Lady in the water
Not bad at all! Much fun and entertainment. This dude will be able to expand on it.
The knowledge
There comes a time, in every man’s life, a window in time, which leads to something profound. The solution to all of man-kind’s questions, to the end of the quest, to the holy grail, even. The window does not stay open for long. It doesn’t, oh no! And it is the quick, the prescient man who will be given the answers. I had such an opportunity, not too long ago. I now know it all! I have seen it. I have seen a woman’s loo.
One last post about PutVote, please.
For the week at-least. I am wondering the small doubt. I am the thinking, what the happened when I putted vote for lot blogs without the reading the post, just the knowing the blogger be good writer, from past interactions?
Would the putvote.com community the make adjustments for my stupidity?
I
I am a writer.
And as a writer, I believe in two things.
No.
Not the Truth.
Not the power of words.
That would be too obvious, wouldn’t it?
Wouldn’t it?
As a writer, this is what I believe in.
I am always right.
I don’t have to believe in what I write
Not always.
True
I do have to believe in what I write,
When I write.
For that ring of sincerity.
If not, what I write will not be sold.
Not enough, at-least, to make me money.
But I don’t need to rabidly hold on to every word that I ever put down.
No way.
But what I need to hold on to,
Is that I am always right.
And my premise.
That little circle in which I stand, and am master of.
For if I ever lose sight of my premise
I lose.
Period.
Right.
So, what is my premise?
That’s the first thing I will tell you.
When you stand where I stand. This side of the truth.
Then again, I could be wrong;
About this whole thing, you know; And about what I do have to believe in.
But will that stop me?
Oh no! Not another PutVote.com post again!
Well, umm, yeah. Not because I am on a marketing mission or anything, but because, truly, as a blogger and a blog reader, I believe that the whole thing is so fucking cool!
If, over the last four-five days that is, you have been following the PutVote.com headlines, you would have noticed something. The blogs that have a high score today slip lower, and newer, fresher blogs float up to the top. ‘Like Doh!’, you will say. ‘That’s the whole idea dood!’, you will also say. I agree, it is stating the obvious. But it is stating the obvious and drawing the un-obvious conclusion from it. So bear with me, please.
Now, as I was saying, posts climb up, slip down, stagnate, flounder, make small, steady gains. In short, the posts are judged merely on their merit. If the post made sense, if it was well written, or had a good thought in it, or struck a chord or 1000 in the reader, the post went up. If it did nothing of the above, it stagnated and disappeared altogether.
In short, PutVote.com is like the ol’ market you know. Or more ideologically closer (to me), a Libertarian, Anarcho Capitalist society. And a filter blog, let’s say a Desipundit or an India Uncut, is like a Democracy and a Monarchy, respectively. A DP, because it’s got a few dozen authors who are supposedly representative of the blogging population and an India Uncut which is run by one dood, no matter how cool or good, are both inefficient forms of running a society.
You see, a blogging universe or the offline world doesn’t need any central enforcer to decide the common good. The people, as has been amply demonstrated at PutVote.com, are wholly able to decide for themselves which is the common good. And are highly flexible too, in their choices. In short, மக்கள் சொல்லே, மகேசன்் சொல்லு.
Thank you. Thank you. bows
I have lost it today.
Not that, you damn fools. Especially not today. What I did lose today was my premise, my circle which I claim mine and know not to step out of. I lost it, and opened myself up to attack. Which is cool, once a while. But then, once a while becomes once every while becomes once becomes twice. Damn, what am I saying?
Yes, I must still be sore after the attack.
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Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan is a copywriter, photographer and goofball from Chennai. He is also an archaeologist, historian and a city lover. He is currently a documentary film-maker and desk-monkey for a film production house.
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