Welcome

Hello and welcome to the main blog for Julia's English 1106 class at Virginia Tech for Spring, 2010. Here, you will be able to access the blogs of all the students in both sections of this course. I will also post relevant links here and try blogging myself from time to time.

As we get started creating our blogs, we'll also be exploring other people's blogs. In order to help get that done, here are some links to blogs or blog-like creatures that I enjoy reading.

Firmuhment.

This is my new favorite blog. It's all hand-written/painted/collaged and scanned in. I have no idea who writes it but s/he is an incredible writer and uses visuals very powerfully. http://firmuhment.tumblr.com

The Awl.

An awl is apparently some kind of universal tool.From their "about": "What if there were a website that zippily surveyed a wealth of resonant, weird, important, frightening, amusing bits of news and ideas? ...It would be a website which wasn't so invested in giving you the "counterintuitive take" that it actually stopped making sense." www.theawl.com

Life Hacker.

A blog that tries to help you live better, organize your life/time, be efficient, etc. www.lifehacker.com

The Assimilated Negro.

This guy offers brilliant and funny commentary on race/"post-racial" America, the media, hip hop, and sometimes philosophy and relationship stuff. He hasn't been posting much lately, though. www.theassimilatednegro.com

Stuff White People Like.

Funny satire on [middle-class] whiteness in America.

www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.com

Life With Jeannie

The blog of New York rapper Jean Grae... But this blog is not about hip hop -- it's her own personal stories, mostly of dating, which are moving, unique, and funny. www.jeangraesblog.blogspot.com


Post Secret.

Every Sunday, they publish anonymous postcards sent in by people with their deepest, darkest secrets written and illustrated on them. www.postsecret.com

However, there are many, many, awesome blogs of different types out there. These are just some that I like. Please find your own!