About
So, as a result of unemployment related boredom, I’ve decided to succumb to the internet age and start a blog. This, however, won’t be like other blogs. This, my friends, is a brog. What is a brog you ask? Actually, It’s pretty much exactly the same as a regular blog. But brog sounds much cooler and significantly less hipster, a label I strive to avoid at all costs.
It’s actually not my first blog; I had one sophomore year and it generated some rave reviews (by rave reviews, I mean that Ale liked it. And he’s pretty much the only one). That blog’s existence was short but sweet, as it was soon discovered by my mother and the explicit references to indulging in a little ganja resulted in your beloved brogger being grounded for spring break. Naturally, after such drastic punishment, the blogs demise was imminent. Well, it’s taken me four years, but I’ve learned my lesson: no weed usage references in my blog, which shan’t be too difficult, because now that I’m a mature adult, I don’t really smoke maryjewwanna anymore. Also, this may legitimately as a shock, but cursing will be kept to a minimum, and sexual exploits, virtually nonexistent. Why? My mother is going to eventually find this and so that she can at least convince herself that she’s raised a half decent human being, we’re going to keep the Brog at a “classy R.”
The Brog, like anyone who has ever read one of my emails, will predominantly consist of stream-of-conscience lame attempts at humor with occasional self-righteous political rants (“Insights”), correspondence with my Chinese stalker (Zhong Han makes fun of my weight, I make fun of Zhong Han’s English and inferior intellect, I feel that’s a fair trade off) and recounting of humorous stories past, usually about me making a complete ass of myself in some foreign country (“Storytime”). I’m not one to dabble in apocryphal anecidotes, though I am prone to hyperbolic statements, so the stories I recount are usually at least 80% genuine, with a little embellishment along the way for added comedic effect.
A Few Disclaimers:
The brog’s aim is to entertain, and not offend. Remember: When in doubt, I’m rarely serious.
If you do take issue with something I said, feel free to tell me, and I’ll try to clarify my thoughts. I will make light of another culture every now and then, but I can swallow my own medicine, and regularly mock my own cultures (American, Irish, French). Please don’t mistake this for racism. I’m a fan of all races, as long as you’re hot.
Furthermore, in particular in the realm of international politics, the Brog is (usually) concise, and though accurate, is oversimplified and often filled with generalizations that have veracity on the whole, but of course there always exists exceptions; the goal is to identify broad trends (not exceptions to the rule) and promptly mock them. The Brog is not intended to be ironclad, in-depth, erudite political commentary. I am capable of this, and have written a plethora of academic papers while at university pertaining to international politics, in particular, European Union, Cuban, Russian, and Chinese affairs. If you’d like to read my paper entitled “China’s self-perceived omnipotence, and the potential destabilizing effects it may have on Cross-Strait Relations,” and engage in high-level political discourse, I’d be happy to oblige and send it to you. But I’m not going to post it on the Brog, because that’s not what the Brog is about.
