I haven’t been writing in my personal blog (here) like I should… or like I once did, so I decided to do the Ultimate Blog Challenge. But there is a caveat… which I’ll just leave until later…
Change is inevitable (except from a vending machine)
For regular readers, you may notice the site changed. I’m a web designer, this is what I do! But I’ll explain that later, and in fact here are some posts titles of things that have changed recently… I’ll add links as I write the posts.
- Wil Wheaton Meets Ultimate Blog Challenge (that is today’s post)
- Time for Outrageous Requests (the caveat)
- Dr StrangeCat or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Needles
- Theme Hosting Moving Sandboxes
I’m not even certain where to start… Although I learned from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland to “Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop,” this story doesn’t really have a beginning, since much of it happened concurrently.
Back to 2001
So let’s start with 2001, going back to my birth was a bit too far… Ok Seriously, for Christmas 2012 I got Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton. He is telling stories from when his blog was brand new (2001), and this is like a flashback to me. I remember reading his blog, he was one of the few other bloggers at the time. It was so cool to me to see “that kid from Star Trek” have his own website. (Technically I’m two months older, but it was cool seeing a kid on Star Trek The Next Generation. And while I didn’t have a crush on him in ST:TNG Days, I developed a geek crush on him then. It was cool that he was building websites, and I was as well! We both had web-logs, as they were often called then. Because I kept losing my paper journals, my blog was on some site pre-MySpace with no thought that anyone was reading my blog. Eventually I moved my “blog” to MySpace and didn’t bring any posts over but every so often I would get comments… “I’ve been reading your blog for years! Thank you for sharing your life.” I’d see these and say what??? Then I moved from MySpace to LoveRockstar, as MJSchrader wasn’t available, from there to MJSchrader. I moved some of the MySpace posts so you can actually read all the way back to 2007, I didn’t move the older ones, and really regret that I didn’t keep my original posts.
Back to Wil Wheaton Meets Ultimate Blog Challenge
But his book is reminding me of that time. I used to write a lot more often back then, which is why I accepted this challenge, and why I plan to write more often even after. It is reminding me I used to write short posts with simple thoughts instead of waiting a month or two and then having too much inside my head. It also reminded me that one of my resolutions was to get a book autographed by him for / before my birthday in 2 months (which is to the day, 2 months before his). Hopefully with this post and the post tomorrow something will happen to get me closer to that dream…. Bye for now, Live, laugh, Love, MJ Schrader
Great way to incorporate a book review with sharing more about you. And, yes, short frequent posts are so much better than letting information and inspiration fester in your brain… Hope you get that autograph!
Thank you Madeline! It’ll take work to write more often but it’ll be a better experience for everyone! Glad you stopped by!
MJ Schrader recently posted…Wil Wheaton Meets Ultimate Blog Challenge
Oh my. You make me feel so old and non-techie. I watched the original (in reruns I’m sure) Star-Trek with my husband. Neither of us watched any of the later shows, at least not on a regular basis. I’d never heard of Wil Wheaton until Big Bang Theory. BBT was in reruns by the time I found it. I agree short frequent posts are better, just because I believe it doesn’t mean I follow the advice. Love the way you handled all the topics for this post. Hope you get your book signed. Sorry, I can’t help you there.
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Nita, I was late to BBT as well, and still haven’t seen more than 1/2 an episode because I don’t have regular TV. But geek wise, I was ahead of the curve on websites and coding. When I started “that website has a picture!!” was advanced. Glad you came by!
MJ Schrader recently posted…Wil Wheaton Meets Ultimate Blog Challenge
MJ! IF you do get a book autographed, here’s an awesome idea: INVITE WIL WHEATON TO PARTICIPATE IN THE UBC! It doesn’t matter that he’d be late, what matters is that he’d be HERE with all of us, reading and commenting and fretting about if he said that well enough. Good idea? I enjoy your writing! Good luck with the UBC!
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My frame of reference for Wil Wheaton is Stand By Me. That makes me feel old. 🙂 Great post – thanks for sharing!
I love this: “It is reminding me I used to write short posts with simple thoughts instead of waiting a month or two and then having too much inside my head.” That’s a huge insight and I’m glad you found the UBC to get you on track with that!
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