after re-reading my first post, i realized it probably doesn't perfectly serve its role as an intro post in that it doesn't really introduce WHO I AM. so in this post i've decided to briefly do a bit of that as well as offer what potentially may be a GAME CHANGING idea for this blog.
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chapter 1: the introduction that never was.
welcome to offline vibes!! my name is sean and im currently working as a software developer type person in the wonderful city of san francisco, ca. i'm just over one year out of college, having graduated from college [1] last yr. as u can gather from the first post, i have been reminiscing about an era now lost consisting of relatively anonymous online social presence + posting and interacting with your social circles through longer form pieces (e.g. blog posts) rather than short, more personalized status updates. a partial tl;dr of the first post: twitter fb etc. give me "running into someone u kinda know but not that well on the quad and chatting for like 2 mins" vibes whereas blogs give me more "late night convo in ur common room" vibes. the latter are much more precious, imo!
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chapter 2: future plans
i know that conventional wisdom probably wouldn't support subjecting a new idea to radical change soon after its inception, but i'm not a conventional person!! i work at a hypergrowth startup. so i decided fukk it. i realized that i want this blog to be a bigger deal than it might otherwise be and to that end, i'm considering tying it to my irl identity! maybe this is a bad idea. i haven't fully decided on that yet. but a component of that process that could also just be done by itself would be for me to build my own lightweight site to support this blog rather than using blogger.
pros:
* more control and "ownership" of hosting my own posts etc. (not that this is a big concern)
* fun side project
* potentially more clout
cons:
* more effort (this is fine, i'm hella bored)
* feature parity with blogger will be a long time coming (or probably never)
* e.g. comments, comments w/ user account, internal tools for me
i think the pros outweigh heavily + also this maybe even would be **more** loyal to the vibes i'm trying to recreate anyway. so whether or not i end up hosting the blog strongly tied to my IRL identity, I think i'll definitely try to write up the site myself. i'll probably make some more posts on here outlining my progress but i'm hoping to get an MVP out pretty soon!
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chapter 3: bonus vibes
as i was taking a walk last night i had a few thoughts that i figured would be worthy of being mentioned on offline vibes [2]:
1. wearing a joy division shirt after college age [3] is like ... really risky. as in like 99% risk. as in no one except probably peter hook himself could pull it off.
2. i think i might start including a brief playlist of what im listening to with a blog post every so often. maybe if i enjoy it enough i'll like include notes abt each song. but basically it would just be "things im listening to rn." i'll start with this post and we'll see how it goes!
3. maybe this is because i grew up most of my life in "cold" states with "harsher" winters, but ive realized that im heavily opposed to hot and a much bigger fan of cold. all the more reason that global warming sucks!!!
anyway, happy labor day weekend also! unfortunately i have ended up working for my company this weekend. damn. hopefully that will just serve to further radicalize me!
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playlist of the post (PotP)
i think this playlist is pretty indicative of what i usually am listening to in late summer. i return a lot to my summer 2017 playlist for inspo tbh, esp for hotter days for whatever reason. i'll probably make a separate post abt it sometime in the future bc i consider it a great collection of music.
1. "Ruby, My Dear" - Thelonious Monk Septet (Monk's Music, 1957)
2. "Weather Bird" - Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines (The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings, 1988)
3. "Ocean Drive" - 21 Savage, Metro Boomin (Savage Mode, 2016)
4. "Endomorph" - Allan Holdsworth (Secrets [Remastered], 1989)
5. "Location" - Playboi Carti (Playboi Carti, 2017)
I put the playlist up on apple music if you're lazy (link)
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[1] although i live on the west coast currently, i went to school on the east coast. i am perhaps the pinnacle of coastal elite: bicoastal elite.
[2] henceforth maybe OV? although that does overlap with popular d2c overpriced apparel company outdoor voices...
[3] to clarify: wearing it during college is also like at least 60% risky freshman year and moves up like 10% per year i'd say. realistically no one should be wearing one after freshman/soph year hs. i admit that i wore my JD shirt from late middle school throughout college.
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