Blogging about not blogging
Posted on August 31, 2007 @ 7:57 am
The phrase “honest day’s work” is thrown around a lot these days, but my firsthand exposure to such a thing is limited at best. My dad worked for thirty years in a coal mine. He’d load sixteen tons, and what would he get? Another day older and deeper in debt. Well, actually, he was compensated fairly well for his work, but I’m sure you get the idea. Operating heavy machinery and engaging in backbreaking physical labor several hundred feet beneath the Earth’s surface is clearly an honest day’s work. Photocopying a bunch of handouts and then talking to students for an hour and fifteen minutes about Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War? I’m not so sure.
Nevertheless, speaking as someone who basically spent his entire life in school up until a few short months ago and now finds his dainty little hands sullied with an actual, real-life job for the first time ever, I’m still trying to get the whole “work/spend time with family/blog about random pop culture stuff” balance worked out. That being said, I’m not “gone” or “taking a break.” I’m just trying to find the time to blog in the confines of a schedule that suddenly requires me to be places at certain times and actually, you know, do stuff.
So, for those readers asking why my blogging output has slowed in recent weeks…rest assured that I’m working on it. I’m just busy adjusting to life as an actual grownup (at age thirty). Before long, I’ll be back in the saddle, counting down the five least essential G.I. Joe characters or some other nonsense. Take care!
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Hey, unless you’re robbing a bank or knocking down old ladies for pocket change, it all counts as an honest day’s work. Plus, as annoying as some college students are, no doubt some days are really trying.
It takes some juggling, but you’ll get it all figured out. Doesn’t the real world suck? I miss school!
Hey don’t sweat it. And I’m pretty sure the least essential GI Joe character is Doc. Other than Duke getting nailed in the movie, when do any of the Joes actually need medical aid?
Well, at least we didn’t have to wait a year to hear from you. I’m pretty sure Cracked.com can cover all of our pointless movie list needs for now anyway. If you’re feeling bored, you can check out my top ten movie songs list on my site.
Just wait until you have kids… (hint: it doesn’t get better)
for a while I feared you may have lapsed back into WoW, since that was the apparent cause of a certain year long hiatus.
Strangely enough, I’ve decided to start blogging regularly once again.
In fact, I’ve redesigned my entire blog in a sort of strange homage to both you and Annie Lennox.
http://blog.fritzliess.com/
It must be the Risperdal…
Having gone through the exact same stage of life about 200 years ago, I really need to recommend getting an office job.
Not just any office job either; an office job where no one is quite sure what you do so that you can spend all day on the Internet.
hold on…damn, I just got fired.