On Blogging

The blog I kept prior to this one had me constantly talking out of my ass. It was, among other things, an exploration into self-reflection of the things that were going on in my life, which was, at the time, a semester spent back at high school. Knowing very few people in the grades below me, being the stigmatized child left behind in the education system like a lost boy roaming the mouldy halls of my stupid high school, and having loads of time on my hands had me exploring my own thoughts in a format that by definition, was meant for people to read.

Personal blogging, in the form of actually stringing enough sentences together to actually constitute a "post" about "something" is quite the process; unlike the recently-coined form of "microblogging", it requires a bit more focus than a text-message-sized thought, and a bit more direction than an arty picture reblogged from "that photographer from Singapore that shoots naked chicks in Supreme gear." I suppose that's what draws me to it the most, because it causes me to stop watching the clock, churn something out worth reading, and get people to start thinking about what I'm thinking. Most blogs don't make posts past 500 words, and I think the competition that Tumblr and Twitter presents in its satisfying, bite-sized discoveries of new content is the catalyst. Hell, I didn't start Tumblr for the simple reason that I saw the community as little more than a bunch of people posting random pictures, with little context, that somehow paint a portrait of the blogger, even though there really is something tangible behind that facet. I follow some genuinely interesting blogs, written by people I think would make great conversationists, or at the very least, wonderful people to cross paths with on the subway, but I'm not sure if I'm the kind of person that would be able to ferment in such a self-reflexive world of things that relate to my interests, and have them so plainly and routinely reiterated on my blog like a collage.

I'm a controller. I like manning the wheel and steering people in the direction I want to take them. That's why I write, that's why I blog, and that's why I try as much as possible to stick to 100% original content. I've noticed that, because of my busy work schedule, I've dropped off on posting so much on here, and I want to change that. So I hope you don't mind if the posts are a bit less killer, and a bit more about the day-to-day. We'll see how long it lasts; I was never one to follow a strict schedule. Here's hoping it'll at least be a minor distraction.