Monday 11 October 2010

all up in this blog, inaugurating

In the true spirit of boredom and sheer contrariness (is that a word? Oh well, it is now), and in light of Andrew Marr’s delightful comments re: the noble enterprise of blogging reported in today’s Daily Telegraph, I have decided to start a blog. 

…This is it, by the way. Allons-y! 


The article in question relates some of the political presenter’s choicest verbal morsels from his recent appearance at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. According to Marr: "A lot of bloggers seem to be socially inadequate, pimpled, single, slightly seedy, bald, cauliflower-nosed, young men sitting in their mother's basements and ranting."


And to that, I present the robust and hearty rebuttal of: “…yes okay, there probably are quite a few of those”. Of course, it would be wonderful to come out swinging with a stout denial, but I’d rather not begin my blogging career with lies and deception. That said, one has to question his approach - that is, the approach of taking a stereotype and then building a generalisation the size of Canary Wharf on top of it, before painting “SUCK ON THIS, NERDBITCHES” in a really obscene crimson all over it. 


Marr’s assertion that ‘citizen journalism’ will never replace real, ‘proper’ journalism smacks of resentment and fear of change. Heaven forbid these young whippersnappers with their iPods and their PlayStations and their interactive 3G HD R2D2 technology should try to express themselves through new media! Doesn’t anyone remember the good old days when we used to send them up chimneys?!  


At any rate, it is obvious that Marr is wrong. Not all bloggers are socially inadequate, single, slightly seedy, bald, cauliflower-nosed, young men sitting in their mother's basements and ranting. Some of us are socially inadequate young women sitting in our mother’s houses and bitching



On that note: a man that so closely resembles Gollum really ought not to cast the first stone. Just saying.


2 comments:

  1. Oh Lauren! You're blogging! I am so glad and will read it all the time.

    The 'blogger abuse' was a little uncalled for!

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  2. Hello Hanna, I am indeed!! Yay for reading! I will try to make it as entertaining as possible. I hope you're having a fantastic time on your exotic travels, by the way!! England misses you and Simon.

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