Greetings, earth humans!My name is Vanessa, and I attend Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, CA. I'm writing this blog as a part of my new position as a reporter on the Mountaineer, the community college newspaper.
You can expect this blog to cover many things outside the scope of the Mountaineer and more in line with my own reflections on current events in politics and odd or local news.
The title of this blog refers to the alarming phenomenon of jerking awake just before sleep. As an 18-year-old who has a terrible sleep schedule, I experience this often. Very often. And seeing as I just found out what they are called (thanks, reddit!), I have no choice but to put it here.
The URL, blatantwinkingsmiley, refers to Poe's Law, which states that
Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing.
Yes, it says Fundamentalism, but I use Poe's Law in a broader sense.
In an increasingly far-flung world, it has become harder and harder to distinguish sincerity from malicious mockery in all kinds of debates. One of my communicative interests lies in the ability (or inability) to fully express one's psychological intentions through writing alone, especially on Internet. I find these failures to communicate hilarious. Blatantwinkingsmiley also serves to remind me that I need to make a conscious effort to keep my sarcasm at a minimum lest I push anyone into disbelief, no matter how freakin' funny the response may be.
Here's hoping for a good long blog run.
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