05 February 2011

tumblr reluctance and my schedule

I am reluctant to switch over the tumblr, despite its sleek templates. The biggest problem with tumblr is that you can't follow blogs that are not, as they call it, "tumbleblogs." That's a little disappointing, and a little too commercial in nature for me. Also, there's something about tumblr that makes me more prone to post shorter and no-brainer posts. That's not to say that I post anything particularly meaningful here, but at least I attempt to write somewhat longer posts. You don't really get the same feeling of a "blog" on tumblr; it feels more like a impromptu brain-splatter of sorts. It's twitter on steroids.

Blogger has not caused me any trouble, and in fact, I kind of like the free form of it all. I have faith in Google that it will make any changes necessary to keep pace with competition. 

Aside from all this talk about blogs, I'm in a little bit of a rut right now. There are so many things to do...
(1) moot court competition: practicing oral arguments before the competition in DC during the last week of Feb
(2) work as the advocacy chair: Coordinating oral arguments for first year students and fixing up the 
(3) Writing Fellow work: Preparing a presentation on "motion-memo to appellate brief," and scheduling sessions with my students in Section D2 by end of Feb.
(4) Finishing projects for my internship at City Law Dept by the end of Feb.
(5) MPREs (again!): I need the last week of Feb to study for it
(6) Multiple class tests/projects: Evidence test and Real Estate drafting
(7) March 16th meetings
(8) GKI exhibition preparation
(9) Bar applications: Why the heck do I need to submit a traffic citation docket report from seven years back in Laguna Hills?
(10) job search: the never ending and looming boulder atop my head!

I need to shorten my hours at my internship. Otherwise, I'll never be able to do all of this! NMRK.

2 comments:

  1. Tumblr is not a blog IMHO. It's a venue for explosive eyegasms of beautiful images and media that are littered throughout the internet. But it's not shaped to be a literary blog--I find it hard to feel a personal connection to my tumblr site. It's kinda framed in a way that detaches you from your work--you post from a common Dashboard, your posts are easily "liked" and "reposted" and comments are minimized, while your replies to personal messages are auto-posted publicly. It's really not intimate at all. But nonetheless entertaining and resourceful in its own way.

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  2. I completely understand. I imposed my own one-week trial period, but tumblr failed to meet my needs. I need to speak! I need to write! I need to let my thoughts be told! Not blind people with "explosive eyegasms"!

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