Well......I've gone and done it....
I've decided to blog. That online world where tracksuit-clad soccer-mums sit cross-legged on their couches with their Macbooks and Spiced Chai Lattes and tell the world what they reckon.....and apparently we are all SO interested.
I can't say I've even really bothered to read blogs. What could the average, everyday person even write that is so bloody interesting anyway? "Why do they even exist???"
I mean surely, if your writing is so great, you'd be published in a newspaper or magazine, right? Then again.....have you picked up a magazine lately?
I always found the concept of blogging a tad trite. I mean, if we ALL have something compelling to say, then who the hell is doing the listening? Then I realised....that's not the point...AND...I don't really care anyway. Well, at least I don't think I do.
My decision to start this blog is something that came from me, FOR me. I figure that's as good a reason as any, right? The idea formed pretty organically. Nothing forced. It's really just an opportunity to sort of spew thoughts from my brain onto "paper" (pixels...whatever).
Realistically, one could simply do that by opening a Word document and going for broke, no? Or I could go real old-school and write in a diary/journal. Of course I could do either of those things, but I think deep down inside, we all have a desire to be heard. So.....we put "it" (whatever that is) "out there"
Social media (God, I am tired of those two words) is a shining example of this. Whether you have 2 million Twitter followers (Twits?),or just a few of your "real" friends checking out your latest instagram pic (the bowl of granola with almond milk and fresh raspberries #foodporn!!1!!11!), we like the idea that someone out there is picking up what we are putting down.
So, I'm doing it like this. I'm telling the world what I reckon too. (Vegans are idiots - may or may not be actual opinion)
My wife tells me that I should write a book. Apparently I am so very opinionated that I could put out 500 pages with my eyes shut (lack of content quality not withstanding). I'm told it would be called "James' Book Of Shit". I think this is about as close as I will come to such an "achievement". Oh and the one thing that should go on record at this point, is that many of my opinions are formulated without even the smallest shred of evidence, research or proof. Which is why I really, truly don't take myself the slightest bit seriously......so neither should you.
Maybe someone will read this and get something out of it.....or maybe it will just end up a forgotten record of my thoughts that I can go back over one day. An opportunity to laugh at myself, "James, what the hell were you thinking?".
Even now, as I am typing this, I realise I am not doing anything groundbreaking here. There are probably a million other blogs already out there that started just like this one.
"Oh, it'll be so original of me if I post something about how I didn't even like or agree with blogs but then I converted and decided to start one!" *clickity click click*
One way or another....."whatevs"....at least this one is mine.
Next time, I might even say some stuff about myself or something :)
Clicking "publish".........NOW!
