True to my word I have done more investigating of 20 Something Bloggers and I have already found many more blogs which I'm interested in following. I want to give them shout outs but as I've now added a blogroll gadget thing on the left it seems redundant, so instead I'll just show off my internet knowledge stuff (or lackthereof if I get this wrong) and say I love their faces.
There are two problems with this, however. The first is that I now feel like creepy stalker guy because I'm new to this and don't want to make an absolute fool of myself by saying something stupid. This is more of a problem because the original problem contains a paradox (and now I'll just say the word problem again for the general confusion. Problem). This most ingenous paradox is the longer I leave it before posting, the more profound and witty I feel it needs to be to actually be worth posting thus I am less likely to post. This vicious cycle is not in itself paradoxical, I know, but it makes sense when you consider that a) my fear of not writing anything worthwhile is keeping me from writing anything worthwhile and b) I prefer to word paradox to contradiction.
The second problem is that it appears there is a huge history associated with this site and I'm getting information overload just looking at the forums and stuff. I can already tell it is going to be a long process to properly come to grips with what 20SB has on offer by way of interaction, culture and general awesomeness.
Still these are both relatively minor problems for me, and I'm sure that in the fullness of time I will be a productive member of the 20SB community and contributing regularly to what happens there.
PS. Yes I realise the paradox inherent in the content of this post, that I feel comfortable enough word vomiting my fears about word vomiting all over 20SB, but this is getting far too meta already so I'll let that one slide.
Greetings. This is Hayden, of Ultimate Gourmet. I see that you have added me to your blogroll, and I wanted to stop by and say that I am flattered. It is always a privilege to be added to a fellow blogger's public reading list.
ReplyDeleteAlso, welcome to 20sb. It is a natural inclination to feel like "the new guy" at first, but don't be afraid to just start posting. From my experience, there's really no specific "culture" about 20 Something Bloggers; it's mostly just a collection of young people communicating as young people do, so there's no need to feel like an outsider that must first "learn the ropes." The community is always glad to have new members, so feel free to just jump in and participate where you see fit.
Thank you for the comment. It is nice to know that the internet isn't always that big scary place that it sometimes seems to be, you've made me feel more confident about just getting involved in 20sb without worrying so much.
DeleteThanks also for having such a great blog, for a starting blogger it is nice to have blogs of that quality available to aspire to equal some day.