An(other) Introduction To Waspinator-For-President

Waspinator, as if you needed to be told, is a Predacon from the tv series Beast Wars, a long defunct descendant of the Transformers franchise. Relatively speaking, he has almost nothing to do with this blog.

Wednesday, 2 January 2008

An(other) Introduction To Waspinator-For-President (Redux)


If you're reading this years in the future, it's most likely because you clicked the 'all about this blog' link.

This means two things: firstly, that you'd like to know more about this blog; secondly, and connectedly, that you've clearly missed the point.

Waspinator, as if you needed to be told, is a character from an animated television series (do you still have television in the future, or do you just have a continuous internet beam displayed all over your wall?) called Beast Wars, a long-defunct descendant of the Transformers franchise. The cleverly named Waspinator is a wasp, who “transforms” into a robot that looks quite like a wasp. In the series, he played the role of comically ineffectual bad guy, who gets blown to pieces a good deal more times than can be proper for the average child viewer.

As interesting a topic for discussion as all that may seem, Waspinator is not the current subject of debate on this blog. Frankly, he never will be. My current mission statement is that this space should concentrate on the production (and constant reproduction) of meaningless nonsense, paying special and particular attention to nothing much. Yes, I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking “but hang on, why should I read something that isn't anything much?” Your internet time would surely be better spent doing some more of that wonderful scientific research, ideally via following, poking, or virtually hugging some other scientific researchers and thereby building towards the kind of impactful connectivity rating that will win big funding for even more impactful connectivity projects. And I agree, that does sound just great.

But look, don't worry, because I often mean the opposite of what I say. So when I say, hey, this blog isn't about anything much (and it isn't), then just maybe that nothing much might also be a metaphor for something that isn't nothing much but is actually something really interesting and worthwhile (but it isn't). Warning: this kind of writing might require you to think a little. And by 'think', I don't mean the latest emote meme you place next to something online, but that you will actually have to put to use your atrophied brain. I know this will be troublesome for you, and if you get tired there's probably something nice on television (or your internet wall; either way it's unlikely to be Transformers Beast Wars, I'm afraid). Second warning: this kind of writing will become quite quickly repetitive and annoying. How quickly will it become repetitive and annoying? Quite quickly indeed.

So why not stick with Waspinator-For-President throughout whatever amount of time I can keep one very obvious joke running? It’s going to be one amazing thrill-ride of partially amusing musings, endlessly multiplied out until it ends!