Putting off the inevitable.

I dislike trends. Both in fashion and in technology. I also dislike linguistic fads too.

I used to view blogging as a trend, everyone and their dog was blogging, you were a nobody if you didn't blog your thoughts to the world.

I resisted, and it was not until the furor died down that I attempted to create one, realising that maybe there was value in having a blog. It was a place where you could not only express yourself, but also help and instruct people if you so desired. So, having put it off the inevitable, here is my blog. Tada!

I now see Twitter/FaceBook/MySpace etc etc now doing the same thing.... becoming a trendy thing to do. And you know this is true when Opera Winfrey wants a Twitter account! But unlike a blog, I don't see it becoming anything more than a fashionable thing to do.

I tried Twitter, and frankly it is a great lesson in how to waste your time. Endless people droning on in 140 characters or less on how their days has been, what they had for breakfast or how their dog messed on the floor. I mean, honestly, if you are fascinated by this then I think it speaks volumes about how little you really are switched on to the real world.

I cannot also stand the ongoing viral adoption of slang phrases that seems to sweep the internet message boards from time to time... the most recent are the 'FAIL' and the "I HAZ" memes. I am afraid that if you use those words in any text you are writing to me, I will stop communicating with you. If you say them to me in real life, I will walk away from you.

JUST STOP IT, it makes you look and sound like a moronic pleb that has no free will of your own and will simply follow the herd like the cattle you are.

Now, if you excuse me, I have some kids to chase off my lawn....