I've been beating myself up about my lack of regularity in blogging. I had good intentions when I started, but I have to confess I have trouble thinking of topics. Don't get me wrong; I have lots of thoughts, feelings and opinions. But they come and go pretty quickly from my innerweb and I never seem to hold on to them long enough to share them with the outerweb. At best, I call or text a friend and talk. Sometime's I can get up a good tweet, but that's about it.
It was in one of those conversations with a friend where I found the solution. She asked me rather off handedly, "So, what weird thing are you reading or watching right now?" And as I told her what I was reading, she gave me a look with which I'm familiar: the that-is-weird-and-I-don't-know-why-anyone-would-watch/read-that-but-it-is-interesting look. And I realized I had found a purpose for my blog. I don't know if I have any particular gifts for understanding literature or film, but I do have an insatiable curiosity. And somehow, even though it often seems random to others, the pieces fit together in remarkable ways.
Here's the commitment: I'm going to start blogging more often about all the "weird things I'm reading or watching." If you want to know what I do in my "off" time and how I put it all together in my head, this will be the place. Right now I'm reading Camus' The Plague, watching Rush on TV, and recently saw the Veronica Mars movie. And if you come back in a few days, I'll explain to you how they all fit together.
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