This blog needs a rethinking.
A rebirth.
A reperspective. Or rather, a new perspective.
This blog started in 2000 as a place to share stories of my big trip to Asia and Europe. This was back when I actually did things instead of work, and had interesting things to talk about. This has since changed.
In my daily reading, the only blogs I check outside of sfninja are specialized blogs: blogs that analyze the daily presidential polls; blogs that discuss NBA basketball rumors; blogs that discuss events in Brooklyn Heights; blogs that tell me what white people like.
The trick to these blogs is that they discuss events that are always happening, regardless of the blogger's own life situation. Every day, new presidential polling takes place, meaning the blogger always has something to analyze and discuss. Even if he sat on his ass all weekend, he wakes up Monday morning with new material, thanks wholly to the efforts of others. When you write about events in your own life, the blog becomes a reflection of the activity in your day-to-day. If your day is boring, so then is your blog. And as my last six months has consisted of work, running and tv, i.e. boring shit. And I like to write about how I had Jamba Juice for breakfast even less than you like to read about it.
At first I took this as a challenge to find the interesting tidbits in the monotony of day-to-day life, in a Seinfeld type of way. But I've mined that area for all it is worth. I can only get so worked up over employees bringing their babies in to work, office bathroom etiquette, and the fat guy at the gym. I'm bored before I even write the blog.
That's the good side to a blog: it serves as a mirror for your life. If you go weeks without being inspired to write something, it probably means you are doing something wrong in life. There is also amirror called New York City. That guy to your left makes a million dollars more than you, and the girl to your right is a famous violinist. And you are the guy who sits on his ass after work and watches reruns of House.
So this blog needs to become topical. I gave that a try a year ago with a trivia site. This was back when I thought I'd be on "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire". Which of course never happened, as that would've been interesting. Ultimately, the issue I have to face is my ability to write on a daily basis is severely limited by my laziness and inability to stay interested in anything longer than two weeks.
Maybe this needs to become a blog about other blogs. There are enough blogs talking about boring lives out there. Maybe some sort of review of these blogs would be more interesting than the blogs themselves.
Maybe this blog should start being honest again. And I can write revealing things to embarrass co-workers and friends.
Maybe I should take a hint from the blog and actually start doing things worth writing about again.
Or maybe I should just start telling you about House and the contours of my couch. It might not be incredibly interesting, but at least I could be assured of having something to write about every day.