Portrait

my blog is the only place in the world in which i can write what i want, and not have to worry about what anyone is going to say or think. of course, the anonimity the internet offers is vital to this, but there is somehow a feeling that ‘this is my blog, and i have the freedom to say what i want’.

almost everywhere, you’re bound to be under certain restraints when writing or talking, or basically expressing yourself. you have to think. who can you trash? who cant you trash? what can you say? what cant you say? it all requires some hesitance, some pre meditation. you’re very rarely bound to come across a space as open as you’re own blog. and i believe in appreciating this.

i’ve been noticing that on a few blogs, including my own, some of the readers come across things they dont expect. on indi’s blog, someone was questioning his affiliations to the LTTE, simply because he chose to write about tharaki. chandare too, felt the need to explain himself when he wrote about the sitcom that was coming to a close, everybody loves raymond and not some profound political matter. sometime ago, leakymemory wrote this post on exactly what i’m trying to say, and named it ‘say what?‘. only a few days ago, someone asked me why i was writing what i was writing when the country is in turmoil. a certain ziyan m, declared what a small minded fuck i was to be blogging about immaterial things when the country was going down the toilet. what does he want me to do? what does he expect me to do?

those of us who own our own blog space reserve the entire, unadulterated liberty to blog about whatever we want to blog about, and say what we wish. blogs are an interesting and effective way to express your opinions minus the usual drill of worrying about what’s going to happen to you, to share your views on various matters including music, movies, politics and other blogs, to debate, argue and learn about perspectives varying from your own. its a community in which everyone is entitled to their opinion, and to feel to free to think what they think.

this blog is my space, my room, my sphere, my cubicle. i will blog about whatever i feel like blogging about, whenever i feel like blogging about it. what i blog and my opinions expressed here may not always cut it for those of you who come here expecting five star political journalism, because i’m interested in neither politics nor five star writing. it may not always be the kind of writing you expect, and i may not always tread upon the subjects you think should be discussed. if i constantly disappoint you with my mindless banter, maybe its best for everyone if you start up your own blog and quit bitching about mine.