Life, the Internet, and Everything
It's a funny old thing, I've discovered, but there's an inverse relationship between feeling calm and desiring to participate in the wide world of the web. At least for me, there seems to be a correlation between being pissed off at things, anything, and wanting to write.
Manhattan is a conducive environment to pissed offness. You don't realize until you're not there just how conducive it really is. I'm sure not all people react that way. Some undoubtedly miss the excitement, the fast pace of life in the big, glittering city. It just turns out that I'm not one of them. Who knew? Certainly not me.
I come home at night and think about blogging, but then I realize that I don't feel like becoming pissed off. I have to figure out a way to blog about things that don't piss me off as well as about those that do. I just fear that those things that don't won't be nearly as interesting. Maybe it's just me, but villains in the movies and in books (not in real life) seem to be more interesting than heroes (let's face it, Skeletor had it all over He-Man), and things that piss me off seem to be more interesting than things that don't. I suppose that's why the Chinese curse goes "May you live in interesting times", not "May times be mundane and dull".
Hopefully I'll work it all out.
Soon.
Comments
Dr. Frank is a great example of one who's shifted from pissed-off politics to something else that's way more interesting.
The political ranting is indeed tiring.
Posted by: Jane Finch | August 5, 2003 12:18 PM
Correction: not that he wasn't interesting before.....but you know what I mean.
Posted by: Jane | August 5, 2003 12:20 PM
Midwesterners often comment on how difficult New Yorkers are to interact with both in business and personal contact.
I think it is because life in New York is such a hassle, that the people become pretty cranky. I tell people that if you take the time to get passed the cranky persona that New Yorkers show they are as nice as Midwesterners.
Lesley, you sound like you may agree with me.
Posted by: Jake | August 5, 2003 10:10 PM
Lesley, now you know why newspapers are filled with bad news.
Posted by: Jake | August 5, 2003 10:11 PM
Don't know if it is New York in particular, or just being someplace you don't really want to be. I know there are days when I just wake up pissed off and for no discernable reason. (better to be pissed off than pissed on) if there is a polar opposite to NY it would be here in Idaho. If I think about it long enough it comes down to I am going to have to be somewhere I don't particularly want to be that day/week.
Anyway there are many things that can be written about, though they may not ge the same degree of attention, why else feel good stories get relegated to back page below the fold, buried under the paid advertisement.
Just noticed the news crawler had a story about the predator bird program NYC instituted to combat flying rats. A hawk swooped down and attacked a chihuahua. Now I don't see much difference between a rat and a chihuahua, or a pidgeon 'cept a pidgeons got wings. But I'll bet the owner has a different opinion. Unintended consequences pop up everywhere.
Maybe, if I ever get one of them round tuits, I will start a blog called Unintended consequences.
Am I making any sense? Probably not, I am taking a some time off from work, doing a little housework and spending some time with my kids, I am losing the ability to interact with adults, my conversations lose focus pretty quickly now, and don't tend to cover any "important" topics. Is Bugs bunny a boy or a girl? He sure wears a lot of girls clothes. Why do slugs dissolve in salt? Do you think when people go to hell they turn into slugs and satan has a big salt shaker to torment them with for eternity?
Well the kids are waking and I have to go make green pancakes.
Posted by: Justin | August 6, 2003 11:13 AM
Since you enjoy blogging when you are angry, I was hoping that you might be interested in doing a little ranting on behalf of another very important Plum. She's in a deplorable situation and she desperately needs some help. You rant so much better than I ever could and well, I thought it was worth a shot to at least ask if you might be interested in doing a bit for a very worthy cause.
Please let me know. I can be reached at momluvsuplum@yahoo.com
Thanks.
Posted by: Sonja, aka as Plum's Mom (another important Plum) | August 9, 2003 06:51 AM
Being pissed off is extremely fatiguing. I'm glad you've decided that having fun is more important.
Posted by: Da Goddess | August 11, 2003 01:57 AM