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Self-reflective blog on blogging and a pretty Avo picture

Published by Honeybluebelle July 25th, 2006 in General, Hanli muses

In the beginning was the word: “Blogging”…

Jules, as an early adopter, was as passionate about blogging as she always is about new technology, new people, new ideas or new words. Old is boring, in with the new.
So, at Avo, we blog. We were told in the beginning (when there was just the word) that we would not be forced to blog and that some people are bloggers and others are just boggers. Jules was convinced that I was a blogger and would take to the medium, fish-to-water. Jules had high hopes for me to become a passionate and voluminous blogger. Alas, alack.

I must be such a disappointment to her: I really don’t like blogging. I find it tedious and tiresome. And frightfully onanistic.

But here I am, blogging away, while I could be doing something useful. Who am I to argue with the boss lady?
How does she do it? How does Jules get boggers to blog? She uses underhand scare tactics, she orders me to “blog this” and “blog that”, she sends links to comment sections to go blog on, she competes with other blogsites. She gets competitive; she wants us to be prolific and be cross-blogged across the world.

So, whilst I am blogging so self-reflectively, about blogging (hey, check the post-modern intra-textual circular reference, okes!) I can’t help wondering whether Mike and Jules meant all those things about blogs being about free speech, choice, having a voice, irreverent and the great leveller…hope so, else I’m in kak!

My brief this time was to blog about the pretty photograph of Avo that Peter Velter sent which was taken from his house on the other side of the valley. Peter and I sometimes have cappucino (the best in the world, he says) in his kitchen before I dash across the valley for the weekly Avo staff meeting. (He always has “Nutella” choc spread for me too, my favourite)

Ok, Jules. You happy? I blogging well hope so!

5 Responses to “Self-reflective blog on blogging and a pretty Avo picture”

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1 matchy Jul 25th, 2006 at 4:59 pm

You are a clever blogging blogging girl,I so love your sense of humour. You just like a naughty little girl with ‘ghutspa’. We dont want you to blog because you have to, we want you to blog cause you so blogging good at it. Find the time Hanli, you are sure to add a smile to our day. Dont be mingy with your talent, share share share.
I would love to spend just one hour in that head of yours, it will keep me spinning for a year. Where do you think up all of your funnies!!!! You are one in a Honeybluebelle. XXX MM
2 yojules Jul 26th, 2006 at 2:57 pm

I would tell you to blog off, but I’m scared you might suddenly be overtaken with an unusual attack of obedience, and I’d never blogging get you back online!

I still maintain you have an uncanny knack for making everyone who reads your blog fall off their chairs laughing, so you blogging well better accept the fact that you were born to blog and blog some more…. the whole blogging community begs you!

I remember telling you how great you’d be at sales, and how wrong was I there……?

Relax…. so overcome was I to see your name up in bloglights that I forgot to think about you being in kak! Freedom of speech rules (so far…….)!

Love, Your Blogging Boss!
3 Elaine Jul 26th, 2006 at 5:27 pm

Blogging in you is easy cause your bloggable, lallala lalala lala, WOWWEEE (to be sung to the tune of bugging you). hanli you gotta know that your bloggs are just so spunky, and fresh they delight me. I can’t wait to read your stuff…just so thoroughly entertaining.
4 Mike Jul 26th, 2006 at 10:56 pm

Blogging for the sake of blogging is a joke. Hanli, if it’s tedious, boring and un-enriching, can it. Yes, this little digital universe will miss your candour, but heck, the whole point of blogging is authenticity and participation.

I say blog because you see value, because you enjoy it and because it gives life. To you. Personally, I’d love to see you writing more about YOU - the fascinating creature that you are - and letting the essence of your personality light up this space.

Give it horns, love, or give it a break. Either way, do what fulfils you.

:)
5 yojules Jul 27th, 2006 at 1:14 pm

Oh…. by the way….what’s ‘onanistic’?

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