3108 Day 2005

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• Posted on August 31, 2005 at 1:28 pm
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The ‘3108′ in the title above looks quite a bit of 1337, doesn’t it?

The word ‘blog’ in 1337 would come up with many interesting interpretations (such as 8109—which, if tried to be converted into some day in a calendar, would become the 81st day of the 9th month). But anyway, leetspeak is certainly not what I want to talk about (rather what Shirazi would want me to talk about, since he tagged me). It’s about the Blog Day, and on a blog day, one should talk about blogs.

Choosing five best blogs that I enjoy reading is one hell of a job. Every blog is unique and different in its own manner. (Reminds me of the one liner I read somewhere: ‘You are unique, just like everybody else’.) Every one of the blogs out there in Blogistan has something to offer, whether it’s their writer’s most intimate secrets, or an autobiography of the day, or a sizzling opinion on something controversial. Whatever there is on a blog, it has something for everyone. And that’s what makes the selection of five blogs difficult. On your right is the list of blogs I blurk around. There are many which aren’t on the list (just because I am such a lazy brat), and there are many others on which I have never left a comment, but I read them regularly. And then there are many which stayed in the Blogistan for a very short period of time—they just came, they just saw, they just conquered, and they just left.

Moving to the list of blogs I enjoy reading most. So here they are (not necessarily in that order)…

• Silent Spring: This man is responsible for making me know what a blog is. Back in those days when I used to have a static website with pages full of self-praises, he came there and signed my guestbook. I went to his diary, got puzzled (who on earth puts a date on a personal website, I had thought), liked the ‘feel’, and googled about the whole thing. The result was that I was blurking around a lot of blogs. Silent Spring has a fluency in his style I have seen nowhere else. The way his writing flows his emotions and thoughts into words and lets the reader feel his joys and sorrows is simply remarkable.
• Rambling Monologues: An example of a classic blog. Yasmine has a brilliant way of narrating different interesting incidents from her life, ranging from the adventures with her family and friends to her university hungamas and to brilliant conversations with total strangers. ‘Lively’ is certainly a word to be used for her blog.
• Inconsequential: The witty Mr. Nauman and his equally witty daughter. This place is full of little things from life, sure to spread a smile across your faces. There are conversations between the father and his daughter, which are intelligent, humorous, charming, and simply cute.
• Amir Saleem: Writing short stories is what he likes doing, and writing short stories is what he does so brilliantly. This writer and photographer beautifully captures life in his writings and pictures, and possesses an expression so unique to himself.
• ShutterBlog: Now this one I don’t read, but see. Faraz has a superb skill when it comes to using cameras, and he does not hesitate to show it. His photographs are vibrant and full of energy, and at the same time, witty and impressive.

As you may notice, only two of the above are present in the links on the right. The reason, you ask? My ever lazy self. To be honest, I am now more interested in reading other blogs than in updating mine. Don’t know if it’s a phase or what, but you can’t really blame me…

After all, it’s an interesting Blogistan out there.

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