FIRST POST!
To start my tumblr with such a ridiculous asinine internet phenomenon as ‘first post!’ is I think one of the crowning glories of my last two years on this Earth. That should thus give you some idea as to how well the last two years on this Earth have treated me and, possibly quite why the same words I can twist into beauteous forms can also be turned caustic and ugly by me at times.
So let’s lay down the facts. I am here to post my musings in text form. As such, so long as the text is clear and readable, that should be fine. I AM NOT going to fanny about tarting up this page with some fancy theme just to pander to the superficiality of people. If you’re the kind of person who wouldn’t read something on a page because the page doesn’t look pretty enough then, quite frankly, you can fuck off. This is the internet you’re on, I’m sure you could google ‘Kittens’ and sit and drool and giggle for a few hours.
I’m not trying to censor anyone. If you turn up at this page, think it looks crappy and feel like saying so, I welcome it. I wish to uphold free speech. So in that spirit, you can expect me to speak freely back to you should you feel the need to slate anything superficial about this page.
Right. That caveat out of the way, let me get down to business. I am Mercer and I write things. I don’t write things for money because, unfortunately, the world is unfair that way. Boo hoo, get over it. I write because I like to. As such, I like for my writing to be seen and, if possible, appreciated and if not, politely told it’s good, by others. I have never studied, formally, any writing to any real level. Sure I’ve got an English Literature AS Level but that’s about as far as I ever got (for various reasons, if people are curious I may divulge in future.) So I am by no means an expert and I by no means ever claim to be. I write as a passion not as a study. I do it because my heart is in it; because, for whatever reason I was cursed with a mouth that, whenever I have a strong feeling feels the need to slam itself permanently shut, whereas my fingers are always free to stroke a pen about at will, or to tap away at a keyboard.
A lot of my work is quite dark and depressing. I shall make no apologies for this, a lot of my time has been spent in dark moods, feeling depressed. If this upsets you happy-happy-joy-joy Disney cartoon existence then I would simply ask that you open your mind and consider that some people think differently, act differently and have very different lives to you; and that just as your experiences shaped who you are, my experiences shaped who I am. If you still can’t be open-minded, then, as with the advice to superficial people, please feel free to tell me, and I will duly respond with something that may offend you.
I guess what I’m trying to do here is justify myself to you. I think it’s a dire state of affairs where an individual has to justify himself. Should we not all accept each other’s lives, views and opinions for what they are? As much as I have stated I will insult anyone who criticises me, that does not mean I don’t respect your right to hold the opinions you do. No individual on this planet should have to justify themselves. We should simply be who we are and never be made to feel so insecure about it that we post inane blogs justifying ourselves before sharing something personal. Such is the sad state of humanity that I have to defend myself against onslaughts of superficiality and closed-mindedness before they have even begun. These can only be the actions of a man who so doubts himself, who so worries what others think that oftentimes he wonders if he even exists at all.
So let’s lay down the facts. I am here to post my musings in text form. As such, so long as the text is clear and readable, that should be fine. I AM NOT going to fanny about tarting up this page with some fancy theme just to pander to the superficiality of people. If you’re the kind of person who wouldn’t read something on a page because the page doesn’t look pretty enough then, quite frankly, you can fuck off. This is the internet you’re on, I’m sure you could google ‘Kittens’ and sit and drool and giggle for a few hours.
I’m not trying to censor anyone. If you turn up at this page, think it looks crappy and feel like saying so, I welcome it. I wish to uphold free speech. So in that spirit, you can expect me to speak freely back to you should you feel the need to slate anything superficial about this page.
Right. That caveat out of the way, let me get down to business. I am Mercer and I write things. I don’t write things for money because, unfortunately, the world is unfair that way. Boo hoo, get over it. I write because I like to. As such, I like for my writing to be seen and, if possible, appreciated and if not, politely told it’s good, by others. I have never studied, formally, any writing to any real level. Sure I’ve got an English Literature AS Level but that’s about as far as I ever got (for various reasons, if people are curious I may divulge in future.) So I am by no means an expert and I by no means ever claim to be. I write as a passion not as a study. I do it because my heart is in it; because, for whatever reason I was cursed with a mouth that, whenever I have a strong feeling feels the need to slam itself permanently shut, whereas my fingers are always free to stroke a pen about at will, or to tap away at a keyboard.
A lot of my work is quite dark and depressing. I shall make no apologies for this, a lot of my time has been spent in dark moods, feeling depressed. If this upsets you happy-happy-joy-joy Disney cartoon existence then I would simply ask that you open your mind and consider that some people think differently, act differently and have very different lives to you; and that just as your experiences shaped who you are, my experiences shaped who I am. If you still can’t be open-minded, then, as with the advice to superficial people, please feel free to tell me, and I will duly respond with something that may offend you.
I guess what I’m trying to do here is justify myself to you. I think it’s a dire state of affairs where an individual has to justify himself. Should we not all accept each other’s lives, views and opinions for what they are? As much as I have stated I will insult anyone who criticises me, that does not mean I don’t respect your right to hold the opinions you do. No individual on this planet should have to justify themselves. We should simply be who we are and never be made to feel so insecure about it that we post inane blogs justifying ourselves before sharing something personal. Such is the sad state of humanity that I have to defend myself against onslaughts of superficiality and closed-mindedness before they have even begun. These can only be the actions of a man who so doubts himself, who so worries what others think that oftentimes he wonders if he even exists at all.
This world needs to get a grip and wise up to the wider issues quick-sharp; before something serious happens.
No comments:
Post a Comment