Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Chapter 1 - The Saga Continues

What They’re Feeding Me is designed to be the progressive chef’s take on what is going on in the world of Journalism. Do you know many cooks? I’m what a lot of people wish liberals could be: straightforward. I’ll tell you how I feel about issues in the news with the cutting intellect one can only acquire after years of using a knife professionally. I dabble in stand-up comedy, so expect quite a few atrocious puns or at least a few one-liners, but I am a Chef by trade, and this blog is to serve as my cutting board: I’ll lay it all out for you, dice it up, and prepare it for you in a way that is more suitable for human consumption.

What They’re Feeding Me was originally conceived as an all-inclusive “zine” in photocopy format when I was 16 years old. To be honest, I think I only put together that first issue to impress a girl. But regardless, I started writing and publishing my own work at 16. Before that, I’d been programming computers since I was .. uh..  longer than I could remember. I was bred into the electronic era, and the “perils” of the death of traditional journalism elude me. I can’t seen anything better happening to the world than the complete decentralization of awareness that’s been brought about by the internet.

I tend to use a free-flowing narrative style which sometimes includes the refusal to capitalize my “I” (self referential). If I’m really angry, I won’t capitalize the beginning of any sentence and my spelling and punctuation will plummet. I sometimes like to preserve those moments of angst and despair leaping out of my fingers at the keyboard by saving those posts “as-is,” even if they’re embarrassing. Sometimes, the chef puts something out that’s a little bit exotic. Entertain yourself with the unusual spices.

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