When I was in Grad School I had a blog that enjoyed a brief-yet-fairly-robust life; it went away at some point, for reasons I can't recall, but I do remember that a) I liked writing it b) people seemed to enjoy reading it c) maybe I often wrote when I'd be drinking a bit too much d) I wrote some really long rant about the Janet Jackson Wardrobe Malfunction (see 'c') e) it was called Experimental Soup Making, because it was created during a time when I was making a lot of soups—it was my first winter in Rhode Island, it was fucking cold—and pretty much all of them were recipe-free concoctions (messes) that I threw together based on fridge/pantry contents. And I was really into these soups, and I still am. It being almost-winter here (you wouldn't know from the California sun that keeps showing up), and it indeed being experimental soup making time, I've decided to make Experimental Soup Making, II. The Second. Part Two. Deux. Again. Hello. Welcome.
Also, f) the old blog existed during a time of great personal creative proliferation, by which I mean, I was writing a lot. Granted, it was all I had to do—I was in school to do just that—but I want to be that way again, or some version of that. Some kind of prolific (that should be the name of this blog entry, but that would be too obvious. I feel like I'd have to take that line out if it was the title. I think I'm overthinking blogging. But I think that's actually another reason to do this: I overthink most things. And I underthink a lot of important shit. Like writing.) And that's the point: I need—want—to be writing again, actively, intentionally, mindfully. And if I just write a cool blog that gets really popular, it'll get published, and I won't actually have to write anything else. That's the plan.
Just kidding.
On that note, I have to go kickbox.
Thanks Amra, for reminding me of The Fact of Blogs.
Also, f) the old blog existed during a time of great personal creative proliferation, by which I mean, I was writing a lot. Granted, it was all I had to do—I was in school to do just that—but I want to be that way again, or some version of that. Some kind of prolific (that should be the name of this blog entry, but that would be too obvious. I feel like I'd have to take that line out if it was the title. I think I'm overthinking blogging. But I think that's actually another reason to do this: I overthink most things. And I underthink a lot of important shit. Like writing.) And that's the point: I need—want—to be writing again, actively, intentionally, mindfully. And if I just write a cool blog that gets really popular, it'll get published, and I won't actually have to write anything else. That's the plan.
Just kidding.
On that note, I have to go kickbox.
Thanks Amra, for reminding me of The Fact of Blogs.
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