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Just a quick note

Nat Budin — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:10:00 +0000

BTW, those of you following stuff here on this journal may have noticed that I’m not [redact]ing names anymore. After due consideration, most people don’t really see the point of it, and it seems like it was an overreaction to be doing it in the first place.

Where possible, I’m linking to people’s LJ usernames (e.g. ) instead of mentioning their real names. If they don’t have an LJ username, I’ll mention the real name instead. If anyone doesn’t want to be mentioned, or wants to be mentioned in a particular way, please comment here and let me know.

More rules of blogging

Nat Budin — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 13:58:00 +0000

Since I posted a “rule of blogging” in my last entry, I thought I’d codify a few more of my long-held but until-now-not-written-down beliefs about what a blog should be like. I’m not asking anyone else to follow these rules (although I certainly wouldn’t object. My primary purpose in posting them is to tell everyone what they can expect from this journal.

Use of cut tags. If I go on and on about a particular topic (and I sometimes do), I’ll put it behind a cut. Just like, for example, these rules.

If you don’t have anything nice to say… I strongly feel that blogs should not be used as a means of manipulating/hurting/getting revenge on people. Therefore, I’m not going to post anything negative about a person without talking to them about it first, at least to let them know I’m doing it.

Turn down the angst. This one should be fairly obvious to most people who have ever read a personal blog before. Posting angst once in awhile, IMO, is all right, as long as you make it clear that it’s angst and put it behind an appropriate cut. I will try to keep angst posts to a minimum and instead rely on my existing (offline) support network if I need to.

Don’t name names. This is the rule from the previous post. I will not use anyone’s name or LJ handle without their explicit permission. If you want me to use your name, let me know privately and I’ll make the appropriate edits.
Why this set of rules? I’ve become increasingly convinced that blogs are essentially a form of journalism, albeit with somewhat different subject matter than traditional news journalism. As such, I feel that blogs should follow a code of journalistic ethics (even if the “real” media doesn’t, but don’t get me started on that). Possibly even more so, because although bad journalism can cost jobs, bad blogging can cost friendships.

[gets off soapbox]

Again, I’m not really trying to preach to anyone else about how to write in their blog. This is the way I intend to blog. If you catch me breaking one of my own rules (and I’m human, so it will probably happen), please let me know and I’ll do my best to rectify the situation.

Just when you thought it was safe to go blogging again…

Nat Budin — Wed, 14 May 2003 17:13:00 +0000

It’s back.

My blog.

Not here on LiveJournal, but rather, on a server that doesn’t suck ass.

To find it, you’ll be able to go here as soon as the domain transfer goes through. But for now, it hasn’t, so go here instead.

This is it.

Nat Budin — Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:08:00 +0000

All right everyone, listen up. Those of you who are still reading this blog, anyhow, which I don’t imagine are very many.

This is the last entry in my LiveJournal. Henceforth, it is OFFICIALLY CLOSED. I just don’t feel like updating this thing anymore.

Oh, and btw, since Vickie informed me yesterday that according to this journal, I’m still dating Audrey, I guess I should mention that I’m not. I’m now dating Vickie. Go read her blog, which actually gets updated on a semi-regular basis, unlike this one. Those of you who want the details on me and Audrey should contact one of us – don’t worry, Audrey and I are still on good terms, and it wasn’t a messy breakup.

Anyway. Henceforth, those of you who want the torrid details of my personal life shall be foreced to call me, or IM me, or something. My AIM screen name is NatBudin42. I’ll see y’all around.

All righty then.

Nat Budin — Sun, 11 Aug 2002 15:40:00 +0000

So.

I haven’t updated in a LONG time.

This is a problem for me, because I can’t actually remember the last time I updated and what I said then. (What? Go LOOK? You KNOW I’m way too lazy for that, right?) So I guess I’ll just go over what events seem important at the moment. If at some point I decide to get off my lazy ass and actually look at my last few posts, I might update with further information later.

First off, I’m at camp. Have been for 7 weeks or so. Will be leaving camp early next week. Then going back to school shortly after that. Camp has been a lot of fun, and I’m definitely glad I decided to do it this summer, but I’m getting to miss school a lot. I wanna see all my friends, dammit!

Second, a shocking announcement for those of you who know me (for those who don’t: why the heck are you looking randomly at the journal of a guy who posts once every few months?): I have a girlfriend. Her name is Audrey, she works at the Animal Farm here at camp, and she’s from San Francisco. Everyone say hi to Audrey.

Chorus of voices: Hi Audrey!!!

Right. Now that we’re all introduced, let me link to a picture.

Audrey and I have been dating for over a month now, and I have to say I’m amazed at how well it’s been working out. We haven’t had a serious dispute yet. (knocks on wood) The current plan is to break up at the end of camp (waaaah!), but we will most likely remain good friends, possibly with occasional benefits

Anyhow. I’m looking forward to getting back to school and seeing all y’all! Enjoy the rest of your summer, everyone!