New Blog Layout, Design, and Purpose

I have reworked hazyOBSESSIONS fully, as you might have noticed. The name has been changed, as well as the layout, the tags, etc. A bunch of the posts have been deleted and new things have been added to the sidebars. This is because I wanted to officially launch the last and final piece of the project I've been working on over the semester at Ithaca.

I unschooled my entire life. I'm not going to say that I was unschooled, because that would imply agency on my mother's part and a lack of agency on mine, which certainly wasn't the case. Every semester or break, I choose a project to work on because I feel that if I don't, I'm wasting time. I'm not learning anything from my fancy-schmancy, expensive college education, though it does give me certain credentials. Last summer, my project was learning all I could about the internet, copyright law, and DRM. Once the semester started, it was launching the blogs that I've launched in the past few months and working on the archive version of the various reviews I've done, which is found on here. For the winter break, which is this one coming up, it's finishing up my various internet duties-- finishing updating my website, upkeep on the blogs, eventually getting a decent webcam-- learning ukulele, and my normal routine of reading and writing. This perceived lack of education on my part, despite paying disgusting amounts on a college education, has led me to decide to change this blog into one that maps out my attempts to gain education in spite of the drain that college puts on my time: essentially, being an autodidact. There aren't any blogs about adults who do this rather than children, which has really annoyed me as I've tried to find inspiration for what I'm doing. So I've made one, which is the story of my life. Can't find a book I want to read? Write it. Can't find a blog that does what I want? Make it. Well, you'll reap the benefits, or so I hope.

You'll notice that on the right, I've added a list of my current projects. I'm keeping it simple for now, since my semester isn't officially over yet and I have finals. But you can expect to see regular updates about what I'm doing, including the things on that list. Most of my writing complaints and whining goes over onto my Livejournal, but some of it will probably end up here as well.

So, cheers. Expect an update within the next few days, and wish me luck on my next few papers and my solitary final. I'll need it.