Format Change - #21 - 2/5/2020
Today marks the start of a new journey… MUSIC PLEASE.
We are now officially at Shoot the Sh*t Wednesday #21. Currently, there are about 25 people on this thread. There have been many phases of this thread. The Prehistoric Days of me rambling to Maiyah after lunch about the book I was listening to. “Send that stuff to me in an email,” she said. From there, the Antiquity Era of me explaining at lengths, on and on, about the complex dynamics of articles I read and the chapter I was talking about, copying and pasting quotes and stuff – fully knowing that the two receptionists don’t read it. The Middle Ages of me asking other nearby desk mates if they wanted to listen to my ramblings – it was a dark time. As we came out of the Middle Ages, I found new people in distant lands – old college friends, work mates, friends, many people – and I soon also found that ramblings weren’t enough. I needed order. I explained facts, cool images, and my current happenings. Everything was fine and dandy until those from afar asked for more of me. Facts were cool, but they wanted to know what’s happening with me and what I think about stuff. “Why? That makes little sense. All I think about are monkeys playing with sticks, jokes on napkins, and cheese doodles.” But people told me that’s what they want.
There have been about 3 format changes. Today marks the 4th. Ladies and gentleman, I present:
https://shoottheshitwednesday.wordpress.com/
“… a blog?” No. I call it a “warehouse”, a “storage unit” for the STS thread. This is a game changer. “It’s a blog.” No it’s not. “Yes it is.” I refuse to call it that. “Doesn’t change the fact it’s a blog.”
The warehouse will house all the previous threads from STS and future threads. Now for the format change.
Format 1: Me rambling about books with no coherence
F2: Unstructured ramblings about what I learned that week
F3: A format of Intro, What I learned, and What I’ve been up to.
F4: This. We’re entering the Renaissance Age of this thread. (still nowhere near the Industrial Age, but we’re getting there!)
Intro. The Appetizer.
The quintessential starter dish. In it, a hello, introductions, and a spicy transition sentence that will segue us to…
The 1st Course - My Take in One Take
A first-and-only draft of my opinion on things that trouble society. You will hear me speak on the horrors of social etiquette, the concepts and fundamentals held by humanity, and unreal circumstances that we must all purge through. A mini essay if you will of what I think about the world. And if you disagree with it, please don’t hesitate to email me at dnrtldg@outlook.com and I will tell you that your opinion is wrong, bland, and overcooked.
The 2nd Course – A Poem. A Piece of News. And Video. News.Video.Poem. NVP.
After you’ve been served a rambling, I’m going to throw you a natural array of prose commodities. A combo platter: A piece of news to keep you alert and awake. A Video to entertain the eyes and ears. And finally a poem to wash everything down.
Dessert – Silly Sh*t
Whatever silly thing I’ve been doing. Standup mainly, maybe a silly skit – not releasing writings per legal reasons – anything between those two.
This is the new format. I’ll start this next week as this week has been hectic for me (and I assume, 1 or 2 of you have made it this far in reading this email, so I’m not going to make it too long).