Take…three?
Yeah, yeah, I know, this whole reinvention thing is only really appealing the first couple of times. All I can say is, my life hasn’t exactly been reliably calm and my creative mind has been downright turbulent. Life is good, don’t get me wrong, but what I want and what I’m getting out of this blog have continued to be different things.
I really wanted this to be a creative outlet, a place to write something decidedly different from the standard political blog. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened, mostly because being decidedly different takes a lot of time I just don’t have. There’s a reason why 99% of political blogs are made of brief entries commenting on a single news item: bloggers (mostly) work for a living and don’t have three hours a day to write out lengthy, detailed, structured creative works. That certainly describes my life, and so every day I’d pass by several things I’d love to comment on, but ignore them because ‘I’ll wait till I have more time.’
It is my firm conviction that ‘more time’ will come a few minutes after I assume room temperature, and I imagine blogging will be a mite more difficult by then.
I’ve tried to create material that makes it worth people subscribing to the feed, building a readership. I may have succeeded, but only updating once every few months certainly trumps that, and then some.
Once again, we’re back at the point where I set your expectations. And, to some extent, mine.
You’re going to see a lot more traditional blogging. You’ll either enjoy my commentary or you won’t. If you do, hey, hit the site every once in awhile or subscribe to the RSS. Comment, when the mood strikes you. (A reminder to LJ folks: commenting to the LJ feed will likely miss me entirely, as I won’t receive any of those comments in e-mail. Comments need to be here, in the Almanac.)
You will also, on occasion, see a longer piece with more depth and creativity than usual. It won’t happen often, and it may come in spurts, but it will happen. When it does, I’d ask that you’d give those pieces a chance by reading them all the way through, even when I get tedious. That’s a big request, but hey, you’re great people, right?
My Winamp playlist has a great sense of humor, as I’m about to make this last comment, it pulls up ‘Lunatic Fringe’ by Red Rider. Yes, that’s the last thing, you’ll still see a lunatic fringe to all of this. I still love the absurd, the bizarre, and my writing will still take that twist. You’ll see plenty of standard political commentary and analysis, but it may just get a little odd or silly at time. If that’s not up your alley, you’ll have to speak to the penguins, as I’m only doing what I’m told.
Get ready for a lot of frequent, if small, posts here. It may be mirrored in several other blogs, but maybe I’ll say it in a way that amuses you. I hope so, because those penguins are really demanding little bastards.
