Actually, I kinda agree with one of my friend's classification of the different types of blogs there are. I, however have been contemplating getting a domain for myself. That set me thinking about what sorta blog name could possibly increase the number of hits on this page to more than those by the customary 10 people who actually read this blog.
Simply looking around at the blog names other people have, it just struck me how conformist most of our blogs names are. For eg. most blog names/titles (sadly, mine included) contain one or more of the words below:
rambling(s) musing(s) arbitarary thoughts frozen memories deranged wonder confessions dreams more-musing(s) more-rambling(s)
Then there are the titles/names that don't mean anything or sound like some mystic spiritual cult's tag lines comprising of one or more of the following words:
spark fire quest zest eternal unleashed infinity vivacity
There are also those blogs that employ the use of important and difficult sounding words in them:
nemesis incognito minion underworld narcissistic maverick zeitgeist
My primary motivation ofcourse is to get myself offa this mmmiwonder blog name that sounds too full of myself. So I probably oughta have gone for something diminutive like balajeerc.com like my friend Arun tells me, persuading me against li'l-boy-fat-man ("Too confusing, unless you know the names and the order of the bombs. Even then, it sounds nothing like you." "Whatdaya mean?! There's a fat man in it and I was little at some point of time., wasnt I?") I considered something that sounds clever and elitist, like "catcher-of-the-wry" but then decided against it since it sounded, well, clever and elitist.
So, I needed something reasonably clever without sounding too full of myself, needed something that sounds personal without being too narcissistic and to sound witty(hopefully).
After some work, I have settled on and am happy to present my new 10$ a year domain name where this blog will henceforth be mirrored at:
http://www.redcarrotjalabee.com
12 comments:
Congrats for the domain name...I too bought mine this month on 2nd :)]
On rearranging the blog address does you want to meant that it should be redcarrotbalajee? ;)
I am having quest, eternal and beyond that in my blog address....I have a gmail id too by the same :)
Quest
"On rearranging the blog address does you want to meant that it should be redcarrotbalajee? ;)"Nothing gets past you, Sherlock! Even the obvious. :D
hmm..i dont have an eternal ,zietgiest or a rambing in my blog name,..yet it seems soo prosaic..red carrot jalabee..does agree with my sweet tooth..hehhe..but i was expectin u to pay homage to a certain artform that u speak of with undying passion..let the posts keep comin..as always..they are a treat...
now, knowing you, red carrot gives me creepy smiles... is it just that?
red carrot jalabee ? ur initials RCB ? it cant be Royal challengers Bangalore after all :)
ROFL on the blog name man.. and yea you're right about the (cliched?) blog names too.. might as well add a few there myself :)..
@Chutney: Actually I always felt your blog could be called whatever it wants and get away with it thanks to the flourish with which you can write. In any case, prosaic is better than cliche.
@Vatsil: I have no idea what you may have thought red carrots could imply. I had no impish ideas behind that one, honest.
@Hari: I'm glad you like the blog name. Most of the visitors to this blog most probably stumble onto it via yours.
guilty of Eternal O red one! btw its battle of the seniors on the L&D post
http://dphatsez.blogspot.com/2009/04/tag-team.html
enjoy! feel free to pick sides :D
Was seriously LMAO seeing this post...
Red carrot jalabee is an awesome blog name for 3 reasons
1. jalaabe-as virus and chathan put it Its got ur initials with jumbled balajee :P
2. red-to show how rationally insurgent ur thoughts are :)
3. carrots- couldnt think of anything good.. but did come up with something, that will urge u to strangle me, but will raise hari's hairs with pompousness... carrots are pollinated by bees, viz, ur blog is visited by bees jumping from hari's blog to urs :D
Hm. I didn't get this name for the longest time, and then I realised there was a blog post to explain it! Enlightening, it is.
-Anukool.
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