This guy looks pretty crazy doesn't he? Well last week I started another blog. Am I crazy too?
It's pretty obvious I just have sooooo much free time lately. I mean I already maintain one blog while juggling three kids, a full time job, freelance work, homework, yard work, a long commute, an insane boss, etc. How do I do it?? I must have incredible endurance, patience, and time management skills. Or maybe I just ignore all of the above and focus on the priorities... whatever it is, works for me!
At Scott's workshop, he suggested we each start a blog to post our latest work. In the professional photography world, a blog is an important marketing tool to both display your creativity and show that you're constantly working and improving. Most importantly, it displays your passion and style. Unfortunately, since Scott is on Xanga, we must be on Xanga too, you know, in order to be cool and savvy like him and get the love and eprops from his adoring trendsetting network. I'm on Blogspot, which is "ok" by comparison but not nearly as slick. It's kinda like all your savvy friends being on a Mac while you're still chugging on your Dell :(
I resisted at first because I already had this blog to post my work and it's "good enough" (I know I know, I sometimes think like a peecee person). But I wanted to be hip and happenin' like them and hang out at the same groovy places – for that I HAD to be on Xanga. After the initial learning curve, Xanga was real easy to set up and customize, and handles media (pics/vids) way easier than Blogspot. The only gripe is that they place ads on your blog. To have them removed, you have to pay.
Another reason for starting Xanga is that I don't want all these strangers invading this blog and reading about all of you and how I make fun and embarrass you as well as reading about how pathetic my life is and what a total loser I am and why anyone would ever hire me... I think this blog is best to be kept under the radar only to be cherished by my intimate group of ~40 readers. See how special you are to me??
Will the real Stan please stand up?Unlike this blog, my Xanga blog will be strictly professional. No rants, no insults, no mention of you guys or cheapskate bosses... just pretty pictures from time to time with a short caption and/or boring story – very water-downed, neutered, nothing you would expect from me. That's why my Xanga readers can never find out about this blog. Sure as time goes by, I'll screen out some potential readers and invite them to this blog, but for now, for their sake, it's better they stay over there. So nothing has changed. I will continue to be myself here, but over there I'll act like a total grown-up. Impossible you say. We shall see!
Visit my Xanga Blog now!
