Ode to the blogosphere: A guide to my blog, and a rant or two

Is it just me or is it sometimes really stupid to leave comments on other people's blogs?

Every time i do it i just feel like a complete and utter twat, even if i have something relevant to say. The odd time i waded through the shit storm of shame to actually attempt and leave a valid and coherent argument on Perezhilton of all places. Yeah like that will ever happen.

Especially with my "fellow" irish bloggers i just feel like a sick-of-fanta lickarse twat. I try to weigh in opinion and humour but i just feel dirty and pathetic sometimes. After all, am i really in the same league? Is my cynicism, humorous observation or up to date know-how even worth the read?

I rather resign myself to the world of diary posts, self loathing and the odd tid bit of fan boy gushing over gadgetry, film and music.

I have several idea's from day to day of what to stuff into this blog like an extra topping on a less than generous Lidl Pizza. Most of which go off the wall and ramble and don't really cover anything except unkept sprawled column millimeters on some randomers computer screen.

But i shall forge on. After all i like saying things. I like writing. And there is after all a sense of success when you jam in some minor wit that you think is hilarious and genius. There is a sense of accomplishment when you shite on for hundreds of words about the societal worth of discarded metro's and their beneficial effects by remaining on the seats of rain soaked dingy irish public transport. Or some shorter and obviously less pandered sentence.

~The Who's What-now of Social Dullard's Learning Curve ~

I have thought about this many a time. After all my life and blog post's can be populated with many a character. Some are passing through like the tumbleweed that is life, living but bleak and all of that kind of metaphor which i never thought of before writing it and don't know where to take it....

So i'll describe all of my friends who i feel are of importance, impotence, imposter-ence and pissed their pants. The people who i mention most often and the face's without a real life name who populate my life.

The Parental Units: I can't say to much about them as i have no damning or complaining thoughts. They are my keepers and owner's of my sleeping space and generally most of my possessions. I can often be at odds with them over my studying and academic situation, and lack of a financial one. But in the end we're still family and we love each other. The odd diner time and evening spent on the couch usually involves a lot of humour and is truely family stuff.

The Sister: The sister, oh the sister. I may not know her to well these days as she is no longer the intermittent she-devil she was when she was a teenager. Now she is a loving companion and part of the family that is shacked up with an aussie down under. She not only is a source of further laughs and a Animal expert but also a possible INN keeper for any further trips to the land down under. She will return for 2 weeks this november with promise's in aiding in my driving lessons. Stay tuned for that...

Sporkie:

The sisters husband. A lovable guy and fun new addition to the family. My mother love's him for his ability to finish any large meal and he is generally a like-able guy that we're happy is part of my sisters life.

The Dags: Ralph and Rosie. I won't give them nicknames although Shitbox and Princess come to mind. The mad little puppies that are growing fast and still struggling to keep their bodily excrement OUTSIDE.

The Cat. Daisy(the cat). She is basically the LADY of the House. Garfield in female form. She has my sisters room all to herself. A plush well looked after double bed and arm chair all to herself as well as over-flowing wardrobe's choke full of real and imitation designer hand bags. She use's my window as a cat flap and is also known as the cat of a thousand meow's for her continued efforts to get us to wait on her at her beck and call. This includes the window dance to enter the house, when ever she chose’s and of course the 4am wake up call that tells you she's to lazy to use her sandbox for un-lady-like business.

DS: DS is possibly my best friend and my frequent companion for cinema trips. This colourful individual is studying politics and psychology in some Middle of the glen's back water in Scotland and for the past 3 years has only been available for small snippets of the year because of his incarceration in the education system loop-hole that is Irish people learning on the cheap in Scotland. On a similar note my sister did the same. DS and i have over the years had many an idea from being a Movie producing team, to being in a band, and of course our dream of a US road trip at some arbitrary and hopefully well off point in the future. DS, myself and 20 cent used to be a sort of "three mousekateers" when it comes to cinema going but now it's just me and DS.

Gammaman: Possibly my second best friend and my main friend during the college year. A talkative, loud and charismatic soul this rather jumpy and highly caffeinated boom box of idea's and repetition has been a friend for nearly 10 years and has always been the same. He is a natural brainbox and know it all record stuck on repeat that was born to be a consultant of some kind. He missed his chance to do medicine but now he will kill cancer for a living instead and all the better for it. He is heavily involved in the Society, although not as much next year. However he now has "digs" on campus, right next to Westland row station so i may spend many a night recovering there over the next year.

Nursing:

PG: My ex girlfriend and still a relatively close friend. Well close in that i seem to still talk to her every day. Other than that i haven't actually seen her physical presence in several months. She is now going into fourth year nursing so it is unlikely i will see to much of her over the year. Her belated larger birthday party will be later in the week so stay tuned for that.

Budsy: She was quite possibly my closest friend in my old year. Unfortunately i have seen VERY little of her over the past year and i do miss her a lot. Even with all the new friends I’ve made few can compare to her ability to make you laugh or be scared all at the same time. A laugh riot from the wilds of Virginia town.

Chatterbox. Also a Virginia local this 100 words a minute girl has been my main companion during lecture's for the past year. She also failed and repeated along with me and was by coincidence part of the small Harem i had going over the previous two years. Even with the sheer speed and incomprehensible amount and way she speaks over the past 3 and a bit years i still don't know her to well, but she's a friend none-the-less.

Avril: This embittered and frequently mitching older student is a good friend of both PG and myself. Some how she still forge's on and is on the verge of making it into fourth year. She is a voice of reason and also knows how to put my idiocy down in just the right way. She is also the last reason left for owning a bebo account.

Cleo: A drop out and enigma from my former year. Readers and those who went back through my post's will know her as a cause of much internal grief over the past year. I quickly jumped the shark and became obsessed about her. So what if she is bi-sexual and almost got me into orgies. She was never interested, and was never going to be. Her life seems to me to be a female version of me but with no ability to write. I read her diary, she can't write for shit!

Current Nursing year:

Mystique. A red haired character who i barely know but know from a-far none-the-less.

Jade: I've been on placement with her and our two secondary school's have a long standing history together but other than that i don't know that much about her, although wouldn't say know to learning more.

Ria: A slightly manic Corkonian who i can't help laugh when around and also a class rep 2 years running.

Daisy: A surprisingly lazy and attractive dark haired girl with that boxed off hair cut. I got to know her well on placement in the baby farm and asked her out for some arbitrary point in the future after my return from Oz. This however never materialised and never really talked to her after that.

The Society:

Hope: A coincidence meant that this Erasmus student was actually a form schoolmate from a lower year back when i was in primary school. She hails from cape Canaveral these days but has decided to stay on here in ireland. I struck out at least twice during the year but she has remained a good friend either way.

Goldylocks: An old acquaintance from my choir days. I know very little about her now but she's a close friend of Gammaman's and will be on the Committee next year.

Cailin: Gammaman's Ex. I don't know her too well but frankly i don't care to anymore. I was never informed as to what exactly happened but the current replacement for gammaman is a bit of a mute dweeb so it's not exactly something to approve of. I can't pass much judgment but without knowing the full story what can we do but jumped to our own opinions and file people under "Frenemies".

Joker: A rather talented debater and common face in the Societies Newspaper room. Possibly the best debating assets we have and hilarious to boot. He will take over the duties of Gentle Ben in reading funny minutes before weekly chamber debates.

Lenn: An old childhood friend but now simple acquaintance. He is now in yet another prominent committee position and not a bad debater either. If you need advice on sophisticated alcohol or simply just port he's your man. He also knows a thing or two about the man upstairs but doesn't prescribe to any of his laws or followers beliefs.

Letch: A frequent and legendary sight in the Society. This long serving normal member of the society has been around the place for a long time and knows a fare few things. I'm not even sure where he'll be next year or what he'll be doing but i don't think he'll disappear just yet.

Percy: Last years Society leader and a usually approachable guy. He's going back to his business course will probably still have a bit of a presence from time to time.

Jayne: Possibly the next best debating asset of the society. This flamboyant soul is a friendly and efficient force in the society and will probably still be lending a hand in its day to day running’s.

Capone: Also a resident rainbow carrier but with the adage of being from Up north. He was a part of the committee last year but missed out on next year. So he will most likely still be around and a great addition to the ever growing plethora of talented know it all's that is the society.

Nordiemk2: This corduroy jacketed talented young man will be joining the lower ranks of the committee as one of it's strongest speakers and general all around nice guy.

Nescafé: This frequently tired young woman sighed relief when she handed the reigns of her job over to Lenn and is a very strong speaker and will probably still be around next year.

008: This dapper gentleman dress's decade's before his time and is very attentive to his appearance. Already on the path of alcohol at the end of the day for relaxation this easily noticeable figure was born into the wrong decade. He'd easily be well at home in the 60's or even the 20's.

BD: This debating expert and PD supporter is a long standing presence in the society and an voice of knowledge and reason on most topics and how the society works. He graduated last year but maintained a presence throughout and most likely will continue to offer guidance to the many people who have been with him over the years.

Sherminator: Oh Sherminator. This guy really does have a competitive streak in him. He never seems to NOT argue. He argues every side of every thing imaginable. He also ramble's on a lot. He often doesn't know when to stop. He may need visual aides from the audience in future just to slow him down and control his spluttering and sometimes disastrous mouth. He's a top debater but if only he could be controlled... And without a doubt he has a soft spot for Boop....

Boop: The leader of the younglings. Possibly the strongest New female debater to the society. Gammamans prodigy at that. She's a strong willed and determined young thing and will go far. But at the same time she's still a young woman so she can't be the boss all the time. She's also the target of many a joke on facebook which she take's in her stride.

Dona: A good friend of Gammaman and myself's. Dona despite her tattoo's, bi-sexuality and hatred of formal feminine atire is a talented but shy speaker. She's joined the committee for love of helping out and being a part of the society. But with the right encouragement she could go places.

Demi: A good friend of Boops and another member of the committee’s lower ranks. Unfortunately in the early day's i could never remember her name and often would substitute it in my head with that nickname. But now that she has facebook-age i will never forget whatserface...

Egyptian paul: A talented and yet another encyclopedia amongst the society's ranks. His similarity to Malkovich is so much that he actually dressed as him for Halloween in the Republic, which was rather hilarious.

Roxy: A rather interesting acting and singing student who is also a frequent sight amongst the society. She's a good speaker as well and will probably be around a lot more. She's also a good friend of most of the younger female's and new comers.

Malkovich: A talented speaker and arm chair facebook presence to the going's on of the society. Strangely i'm older than him but he is far wiser than i will ever be. He also maintains a strong connection to the Other society and his religious route's are of semi-frequent joke's due to the rarity of Judaism in the so called multi-denominational setting of trinity.

Kaffee: The legal eagle and level headed back seat observer of much of the societies goings on. He has many a good thought and it is a shame he doesn't debate more often. His 4 minutes out of 7 in the god debate alone was one of the best arguments that evening. He frequently is absent for extended periods of time leaving rumour to circulate...

DJ: A talented young entrepreneur who not only has his own record label he also runs a charity space for dublin's youth. He's also a good debater and missed out on joining the committee.

Ming: Possibly my closest new friend in the society. He's a good laugh and a talented on the spot debater. His thoughts can be out there to say the least sourcing from Philosophy, theology and science fiction. One of those characters that just warms a room by their presence. Probably should shave though.

Hmm can't think of many other's. There are other's but i think i covered all the important people for now.