For Blog's Sake ....
Interesting blogs are either funny or they are controversial. Mine are neither. I want to fit in. My friend constantly reminds me .."You’re such a wannabe!". So I try to write something funny. Soon I realize I am not that funny. I want people to laugh at what I write, not at me. In my angst to finish the blog, I decide that controversy is for me. But I'm such a chicken, that anything that I really want to write, I'm scared it will offend someone. I thought of commenting on Harriet Meirs...left or right I would get killed. Then I saw
My LODBF (Legion of Dedicated Blog Fans) constantly reminds me that to be a blogger, one must post often. Once again mob mentality kicks in and I am forced to write something. I think Douglas Adams would have made an excellent blogger. I saw that Hitchhiker movie, and I must confess that I have not read the books. But I firmly believe that Mr. Adams is like me. He is a writer, I am a blogger. He writes for the sake of writing, I blog for the sake of blogging. However, we differ on uno point and uno point only. His novel is funny simply because it’s so preposterous. My blogs are not funny.
The art of blogging - so I'm told - is perfected when one lets oneself lose so as to allow thoughts to flow freely. I think I'm getting there. I definitely don’t want to be left out of what the media calls the "revolution". I want to say "I have a blog too". I therefore spend a lot of time trying to figure this blogging thing out...even if it is just for blog's sake.

3 Comments:
i hear ya man..
The only way to write well is to use what you feel. There will be days when u post for Blog-sake, but u must persevere.. and over come the blogger-block. I am sure u have friends who provide enough fodder for a blog :)
You might also want to spend some time setting up favorite links and all. Nothing like seeing "EditMe" to make a blog reader feel welcome :p
PS: Also, deleting spam comments is a good thing.
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