There is a strange phenomenon, I have noticed, caused by having a blog. You feel compelled to the point of feeling guilty (insofar as I'm capable of feeling guilt anyway) to update regularly, even if you don't have anything much to say.
The irony*, therefore, of this post has probably not escaped you. Clever reader! Good boy! No! Not on the rug! OUT! OUT!
*ahem*
To be honest, I'm not sure where this compulsion comes from. I'm too lazy for OCD, so that's not the answer. Nobody really reads this, so its not like I have a loyal reader base to appease. You lot don't count. Because I said 'Loyal' and 'Reader', not 'Slackjawed' and 'Gawker', thats why.
I'm beginning to think that the need to update comes from the fact that because I've posted articles previously, I feel I have to KEEP posting so that the previous posts dont disappear into obscurity. Some kind of artistic arrogance (like the usual kind, only likely to break into bouts of funny hats). Deep and philosophical I know.
There's also the small matter of me hoping, one day, to break into Journalism (maybe using a crowbar). Having published work, even a dodgy pesonal blog full of less-than-cogent ramblings, can only help in this regard.
So a combination of arrogance and personal ambition, then. I hope you feel suitably violated.
No, you can't have your five minutes back.
* not in the alanis morisette way
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Alanis Morriset way?
look for the little star in the body of the text, then it'll make sense. probably.
Aha irony. I hate you.
I sense further irony.
Is insults the best way to develop Loyal Readers? :op
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