La Bene Vita

Sunday

Reach 300 students at MTMS   by 12/31/11.
Hovering around 200.

Writing:
(1) Blog at MT.com   by the end of Wednesday: Nope.
(2) 30 minutes of daily freestyle writing: Nope.

(3) Search top blogs and analyze: I spent a big of time on this today. I reviewed two lists of top blogs to identify the most popular Internet reading material:
LIST #1 (from top-blogs.org):
Autoblog: Covering the auto industry with test drives and commentary on articles from other sites.
TheHuffingtonPost: Breaking news and opinion on The Huffington Post
Engadget: Obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics.
Business Insider: Deep financial, entertainment, green tech and digital industry news.
Serious Eats: Sharing food enthusiasm through online conversation, multiple blogs, and video.
The Boot: All about country music.
Cinematical: Movies, celebrities, and entertainment.
Bleacher Report: Sports journalists and bloggers.
Mashable: Social Media news blog covering cool new websites and social networks.
Etc. The ongoing list addresses more technology, music, pop culture, weather, science, and politics.

LIST #2 (from Time Magazine):
The Everywhereist - quirky journalist who documents travel and highlights funny links from outside sources
The Big Picture - the coolest photos EVER taken by daredevil photographers, mostly re:current events
The Truth About Cars - self-explanatory
OkTrends - uses math to make dating fascinating (creative analysis and infographics)
Videogum - covers TV, movies, and viral Web videos
This Is My Next - covers upcoming hot gadgets, e.g., "This is my next CAMERA"
Etc. Very similar to the previous list.

What? You mean people are searching the web for my top-quality fiction, original songs, and sub-par poetry, let alone my fascinating personal and business life? Apparently not. This prompted me to determine the top Google searches, which today include:
1. vindictus
2. maplestory
3. tca
4. deion sanders
5. viggo mortensen
6. spiderman 3
7. elisha cuthbert
8. the girl next door
9. enfield
10. amazon

If I want to write a highly acclaimed blog, I apparently need a degree in journalism. And a lot of time on my hands. ........or a really original idea.

Count points: Nope.