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February 05, 2006
Just a Fad?
A friend and reader of this blog recently commented on the paucity of recent entries, despite my finally getting Internet access in the apartment. He claimed it was a clear sign that the "blog fad" was truly over, but I assure you, that is not the case.
While I would like to say that I've just been too busy to write, that isn't the only thing involved. When I had infrequent access, involving taking the laptop to places with wireless and uploading things I'd written elsewhere, it was a little easier to get time on the laptop itself. Now that the Internet is available at home, Shawn and I compete for use of the machine itself, and I don't do longhand drafts that I type up later. I am a direct-to-digital kind of guy with my writing. Maybe if I had a "manual" typewriter around, I'd use that, but it's just too painful to write long pieces by hand. I am considering buying a second, smaller machine for Shawn's use, as he merely browses web sites and does email with it, but that's still a low priority. We still don't have a couch or a television, despite the fact that our cable has been installed.
Additionally, I try to keep my entries interesting to you all, as I know it's time-consuming to follow a blog. I don't want to repay the kindness you've shown me by being a reader with some boring digital recreation of my daily shopping list or a lengthy diatribe on the condition of the sidewalks here. If you are taking the time to read this blog, I feel like your time should be spent learning something about the country that is important, or at least interesting. As it is, I already feel guilty about writing this entry, which is merely a tedious apology for not being more productive.
Yet there remain several things I'd like to tell you about, from how the water supply works to the ongoing circus of the presidential campaigns. I ask that you please stay tuned, watch for updates (we are syndicated with RDF, so you can track us with your RSS news aggregator), and post comments or send me email about what you'd like to read about on these pages. But please don't lose hope, and please don't send Chuck Norris to kick my ass. I have enough to do without having to provide entertainment to celebrities.
Posted by crispy at February 5, 2006 12:04 PM
Comments
If you can't write, post more photos. I would love to see what the town looks like and what your neighborhood looks like too.
Or, have Shawn write some entries on his perspective - if he has time between classes!!
Posted by: carolco at February 6, 2006 09:11 AM
i'm neither a friend nor a reader.
I'm a well-wisher...in that I don't wish you any particular harm.
young chuck norris' got your number too.
Posted by: brett at February 7, 2006 04:07 PM
Did you know!
Chuck Norris didn't like the color of his eyes so he had them tatooed.
Posted by: akira at February 8, 2006 08:17 PM
I don't know...I think that I might like to hear about those sidewalks!
Posted by: David Allen at February 9, 2006 08:46 AM
can you take a series of photos walking around your block, and then drop em into iMovie and make a animated video of what it's like to walk around your block? that would be so cool. it would be almost cooler than tide-to-go and that alone is pretty darn cool.
Posted by: brett at February 9, 2006 02:50 PM
Your negative attitude toward the United States is sad and uninformed. Our constitutional republic is stable and democratic, unlike almost every state south of our border. At our best, when threatened, we do respond with force. If living here was not the dream of most of the world, then why do they continue to risk everything to make it here. We are happy that those who do not like us and do not threaten us are free to stay where they are and live in peace.
Posted by: John Mason at November 8, 2008 01:04 AM