I've Been Googled
So I checked my website statistics the other day and found that all these random people have been finding my renovation blog with keywords like "drywall plaster repair" and stuff. Here's a list of keywords that have led people to this site in March:
- bathroom cube
- deck screws deck mate
- half wall and stairs
- insulation batts vs blow in
- renovation drywall insulate
- small bathroom renovation ideas
- stairs with half wall
- wood wall redo
I left out Anarchy Monkey related searches from the list like "blue stuffed monkey," "best graduation song," and "homophobic protesters." My blog probably isn't very helpful to other people, tho. I thought about maybe putting in more helpful advice and how-to about things I had figure out about my house. But then I decided against it for a few reasons:
1. It's too hard. This blog takes too much time to update as it is.
2. I don't know what I'm doing. Just because I kinda figure something out by trial and error doesn't mean other people should follow my example.
3. I'm sort of in a moral dilemma about wether the whole 'do-it-yourself' culture is helping or hurting our society. If you think about it, the reason my house is screwed up to begin with is because someone else decided they could just do it just as good themselves and they did a really, really bad job and had really, really bad taste. Shouldn't we have faith in skilled professionals? Isn't it the same as complaining that desktop publishing makes everyone think they can layout a brochure just as well as any graphic designer as long as they buy the right software? The reason this whole mentality is so pervasive is because it's encouraged to increase consumer spending. How you feel about it can be just as divided as the debate over Valentine's Day. Is this holiday just a creation of greeting card companies?
I think Lisa Simpson but it best when she said, "Lets just agree that the commercialization of Christmas is, at best, a mixed blessing." Gary Coleman: "Amen."