forty minutes to midnight
06.29.07 • comment (2) • trackback
I’ve been updating my site once per weekday since October, and this is the closest I’ve ever come to unintentionally missing a day. I apologize. Work has decided to be crazy and exhausting in my final month on the job. It’s a good thing, don’t get me wrong. Given a choice between busy or bored, I think any reasonable human being would choose busy.
Movie reviews not withstanding, I haven’t had the time to write anything of substance in over two weeks. There’s been some low-hanging fruit that would have basically written itself. I could’ve given Paris Hilton more than a haiku. I could’ve given you my underqualified opinion on the iPhone. But if it’s one thing I’ve prided myself on, it’s that I always try to contribute something unique to the conversation (and never, ever begin a sentence with “but”).
I could, I suppose, stoop to retarded pictures of kittens. But I’d rather you guys help me come up with something. Any suggestions?
06.30.07 #
hmmm, yes, i do have some comments. first of all, the raw, unblemished truth is that blogging can be a grind. for the most part, it’s a joy (if you like writing and enjoy the process of forming your own opinions and attitudes), but it can be hard to sustain over the long-haul. i know because i’ve already hit a cerebral roadblock.
i really enjoy checking your blog from time to time because, for the most part, i like your writing style: it’s breezy, comfortable-with-itself, skillful, slightly edgy, and not too self-conscious. the problem for all of us is competition: there are so many things competing for attention that it’s impossible to keep up. whether you read blogs and write one, there’s always laundry to do and the dishwasher to unload. so, it’s difficult to squeeze novel, interesting, inventive writing into a blog every day. the brain starts to emit smoke and tiny sparks.
so, my suggestion is that you occasionally take a cue from the topical bloggers. pick something in the news that fires your imagination or gets you rightously indignent, and write your ‘editorial’ opinion about that in your daily feed. as much as i like your site - and as much as i miss it on weekends! - i also think you could let your readers know more about you … as opposed to your more predictable (albeit entertaining) commentary about some aspect of pop culture. you’d be infiltrating a larger world, connecting with issues that affect lots of people as opposed to a smaller audience that likes the way you write a movie review. my advice is think bigger; write yourself a ‘mission statement’; tackle issues - political, psychological, interpersonal, social … whatever. your devoted readership wants to learn more about what makes you tick. don’t let us down. we don’t handle disappointment well.
p.s. i did not proofread this comment, so i disavow any responsibility for errors in punctuation, grammar, or syntax. there shouldn’t be any.
07.01.07 #
notwithstanding the foregoing, i think my favorite entry is the march, 2006 one called ‘pod person.’ very clever. quite funny. somewhat personal. everyone reading this comment should go back and read it. i couldn’t stop laughing when i read that the ipod is the size of a graham cracker!