After being initially skeptical (as I am about most things), it appears I've caved to starting my own blog. It's mostly the progeny of reading my best friend's very well-written blog, and the need for a creative outlet to stimulate my pompous vocabulary. I have no idea what it will turn out to be, who, if anyone, will read it, or how often I'll post.
I have to admit I'm impressed in the time it took 'blogging' to become an e-cultural phenomenon. You can measure how fast something is assimiliated into popular culture by how rapidly it can be used as different parts of speech. A blog, obviously a noun, was quickly transformed into a verb. Instead of writing in an online journal, people were 'blogging'. Apply that to other media. Newspapering? Journalizing? Essaying?
I think an appropriate introduction is a few words on the title. Generalísimo is a Spanish term usually associated with the infamous military dictator, Francisco Franco (ruled Spain 1939-1975), who called himself the "Generalísimo", or literally, the best general, ever. Though I would disagree with this - General and future US President Dwight Eisenhower masterminded D-Day and bullied France and England into having the balls to take back the continent from the Nazis - he was just lucky that no Western nation defended Spain during the Civil War (1937-1939), while Germany and Italy bankrolled Franco. Really, he was a crappy leader all told. People often mistakingly call him a fascist, when really he was a dim military man that used the Catholic Church and monarchy to reinforce his regressive policies that aimed for a more pious and traditional Spain. But enough context.
Generalísimo Brando is a parody of the fact that I lead a group of people as the editor of a campus newspaper, and sometimes can be a bit of bastard in doing so. I don't oppress minorities or keep women out of the workplace as my namesake tried to do, but the role has forced me to become a better leader, hopefully the best that I can be. Franco ruled the media with an iron fist and was also a huge soccer fan; two more things we have in common. Even if he was a diehard Real Madrid fan.
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