Where the hell have I been?
I keep checking back on the blog to see if I’ve made any new posts, and for some reason I’ve been remiss in my duties for weeks now. I’m not sure what posts I thought I might write while I wasn’t writing any, but it sure was disappointing to come back to old posts week after week.
I was gone so long, I even missed The Useless Men’s response to my question about detectivating. How tragic is that? Hell I was even late to chime in on JJ’s question about how often the “normal” person jacks it. You may be asking yourself, “What’s going on in Mojo’s head that he doesn’t post in weeks and misses visiting his favorite blogs altogether?” You can basically chalk it up to my Catholic upbringing, except that I wasn’t raised Catholic. But my dad was. So I guess I’m getting some genetic by-product of guilt that manifests itself through my inability to come up with funny and original content week after week.
Hogwash? You bet. But that doesn’t mean I’m not really overcome with guilt every time I think about writing a post but never get around to it. The biggest problem is that writing posts has become synonymous with “work”, at least in my head. And that’s no good because the whole reason I started writing Gangstas & Hugs was for a creative outlet I could use as I saw fit. Now I get to looking at how often I post and how many comments each post gets, let alone how funny or interesting I thought it was.
All that is ass-backwards for writing a blog. So here’s my promise to the few regular readers I may have left:
- I will get back to my blogging roots.
- I will quit trying to write dissertations on topics I deem funny when a paragraph would have gotten my point across.
- I will quit worrying about how many people visit the blog daily.
- I will quit thinking that someday I may be fortunate enough to direct an installment of the porn series “Anal Debutantes”.
- I will post more than twice a month.
- I will continue to keep my penis cleanus the meanus. (At least I think that’s how Ludacris put it)
Also, if anyone has figured out a fool-proof way to blog from work, I’d like to hear about it. I’d like to avoid any letters of demerit going into my permanent file for writing about strippers and diaper fetishes on the job.
Writing a good post is much like taking a good crap. You shouldn’t sit there for too long. Just wait until it’s coming out. Then, don’t force it. Sometimes, it will start coming out of you in less than opportune places. Politely excuse yourself so that you can do your thing with minimal distractions.
Also, don’t forget to wipe.
Mist 1: That’s probably the best analogy for blog writing that I’ve ever heard. I think I’ll go take a dookie now and see if anything inspirational finds its way out of me.
Yaaaaaay! Welcome back, Mojotek!
How about writing SFW posts on a Word Doc you have open, then sending it quickly once it is complete. Save the NSFW posts for when your “baby” isn’t home.
Eddie: Thanks! It’s good to be here…
Regal: Wow… that’s some good advice. Looks like I’m working the whole time, and no need to “minimize” windows to hide my seedy behavior. Thanks Lager Regal!! (also a palindrome)
Blogging at work can be difficult. It scared me away once.
I’ve been through the other stuff too. It’s tough when you feel like you have to live up to some certain level of greatness or worry about the number of readers.
To some extent, you need to just think, “Fuck the readers. I’ll post what I want, when I want.”
In your mind, you’ll think of your blog as more “hit and miss” but most of your readers won’t notice the difference. It’ll free your mind if you don’t worry so much about it.
JMHO. :)
ajooja: That’s a great way to look at it. From here on out it’s gonna be “Fuck you readers!” Man, I feel better already.
yeah, worrying about blog stats is nuthin’ but trouble, man.
welcome back. blog when it feels right and forget the rest of it.
minijonb: I think I’m going to start meditating when I get home from work so I can get all the pressure about blogging out of my head, and then decide if I have something to say. Wait, is that too new age? Yeah, probably.
When I can’t write, Drnking elps but I find mysellf mispeling thing..Thnk God for Spel-chek
Cheers
tom: I haven’t tried drunk blogging yet… but there’s always a first time!
I’ve done as Regal said; but now I use Outlook instead. I open a new message, & it has my official work signature at the bottom. I just type out the post as normal, & in Outlook, if you have to unexpectantly close it, it’ll automatically ask to say a draft of it so you don’t loose it. And it has spell-check too.
When done, just copy/paste it onto your blog. No mess, no fuss.
yllwdaisies: You, Ms. Thang, are very sneaky. And I applaud you on your sneakiness. Ima gonna havva try dis’ sneakiness meself.