I Get It... Sort Of...

Okay... so my blog posts are too long. I get it. So now, in an attempt to "shorten" them, i'm going to cheat a bit. I'm not really going to "shrink" what i'm saying... but i'm going to break them up a bit when i have a long one and put them into "parts" so that if you do what i do (i.e. scan/read posts quickly through a blog reader), it won't be quite such an investment for a single posts. Hope that this works. Thanks! -jack

Blogging... It's What's For Dinner...

Okay... so after one week of blogging, here are my initial "first blush" notes (except that zombies, ostensibly, don't "blush") on the experience:

1) It takes more discipline to stay current than i realized. Even at two posts per week, and i tried really hard to exceed that straight out of the shoot.

2) You really "put yourself out there" in a way that feels a little more personal than i can typically control. You kind of lose either way. You either guard everything and don't really say anything interesting, or you let your more personal self loose and then cringe at the thought of who might be reading... or taking you the wrong way when they do.

3) There are people much better at it than i am. Wise veterans who either know how to keep things concise, or are at least better writers who know how to keep things more interesting. I shall endeavor to study these masters and employ their skill as my own over time.

4) It's difficult to stay "thematic". I'm constantly asking the questions of "is this blog about stuff I think is cool, or stuff OTHER people will think is cool?" There's a difference, you know. I think Anime is cool. I'm the only person (except for Breanna Giles - Dawn's daughter) who thinks likewise other than my own family.

5) It's difficult to stay short enough to warrant people actually reading anything. If you know me, you know that i am notoriously "thorough"... which is also code for "long winded".

6) Smart Zombie is difficult for Google to index. Guess i'm not the only person who has picked up on the concept. That's good in a way, though... i guess i don't mind, but for future reference, i might ought to have put a little more thought into that before signing up the address.

And yet... i shall persevere. At least, i think so. Thanks for reading. -jack