Slighted by Slate
Ah, yes. Time for another dumbass article on weblogs, this time from Slate!
[Source: Slate, 6/30/03]
Um, right. Have you read some of the blogs listed on the D.C. blog map?! Half the blogs the author namedropped are tedious LiveJournals that haven't been updated in months. I clicked on my Metro stop to see if there was anyone with which I would "exchange e-mails, meet up for drinks, and then generally do the same things as neighbors who stumble upon each other in the real world" -- but frankly, nearly every D.C. blogger scares the shit out of me. Weird, unstylish, obsessive -- that's a summary of what I've found.
But the author did get one thing right: if I accidentally ran into a fellow blogger, I would, indeed, "do the same things as neighbors who stumble upon each other in the real world." That is to say, avoid eye contact and press my wallet to my side.
If you're unable to navigate the poorly designed blog map (I nearly choked on my chocolate milk this morning after seeing the site's creator described as "industrious"), then skim through some of the links mentioned in the article.
DC Blows, for example, hasn't been updated since March, but Slate claims this piece-of-shit blog offers "revelations to those with the patience to unearth its secrets." Another bizarre link lead me to the strangely-titled ...With the Rest of Our Jewelry, which supposedly features "rants and raves from four fabulous queens." I actually know these guys and like them a lot (loved the 2001 Christmas party, darlings!) but to say they are "fabulous queens" pushes the boundaries of journalism ethics, to say the least.
Anyway, the real problem I have with this article is that I wasn't mentioned. But whatever. I don't really blog about Washington or politics or anything of remote significance. I just blog about myself. So if Slate decides to publish an article on self-absorbed weblogs with no cultural relevance, THEN I HAD BETTER BE MENTIONED, BITCHES.
Remainders: Check back later for the Prescription Medicine o' the Week. Also, very little is stopping me from downloading "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys.