To: All You Whiners (you know who you are)
From: The Blogger
Re: Frequency of Posts
The thing you have to understand is the purpose of my blog and the not purpose of my blog. The purpose of the blog is to write/organize/share my thoughts. In order to do that several things have to happen.
The first thing is that some event, either experienced first hand or read about, has to occur. Then that event has to catch my attention and get me thinking. This next step is what takes so long. Once I start thinking, I often have to ponder and "perc" on the subject for awhile. The more political/theological/social/emotional the subject, the longer I have to think. (If the topic is purely humor, then it's best if I just sit down in the moment and pound the thing out. I'm pretty sure that over thinking would kill the humor for me.) Once I've really settled on what my point is, then I need to find a few, or actually many, uninterrupted minutes to craft the thing. I can't do it while I'm making dinner or whatever. I need solid blocks of time. Unfortunately, those solid blocks are in hot demand. People in my house actually think that I should pay attention to them and give them solid blocks of time as well.
Sadly, there are also a few obstacles that can pop up along the way. Sometimes I get in a funk and all my thoughts are dark and stormy. I don't mind posting on a few of those topics, but after awhile it gets to be even too much for me. Then I have to wait around until the sun comes back out. Depending on lots of things, that can sometimes take a really long time.
The not purpose of my blog is to update you on my life. My life is boring and uninteresting. I like it that way. I love what I do with my time, but I'm pretty sure that it doesn't make a riveting read. I like to play with words and ways of saying things, but I have to be inspired to do it. The every day moments of my life only inspire me occasionally- when they get me thinking about some larger idea. Posting the news is not for me.
I love you my most faithful blog readers, and you whiners are actually the most faithful. I think that is called by the name of, "irony," and irony is something that I also love.
Very Sincerely,
tonia
the blogger
6 comments:
Two points of clarification:
1) When the purpose of your blog is to post news, I actually find that fun and interesting, even when it's just everyday stuff. So, I think what I should have said was that my boring life doesn't make riveting writing.
2)Charlotte is a very faithful blog reader and is not a whiner.
you crack me up, tonia! just keep doing what you are doing, although it's not as often as i like (i'm saying this in a not whining voice).
who the hell is whining? they should shut up and be grateful you blog at all.
I'm with Christi on this one. Thanks for sharing all the fun and thoughtful insights. By the way, I added a to-do to my ongoing list: 1) get a buzz and 2) go bra shopping (in quick succession).
Now, now... I think that I know who the accused whiner is... and it has less to do with the lack of blogging and more to do with the giving up of Facebook for lent. Someone is very, very sad about not having that connection to Tonia. This person is not me (please see the first comment above), but someone close to me. And I would call it more pining than whining. :-)
Aww! "more pining than whining" I love that! Truth be told our mutually loved friend was not the only inspiration for the post. It just seemed like it because she was the one who made the most recent comment.
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