breaking the ritual
I've been noticing a pattern in my past entries (yes, all eight of them). I spend some time setting up a concept (perhaps with some life details), then I randomly muse or discuss the subject for awhile. There's an example or two, an opinion or resolution of the subject, and usually a short dramatic line that sums it up. It that sad? The pattern? Inspect all my writing on this thing, and see how many times that pattern pops up (including this post). Perhaps today to spice things up I'll do some things I haven't done before.
First New Thing: refer to the content of an earlier post.
Pathetic, you people! Nobody (except Matt... three cheers for old friends) responded to my 'challenge'. That means either nobody's reading it or nobody cares. Ah, well-- this little journal is more for posterity than other people anyway, unless they actually take an interest in it. So I'm not too bothered.
Second New Thing: discuss the appearance of my journal. Also, drop any pretense at mental maturity.
*glances around* This place is pretty dark. Yeah, it's just a template, but you could look at it and say 'hey, look... black'. But I've been inspecting it and I still like it. So for all you cheery 'I-like-bright-colors' people, I have one thing to say: Nyah.
Look at that. Guess even I can learn a new trick or two. Also-- a random thought. This journal (and the concept of a readable online journal) is entirely self-absorbed. Basically the way it's been going is: I talk about me, and no one cares. Which is a perfectly acceptable reaction. If I could start a 'comment dialogue' or two, all this content wouldn't be quite so focused on 'hey-look-at-me'. But a lot of people will see this very post as whining for attention, which kind of defeats my purpose a bit. Stupid, eh? Regardless, I'll try to post a little more often.
I wonder if what I'm doing with this thing is worthwhile.
(Hey, look! A short dramatic closer! I'm so predictable, eh?)
First New Thing: refer to the content of an earlier post.
Pathetic, you people! Nobody (except Matt... three cheers for old friends) responded to my 'challenge'. That means either nobody's reading it or nobody cares. Ah, well-- this little journal is more for posterity than other people anyway, unless they actually take an interest in it. So I'm not too bothered.
Second New Thing: discuss the appearance of my journal. Also, drop any pretense at mental maturity.
*glances around* This place is pretty dark. Yeah, it's just a template, but you could look at it and say 'hey, look... black'. But I've been inspecting it and I still like it. So for all you cheery 'I-like-bright-colors' people, I have one thing to say: Nyah.
Look at that. Guess even I can learn a new trick or two. Also-- a random thought. This journal (and the concept of a readable online journal) is entirely self-absorbed. Basically the way it's been going is: I talk about me, and no one cares. Which is a perfectly acceptable reaction. If I could start a 'comment dialogue' or two, all this content wouldn't be quite so focused on 'hey-look-at-me'. But a lot of people will see this very post as whining for attention, which kind of defeats my purpose a bit. Stupid, eh? Regardless, I'll try to post a little more often.
I wonder if what I'm doing with this thing is worthwhile.
(Hey, look! A short dramatic closer! I'm so predictable, eh?)