First

Here’s the first post for me in my first blog-thing. I have no idea why I am so suddenly possessed to add to the dotsam and netsam out there already, but then again why the hell do I do anything? The simple answer is: it sounded good at the time. A more complex answer might have to do with keeping me motivated to write regularly, but that one is my secret and not for you to know.

In general I avoid blogs; most are about personal things or things that should remain personal. I also notice that many are dripping with a pithy tone, a smirk upon the author’s face while they type at Starbucks. I am not always capable of humor - pithy, wry, biting, or otherwise - especially not while I type at Starbucks. I don’t think that my life is eventful or exciting enough for a daily or even weekly update on my winsome travails in my office chair (or at Starbucks). I have many liabilities when it comes to juicy posts: I am in a stable relationship, I don’t have any outstanding warrants for my arrest, and there are scant few pirates in my life threatening to relieve me of my rum or booty. There, that was kind of pithy, wasn’t it?

No, a periodic update doused with “me” will not be interesting, even for me. I think instead I’ll just post about OTHER things and people and places. Plenty of people do that, in fact meta-blogging is all the rage nowadays. I promise to keep the posts about Jeff’s cat or my new shoes to an absolute minimum. I hereby swear that, for the most part, this blog is only going to focus on things I like, dislike, or sincerely wish for you to like or dislike.

I need to do it daily, no excuses. I don’t know if you know this, but a Blank Page sucks to look at. It’s like looking at 100 acres of unplowed fields, your mind trying to figure out how long it will take for you to plow it over, all the while you are more and more aware of the single rusty hoe in your hand. There’s a secret to beating the Blank Page, though. If you fill it up with words and stuff, it goes away…

While this routine of filling up a page, once repeated, can make a book happen, you can’t write about Your Story all the time. Well, I can’t anyway; my apologies for speaking for you. A warm up helps, though, and I think this will be a nice way to balance that with mental distraction.

Listen, I’m not Toyota; I can’t promise quality all the time. I can’t say how many pirates there may be (very few I think – things are tougher in the Spanish Main these days). I can’t even say if I will even like what I put up every day. I’m hoping I can get my engines warmed up though and maybe give you something to look at while your laundry spins or you can’t think of a hot actor/actress to Google.

-J-