Ahem. As a recent wanderer into this realm, I wish to make a few observations…
Observation 1: Benjamin Franklin once said, "Those who would sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither." This seems to be the essence of weblogs. One sacrifices their security for freedom, but certainly not freedom for security. Assuming, of course, that blogging does lead to insecurity. Which it does. But not for me.
Observation 2: The country is red. All red. Oh no.
Observation 3: Someone once told me my recognition of Facebook's new typeface as Lucida Grande was nerdy. Well how about the fact that the iPhone's text is set in Helvetica, Apple's marketing face is Myriad Pro, and the title of this blog is set in Georgia? Or maybe that all of the titles and advertising text for the recent film (and an excellent one, I might add) The Social Network are set in regular and italicized Futura? (Also the typeface frequently used by Vampire Weekend.) In either case, I submit that knowledge to be suggestive of an artist, not a nerd.
Observation 4: It is late, and I have a paper to write that is due tomorrow. Such is the life of a college student. But hey, at least my roommates are out stealing Krispy Kremes from the dumpster out back for me right now. All is well, friends. All is well.
Observation 3: It was Chaucer wasn't it.
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