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Jul
16
(2007)
I’ve gotten tired of my crankiness and self-censoring aborted blog posts. It’ll be a good idea for me to put the blog on hold until I’ve worked the funk out of my system. Time to switch to lurk mode. I’ll probably still be on Twitter, and commenting on other people’s blogs, and of course posting to Flickr. See you on the other side.
Has it passed yet? we miss you….
I’ve been in lurk mode for a long time. Perhaps I will come out of it too. I’ve enjoyed your blog for the last few months!
It happens to most of us at some point, hope you get your mojo back soon
D’Arcy- stop thinking of it as blogging- and just think of it as sharing thoughts with friends- or storing things for reference later-
you run across so much more stuff than the rest of us- and always have such an interesting twist on things- life won’t be the same without your posts…
de-funkify now, please.
btw- the new employee has the Canon 1D mark III- with the full size sensor- a real beast, but once you see the display on the back – and the big bright viewfinder- OMG- you’ll be addicted (sorry). Thing has a wicked fast 10fps motordrive- and the file sizes are MONDO- but- it makes my Digital Rebel XT seem like a toy…… do not touch- you’ll want one.
Listen Norman,
I won’t have it. Anarchy doesn’t happen in absentia -let’s go!
In all seriousness, I have been reading Dostoevsky’s The Idiot for a little while now, and it comes highly recommended if you’re into the whole brooding Russian nihilistic visioning thing. The way in which the characters argue, dialogue, converse, and banter about the state of the world reaffirms the moral imperative of blogging for me, despite the pain and self-imposed censorship. It won’t cheer you up by any means, but it may spark some insane immediacy to what we are all really racing towards these days.
Anyway, you couldn’t start blogging soon enough in my book.
Best…
I’m really tempted to just listen to the voices and perform an exorcism by blog post. I’m holding back because I’m not sure how I could rework what I need to say in such a way as to not be hurtful.
I prefer “reader” to “lurker.” It’s a noble role and works well with resting, which we all need once in a while. (Especially working parents.) Take care, we’ll wait.
I haven’t been in the blogosphere long, but it would seem to me if you have a gripe, g’head and get it off your chest. Time is OK for adding a bit of tact, or if you need a break, but surely anyone who writes all the time can say something that might be hurtful, but not have it be personal?
Hello, D’Arcy,
RE: “I’m holding back because I’m not sure how I could rework what I need to say in such a way as to not be hurtful.” —
Write it out, on paper, on the screen, wherever you want. Then decide if you want to publish it or not. Blogging, like all writing, needs the desk drawer where we store our angst that needs to be released but really shouldn’t see the light of day.
Anyways — the intarweb will should be here when you decide to come back — enjoy the time away, shake the funk, and we’ll see you when we see you —
Cheers,
Bill
I say put it out there, exorcism or not. There’s really nothing else and our time is short. Why waste it censoring yourself?
Or don’t worry about pressuring yourself and wait until you have something that bubbles over and must be said.
There’s no one right/write way…