Dear Google ~ The Hubbers' Lament
When I first started getting involved with writing anything on the Internet I came to "the Internet world" with eyes that were already blue. Well, they were blue under certain circumstances, depending of what was going on around them. There were also times when they were more gray or "pale mixed looking", again, depending on where they were and what was going on around them. At other times, they looked just a little green. I like to think that green was "green as in inexperienced" - not "green as in 'with envy'" because I don't have a shred of envy in me and never have.
In bright sun, though, they're pale enough that they start to almost look clear, rather than colored. It's funny how the sun can make things clear, isn't it...
Anyway, my eyes have never been brown and never will be. They're that mix of pale colors that mean they have something in common with a whole lot of other people (except for those brown-eye folks), and yet are too mixed to have their own, clearly established and never changing, color. While I, as a person at this stage in my life, certainly don't change "as a person" the way my eye color keeps doing over the course of any given day; the eye-color thing makes a great metaphor for my online stuff - although these days with the online stuff/Hubs (etc.) there is far less blue, little clear, a lot less green, and mainly gray - dull, non-colorful, that is occasionally washed out enough by bright sunlight that the "color" seems temporarily clear for brief snippets of time.
In any case, although the "brown-eyes-blue" song is, of course, a good one the "all-algorithm'ed-out" among us; the song that comes to mind for me isn't so much about only Google, but is also about all a lot of things, practices, efforts, etc. that I just kind of got into the habit of going with; no matter how much I've kept thinking they're either incorrect, misguided; or else not what I want or like with regard to my own writing efforts.
Here's the song that comes to mind for me:
Keep in mind that the lyrics to the song are things I relate to in terms of Internet writing - NOT in terms of myself and/or my own life. Keep in mind, too, that mood of the song doesn't reflect the "mood" or seriousness with which I view internet writing (particularly in the "scheme of all of life"). The lyrics are so applicable, though (well, except for that one reference to "forgiveness" toward the end, which doesn't apply for most people).
In any case, here's the song that, to me, reflects my own attitude toward the online stuff. (One more time, the mood of the song doesn't indicate the "mood of me". It's just that - boy - those lyrics can strike a chord.
): (Of course, the "out-in-the-cold" image on the video just further a. "enhances the mood" but also b. does kind of apply to a lot of the online-traffic situation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaS7R3rlyE8
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