Thursday, April 12, 2007

Admitting defeat

I made this blog a while ago. I picked the template and the colors. I picked a font. I even figured out how to put a picture on it. Sadly, for me that is pretty cutting edge. There sat my blog, formed and ready for some brilliant piece of insight. And since then, I have been composing brilliant essays in my mind, poignant and thoughtful. I have worked hard to come up with the perfect piece of prose to begin my blog with.

I still have squat. Nada. How can I have so much in my life and so little to say? I have decided that I am intimidated by my own intention to make something great. So I now intend just to make something.

This is my blog. It will be trite and misspelled. I will most likely get very bitter about dissenting opinions. I fully plan to contradict myself. Also, I lie about how I feel sometimes. I start sentences with "and" a lot. I am not great at imagining my ideal reader no matter how many times I read Stephen King's "On Writing".

So there you have it. My blog. Like most things that happened to you today it will be disappointing and dull. I have full confidence in your ability to adapt.

3 comments:

Funny Farmer said...

I am liking this already. After two weeks of checking and finding nothing, I am thrilled with it, even if you are not. Perhaps you would have more to blog about if you spent less time chatting with me. I think a great topic for your next post would be your house organizing adventure, complete with pictures. :)

Angela S said...

You're organizing your house without me? Crap, I'm a used up has been and you've learned all I can teach. Good for you anyway. I too have been checking for ages but am perfectly pleased to see what you've written. Thanks.

Unknown said...

This is the most brilliant start to a blog that I have ever read.

I believe that if you go back 2 years in mine it says something like: "everyone else is doing it...cliff = jump"