless that person can make it on their own, a person which I would argue qualifies to be in the 'great' category.

I don't know what I'm looking for, but I need help. I don't feel this is a bitching zone, nor am I looking for online therapy, I just want to open the doors for a conversation.

PS-Something I hate: when people say exetera, instead of et cetera.
Something I love: bachelor parties in Las Vegas.

'Naturally Inspired'

Advertising. Forget main things about public perception as far as thin, beautiful people all the time in commercials or the like. My pet peeve is the way advertising 'geniuses' try to word things to make them seem better using completely hollow descriptions and words like the title of this post. The title is referring to a new laundry detergent. The commercial was bullshit as a couple is fighting, goes to bed, smells their sheets and turns toward each other with the caption, you won't be able to go to bed angry, as if the smell of the detergent can eliminate the fact that your wife blew some guy in the elevator the other day. Anyway, besides this obvious lie, the problem I really have is when they are describing the product. Using the same detergent example, the scent comes from Lavender and Vanilla. The commercial tells the audience the scent is naturally inspired. What total bullshit! And what does that mean? Everything fake is naturally inspired. That doesn't mean anything. While they are saying this, the commercial creators are showing bits of lavender and vanilla spinning through the water. There is nothing natural about liquid laundry detergent. It is completely manufactured. It is inspired by nature so they use chemicals they create in a tube to make it smell like the real thing. Just say that. Or better yet, don't say anything referring to where the smell comes from. Naturally inspired. This is obviously not the only phrase advertisers use to manipulate how people view their product, and I'm not even saying it's so bad. I just realized how so many people must hear phrases like that and not think twice. Maybe even become convinced by it. That's what really upset me. The fact that it works and can be convincing. Anyway, I can't think of an appropriate term for the language advertisers use. I'm sure there's a term, but even now an appropriate one escapes me. Suggestions?

Something scary

I typed 'wikipedia' into wikipedia and it exploded.