robin is the name of kermit's nephew. just in case anyone else woke up this morning wondering the same thing.
how much time do we spend in our age-of-technology-lives waiting for things to happen on our little personal devices? check the cellphone for calls. check the blog. check email. check news. check weather. check email again. check phone. i am at the end of beethoven's 6th and have nothing to show for it save for two new downloaded widgets for my dashboard, all in the effort to create more things for me to check.
in this, my new cynical perspective on 'the internets', i have concluded that my blog is nothing more than another thing for people to check during their daily time spent in cyberspace. i don't even have to do any maintenance here for readers to take the time to make comments, check back for responses to comments, make more comments, and occasionally chide me for not contributing to the great comment forum that my blog has become.
i began the blog as a sort of journal, but over time discovered little notes were being made in the margins that had nothing to do with my thoughts or experiences, hence, perhaps, my ambivalence about posting on a daily basis. there is a lot going on in my life that i could write about but i seem to have lost the motivation to put it down here in shleydom. let the invaders wander around the cyberscape and realize there is nothing left to pillage, then leave from boredom.
ok, i don't mean to sound quite so condemning of the familial comments i receive- i especially like the poetry!, and interest in compost is noted and appreciated! i guess i just want to get back on track here with the shleyness of this space. if i have offended some, then..... sorry. you are always welcome in shleydom.
3 comments:
I for one would love to hear more about what you are doing, and what is going on in your life. If you don't feel like blogging it I understand, but for this commentor, I appreciate the postings about your observations, things you are doing, etc.
I'm torn between posting things about my kids, and my family, and keeping that all out of "the internets." I don't want just anyone to use The Google to find things out about me.
Keep journaling...we'll all get back on track!
Say it aint so!
If you stop posting, how will I fill my day? I'll have to find another way to pretend I'm working.
No, no, endever to persevere.
Yes, shleydom is one of many cyber activities I take part in daily. But it's always been one of the highlights of my day. Sometimes it's the only funny thing I read all day. As for the perceived impersonal nature of the blog, I feel a hell of a lot more affection for reading and posting on shelydom than I do for downloading software updates.
It's not the medium-- it's the message! Don't lose faith, blog mistress!
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