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Mon, June 9, 2008 - 9:52 AMAnyway. I've been in school. I'm 3/4 of the way through with my program and have written numerous critical papers on media theory, made a few short experimental films with found footage and a couple of animations, produced a trailer for a documentary on my family, and written poetry and short stories. It's been pretty cool. I could be a student forever. However, it's getting nigh time I joined the real world, and I don't feel much closer to being prepared. It's one thing to do creative projects in the pressure cooker environment of school, where all the perimeters are delineated, and another to be disciplined in the real world, where there's more incentive to decorate your apartment correctly than to produce art.
But, I'm gonna try. yup.
on a related note, I've been looking into the whole pay-for-blogging thing lately. It seems like a bit of a scam. You write about certain topics, then keywords within your post are linked to advertisers. seems kinda slutty, and it doesn't pay that great. Does anyone have experience with this?
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Mon, June 9, 2008 - 11:20 AM
Wow - that sounds like quite a creative and stimulating environment you're in. I envy that a little ; but then I think that I really do like slacking a lot at this point in my life, too.
My learning still takes place, but it's on an infinitesimal scale. Anyway, here's something that I copied a while ago because I thought the idea was good, though the content is about the last thing I'm interested in personally. I think I came across this article using "pickle jar" as a search term. (sorry it's so long!) ------- "I started my blog in June 2007 in an effort to financially contribute to my family's income. I wrote stories about the silly, fun and frustrating things my kids do. I wrote about how they'd broken the couch, dyed a jar of pickles pink, and caught a squirrel by its tail. I averaged five visitors to my blog every day and made about one penny in advertising revenue a day. Realizing I needed a way to get more readers over to my blog, I listed a pack of Pokemon cards for sale on eBay, accompanied by a story about grocery shopping with six kids. The listing began: "You haven't lived until you've gone grocery shopping with six kids in tow. I would rather swim, covered in bait, through the English Channel, be a contestant on Fear Factor when they're having pig brains for lunch or do fourth grade math than to take my six kids to the grocery store. There comes a time, however, when you're peering into your fridge and thinking, 'Hmmm, what can I make with ketchup, Italian dressing, and half an onion?' that you decide you cannot avoid going to the grocery store any longer…." I was hoping that people would like the story on eBay and ask me if I blogged, at which point I would answer, "Why yes! Yes, I do! Come over and check it out at mom2my6pack.blogspot.com!" I thought if I was really lucky, I'd be able to go from five hits a day on my blog to 50 hits a day. At the end of the auction, I received 94,000 hits in one day! I now make a couple thousand dollars in advertising revenue each month,and I was recently offered a two-book deal with Guideposts Publishing in New York which I've accepted. " |
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Tue, June 10, 2008 - 2:29 PM
wow, that certainly is inspiring. is it true? Anyway, thanks for the suggestion. although, I don't own any Pokemon cards. darn.
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