Sleeping in The Wet Spot

Man, I used to love blogging.

Back in my heyday, when Myspace was better than Facebook I was known to churn out at least one post a week, reveling in my self on a level that was previously only known to my reflection.

I realize now that some of my younger readers might not know what Myspace is. See, Myspace was a place for friend whores and attention whores and sluts and sixpack-flashing douchebags. Actually it still is. I'm pretty sure it still is. I'm going to check quick...

*checking*

Yeah, it's still there. Good God, it's like a wasteland of co-dependency and unknown musicians. Ugh.

I digress.

See, I used to blog regularly. At certain points, I even had regular readers. Then one day I couldn't think of anything to write that didn't seem just a little too self-everything.  Then, I went back through my previous works and realized my whole blog career (can you call it a career if you don't get paid for it?) was pretty self-everything. In spite of the title here, I'm a pretty humble guy most days and the realization that I was really only blogging for own benefit kind of turned me off to the whole experience.

But let's be honest here... isn't every blog in the world really just an Essay in Pride and Vanity? Isn't the blog simply the digital version of jumping up and down and shouting, "LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME!"? From Cracked.com to ABC News, every blog is at its heart  just a shameless grab for attention. It's human nature to want to be heard, to think you deserve to be heard. Until the Internets, that wasn't possible outside of letters to the editor and open mic nights. But now, it's a brave new world of throwing out one's opinions and feelings like so much candy at a parade.

But that's a good thing! It's annoying sometimes, and 98% of what's put out is uninspiring to a fault, but it's proactive and cathartic and it's freedom of speech at it's best. And if that's the case, is there anything wrong with me joining in?

The answer is no, kids.

So here I am, back and unabashedly so. I probably won't post often, but when I do I will revel gloriously in all that is me, my life and my view on the world. I might be wrong sometimes, and I'm a big enough man to admit that when it happens. But if I offend you... well as someone very close to me once said, "It's probably because you're too soft and not because I'm too rough."

Thanks for reading.



JB