i know, i’m a little lame. i just figured out how to reply to a comment on my blog. sorry for my lack of communication in the past…i just didn’t know how to talk without actually visiting my blog and commenting like everybody else. problem solved, more replies in the future.
you may have noticed [but probably haven't] that i haven’t blogged yet today. huh? haven’t i usually written at least two blogs by now? the culprit is a book. this book has stolen all my free time, and demanded that i keep my eyes glued to its pages. no, it’s not the book i was just blogging about, Warbreaker. i did finish that book…i sped through it at the speed of light, devoured its pages, and thoroughly enjoyed it with a satisfied belch at the end. no, the book i’m speaking of right now is called The Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield. it’s Sally’s fault that i’m reading it. i was able to blow through Warbreaker with my usual instinctive understanding of a fantasy novel, but The Thirteenth Tale is a entirely different kettle of fish.
the book is riveting… it’s not fantasy, but the writing style is musical with its description, and i find myself actually having to pay attention to what’s happening. it’s not difficult to read… quite the opposite. i find myself wanting to envision every word and phrase for what it truly is… a literary feast. my fantasy novels may be the chicken soup of my daily existence, but books like this are the creme brulee that i allow myself to indulge in every once in a while. unfortunately, i have responsibilities that go beyond sitting my fat ass on the couch and eating creme brulee.
so here i am… i’ve left the book open on the kitchen table (the only place i could read where my son would stop chattering about Bionicle) and i’ve thrown a load of laundry in the washer. as soon as i finish blogging, i’m planning a night of folding clothes and watching good television.
but before i get back to reality, i want to lay something out on the table. i’ve noticed a trend in popular blogs. they all have some sort of organized meaning. like…they provide cool free graphics to the public. they go into how-to details about crafty projects. they have a schedule of things they do, and people don’t walk away from the blog knowing the author better, they walk away knowing something more about the world that they didn’t know.
i realized today that i lack interesting blog material. sure, i’ve got opinions galore…but in all honesty, i don’t know enough about any given situation to truly go in-depth and give a valid, useful opinion about it. not to mention, i just don’t have the time. i could have elaborated quite a bit more on my Author Love Awards, or the Unsung Hollywood Hero Award, but i just don’t have the time to research interesting little tidbits about those people that you don’t know, but would find interesting if you did.
part of me wants to say that this is my blog. it’s like a diary and even if nobody read it, i’d still continue to write in it just to get my thoughts out there. it doesn’t matter if people find me completely useless… i love it, and that’s what matters. but that’s just part of me… the other part of me really, really wants to be one of the top five picks for the kickball game. too bad i’ve never been good at being popular. yep, i was always in the bottom five players picked in gym class. i always made grades just good enough to squeak by. with my blog, i suspect it will be the same…because the truth is, i’m just not an interesting person. sure, my brain doesn’t know how or when to turn off but eventually i’ll start spouting the same old crap on my blog pages, and the few readers i have will get tired of me. i don’t want that to happen because sometimes, the conversations i have with people through my blog are the only adult conversations i have all day.
anyways. time to get to the point.
i want to have some sort of weekly thing. i used to do “The Word of the Week” in my myspace blog, and then later i tried to start it in my blogspot blog, but it just didn’t stick. nowadays, i blog far more regularly than i used to, and i think it might be fun to have something new to look forward to, especially of you’re like me and you think the details of my everyday life are hideously boring.
now, having a word of the week is all well and good. the title is even almost catchy…but i just don’t think it’s catchy enough. i want to include the day in the title so i could actually remember when the hell i’m supposed to do it. yes, i am just that ditzy. the maker of my flashy button over at Notepad Chaos, has Terrifying Tuesday. i am going to take over wednesdays…i just don’t know what to call them. The Word of Wednesday? that’s a bit of a mouthful. Wednesday’s Word? Nobody’s Nothing’s Ridiculous Attempt at Expanding Her Pathetic Excuse For a Vocabulary With Words Copied From Merriam Webster? getting closer…..
i’ll figure something out. perhaps you could help?
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