So it’s been a while and I conclude that I am not very good at this Blog thing. Will I get better? I feel I need a routine: on the morning train, a disciplined lunch time not spent on the ‘latte factor’ in Pret, a quiet contemplative moment whilst the BF is out on a Gin Friday…scratch a word out for every precious second.
Well there does have to be a point to it. Why do people Blog – is it a more sophisticated form of web-browsery intelligensia – it surpasses the bloated non-friend app fiend of Facebook; it bulks out the text-limited Twitterateri of Twitter. Usefully it draws together disparately found but commonly linked sources of intersting stuff (that is the bit that I don’t seem to be very good at). I think it is also to do with your work-a-day-week and if you can be trusted like a good employee to not abuse the generous web user limitations imposed by your employer – yes, they do watch you!
Research is key. By the time I think deeply enough or feel compelled to Blog something, the moment has passed – the media moves with the speed of background noise on public transport, and the experience is as forgetable, though in some cases requires washing off, especially in the heat.
For instance, the Leona Lewis shock attack. That was some time ago now and I remember thinking, ‘At last, someone speaks out on crimes against literature’. But sadly no, it’s just another mental health story. Unchecked, the guy develops a delusional crush on the lovely Ms Lewis and punches her because he loves her…just like the premise of her ‘autobiography’, it’s a fairytale. So she sings nicely, but do we really need a book about it?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jan/07/leona-lewis-autobiography
And as for ‘autobiography’, is it? Is it really? Isn’t it, like all the others of its ilk, a fat collection of photos and ghost written smultz along the well trodden path of rags to riches. I think there needs to be a new word for it.
Anyhow, a blog entry about nothing much, if only to make me feel better for having spoken out into the silent watchers of internet space.
