In which Ish obsesses in self-absorbed navel-comtemplation to the delight of all...
So I'm wondering what the hell the point of this is and what I want to do with it. I really would like the idea of doing semi-investigative semi-editorial journalistic type pieces, but I'm just never going to have the time to do that every day. I don't feel right about just throwing shit out there without doing at least some research to be sure I'm not spewing sludge, and providing resources so that people can learn more or prove me wrong if they care to. And that takes time. Lots of it.
But I really do want to avoid this journal becoming too personal based, just because I don't really feel like anyone cares what I had for breakfast. And if they do care, they should stop it. Seriously.
Not that there aren't personal observations or events that wouldn't resonate with other people. But its hard to develop that every day. Take today for example:
I started early, which meant sitting in traffic more than I like, because if I want to get to work 20 minutes earlier than normal I need to leave almost an hour earlier than normal. I worked, with very little that was eventful happening. I tried to find the least offensive thing at Wendy's for lunch because I only had 10 minutes in which to eat it, and settled on the grilled chicken, as I'm still not comforable with Fast Food salads. I left work and went to the gym, where there was a woman wearing the tightest pants humanly possible and no underwear. Not that there's anything wrong with that (and god bless Lycra). Then I swung by Starbucks to say hey to Xtian and get a triple grande no-fat mocha. I drove home.
So where's the big universal truth in that? More importantly, why are you still reading? Freak.
So I'm trying to find the balance of how to make this thing work. While I like bringing up interesting issues I've found or thought about in politics, science, religion, technology, culture and so on, I need to find a way to stop each one from being a research project. And I need to find a way of engaging in personal journalism without being as mind-freezingly boring as the above. This stuff is hard.
Posted by ktismael at March 10, 2004 9:47 PM