What I Think I’m Doing Here…
Column done. Thank God.
I’m thinking this little site might be outgrowing its Blogspot roots. I’ve got bigger plans and, of course, little ability to do anything about them. But I would at least like to link to another page and give myself room to write longer essay pieces. For example, I just read an essay by Derek Powazek (whose work I respect a lot) who mentioned what he desired of weblogs, “I always wanted to see people make things. Big, beautiful, daring things. Not yet another pointer to yet another Salon article.”
I wondered if I was doing that, merely giving a shallow tour of my existence and where I surf on the web. Maybe because I came to blogging through the paralell yet segregate world of online journaling, I always envisioned a blog of as a challange to myself to live a dynamic life, not a list of cool stuff I’ve dug up on the web. There are other blogs out there that do that better than I ever could. And the truth is, I don’t live online and don’t want to. I communicate here, exchange ideas, create a little, even make friends. But my life happens in the real world. The record of it happens here.
I guess I’m ok with that now. I’m just thinking about it a lot today.