Nutgraf

I’ve been struggling with this blog for a while – trying to figure out what I want to do with it and what I want it to do for me. And the more I think about it, the closer I get to the immortal words of Lloyd Dobler in Say Anything.

I don’t want to be a meta blogger, blogging and pontificating about blogging (present post excluded), and I don’t want to use the words “meme,” “leverage” or “blogosphere.” I don’t want to be a social media expert, and I don’t want to concentrate on the medium.

I want to tinker with topics and develop new, short-lived obsessions before being distracted by something shiny and moving on to the next new thing. I want to pick the brains of people who really seem to be getting something right, who have found something they care about, have developed an expertise and who seem to derive great joy from what they do. I want to poke at and pick apart some of the mysteries of daily life. I want to read books and talk to people about it, and I want to learn about things that are just totally awesome. And I just want to be funny and make people laugh. Is that so wrong? And I don’t want to be hemmed in by picking one topic or one community. The world is just too full of cool shit to pigeonhole myself.

And so the struggle will continue. I can only hope that you enjoy the ride as much as I do.

Navel gazing concluded.

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