Happy Thursday people on the internet! Today I’m going to be talking about some housekeeping, outing what kind of content can be expected from BaddaBing BaddaBlog, and I’m going to be making some promises that I’m inevitably going to break. With that in mind, here we go with the second ever BaddaBing BaddaBlog post! Trust me when I say that in between typing this my arms are flailing in the air in a fashion similar to Kermit the Frog out of sheer excitement.

Alright, housekeeping, currently I’m working on several ways to improve BaddaBing BaddaBlog that will get it up to the level of quality that I desire. I’m still working on figuring out WordPress’s formatting and editing options. This is one of those things where the more I use the site, the better I will get at using it. For example, apparently I can add photos, videos, and sound bits to my posts. Expect plenty of video clips or pics. in future posts that will be used to embellish whatever point I’m making, or they may be used for comedic effect; sometimes both!

Some other things that I’ll be doing around the blog to spruce thins up are creating a logo for the blog and creating an email account for the blog so that readers can reach out to me more easily. I’ve also created a Facebook page for BaddaBing BaddaBlog, so that readers have more space to communicate and discuss what was posted and because that seemed like the professional thing to do, which is another attempt at me trying to further legitimize my hobby to my friends and family. If you want to go to that page and maybe follow it, no pressure, but come on, you seriously won’t regret it click right here.

Next up is the posting schedule. After narrowing down some of my interests and keeping in mind what would best appeal to blog readers I’ve decided to write about the following topics on the corresponding days:

Monday = Manga/Anime

Wednesday = Pop Culture (usually of a nerdy, or in my opinion awesome, variety)

Friday = News (anything that I feel is interesting or relevant that happened during the week)

Saturday = Video Games

Sunday = Politics (political events not coved in Friday’s News post)

Of course there will also be some random posts thrown in there that will relate to whatever I happen to be pondering or musing. You can expect each post to be more or less an opinionated summary of what has been happening in each field recently, but there will also occasionally be reflections of what has been going on in each industry on a larger scale or my feelings about one specific person, item, or issue. Either way, it’s sure to be an entertaining (and maybe even enlightening) read regardless of what is focused on.

Now for the breaking of promises. I’m going to put a considerable amount of time and effort into making this blog awesome. While I my be a blogger newb, I know that that means posting up to date content on a regular schedule. However, shit happens. As my life changes I’m going to be able to post less or more frequently depending on what’s going on. I’d like to make this blog a major priority in my life and have the aforementioned schedule be a rigid one, but that’s just not going to be practical all of the time. So this is me apologizing in advance for inevitably missing some posts. I will my best to try to let readers know ahead of time if a post won’t be coming out and amend the post schedule accordingly as my life changes.

Alright, with that somewhat dreary thought out of the way, that’s all I’ve got to say for now. You can expect a news of the week post sometime tomorrow and regular posts after that. Thanks so much for reading and have a kickass Thursday.

This is BaddaBing BaddaBlog! I am Lucas DeRuyter, an aspiring Blogger, Writer, Entrepreneur, and Politician. Currently I am a student at the University of Wisconsin Madison and I’m loving every minute of it. I decided to create this blog as a way to discuss topics and create conversations that I have difficulty finding in my everyday life. Most of the stuff I post here will be related to current events in some manor and will be a combination of informing you, the reader, of what is going on and also contain my opinion on the matter to some degree. While many of the posts will relate to my aforementioned aspirations, you can also expect to see a large amount of pop culture, gaming, and generally nerdy subjects posted on this blog as well.

I’m still fine tuning my release schedule, and what type of content I want to post and when, but I should have something mocked up shortly. As soon as I get that together I will post it posthaste. I am currently thinking that I will have that up by tomorrow or Friday at the latest.

I also feel that need to mention that I have never done anything like this before. This is my very first blog and, other than a few articles I read on how to be a successful blogger, I have no clue what I am doing. To me this is both terrifying and exciting. Starting this blog is intimidating because I am not used to expressing my views and thoughts to what could potentially be a very wide audience and because I am unfamiliar with what I need to do for this project of mine to be successful and offer some kind of fulfillment to me. Despite these, in my opinion, valid concerns and worries, I am going to choose to focus on the aspects of starting a blog that excite me. I am looking foreword to learning how to operate a blog on the job. I also eagerly await creating connections with viewers and creating some new relationships. A part of me also hopes that this blog will eventually lead to a situation where somebody pays me to write about the things I enjoy, but that’s more of a down the road concern and I find that little good to fret over something that you have little control over. Well, after typing all of that I am sufficiently pumped to start this blog and seeing if this pet project turns into an adventure. Hopefully I can get a few people to come along for the ride.

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