Thursday night, random thoughts.
Aug. 4th, 2011 10:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
enamouredThing I was thinking about the other night: songs that are overused on fanmixes.
You know, the ones that everyone kind of defaults on. For the longest it was "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls, and I know that "The Scientist" by Coldplay gets used a lot too. Lately, on mixes for ships that are angsty I've seen "Rolling in the Deep" popping up--and that's what kind of spawned my wondering about the songs that start to feel a bit like fanmix cliche.
Well, that, and I was thinking of putting "The Scientist" on one of my own mixes.
(Do I get points for using a lesser-well used Coldplay track on a mix?)
Other thing that I've been thinking about: being followed by prolific people on various sites.
There's always that hierarchical thing that goes on at some sites/in blog circles. You know, how there's someone who's seen as high profile, and it seems like everyone follows them and references their posts, and they get tons of comments/retweets/reblogs (depending on your server) and you're like, Oh man, this person is so cool. And then sometimes that person will start following you, and you're like, "YAY!... oh, wait, NO! WHY?!"
I started thinking about that because I've gotten Tumblr-followed by people like that, and I'm all, I am the least cool person ever in comparison to them. I'm not outspoken, I post a lot of pictures of puppies, and I am prime silly. It's weird, but that thought never really leaves me. I think I'm cool most of the time, but when other people think I am I feel the urge to say how uncool I am in comparison. I need to work on that.
Also, I am trying to write fan fiction again and I am having minor insecurity moments over it--even though it's for an anon thing. What is wrong with me.
You know, the ones that everyone kind of defaults on. For the longest it was "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls, and I know that "The Scientist" by Coldplay gets used a lot too. Lately, on mixes for ships that are angsty I've seen "Rolling in the Deep" popping up--and that's what kind of spawned my wondering about the songs that start to feel a bit like fanmix cliche.
Well, that, and I was thinking of putting "The Scientist" on one of my own mixes.
(Do I get points for using a lesser-well used Coldplay track on a mix?)
Other thing that I've been thinking about: being followed by prolific people on various sites.
There's always that hierarchical thing that goes on at some sites/in blog circles. You know, how there's someone who's seen as high profile, and it seems like everyone follows them and references their posts, and they get tons of comments/retweets/reblogs (depending on your server) and you're like, Oh man, this person is so cool. And then sometimes that person will start following you, and you're like, "YAY!... oh, wait, NO! WHY?!"
I started thinking about that because I've gotten Tumblr-followed by people like that, and I'm all, I am the least cool person ever in comparison to them. I'm not outspoken, I post a lot of pictures of puppies, and I am prime silly. It's weird, but that thought never really leaves me. I think I'm cool most of the time, but when other people think I am I feel the urge to say how uncool I am in comparison. I need to work on that.
Also, I am trying to write fan fiction again and I am having minor insecurity moments over it--even though it's for an anon thing. What is wrong with me.
