Why is it so hard to stop blogging if you're on a roll and so hard to get back to it if you stop?
Well, I've been enjoying my little blog vacation, but I keep getting that little nagging feeling to come back to it. The problem is, no one gives a rats ass what anyone else thinks for the most part, so who am I writing to? When I wrote for podcrawl, it was topical so I didn't feel like a self-indulgent wanker, writing and expecting people to care. Though in retrospect, it was total rubbish a good part of the time. Is it possible to produce a blog that isn't total crap without it being essential to your day job? I mean, blogs that people actually make a point to read are mostly written by tech & pr evangelists or gadget salespeople who make money from blogging even if indirectly. The others are usually still total wankers who are just fortunate enough to be funny. Maybe I'm just jealous of all those bloggers living on the left coast, where I wish to be. Wondering why you've just wasted precious time from your life by now I'm sure, so I'll quit bitching for now.
Do you play any musical instruments?
Drums...best when I'm drunk and/or angry. ;)
Damn it was beautiful in Atlanta today! Cool, crisp, windows down day. I found myself taking the long way home so I could leave the roof and windows open. Zipping 'round town in my cute little car...yee hah!
Yes, I pulled the plug on podcrawl.
No explanation needed, you can guess, call it podfade if you like. I did register for podcrawl.vox.com, so maybe I'll start blogging there...or maybe not. I was just beginning to realize I don't have a lot of time to blog, much less keep up with the large amount of email and requests for me to check out podcasts. When I first began only a small number of podcasts existed and few were worth reviewing, in other words, it was managable. Not any longer (183,000,000 results for 'podcast' on Google today), so it's time for me to move to a nice (and free) blog where I can post when I have time...no expectations. (Hey, wasn't that the title of that really cool, though short-lived, podcast?)
Anyway, thanks to you, reading this now. And thanks to all that I've interacted with over the last two years (Wow! Two years in October, since I began listening to podcasts!). Hopefully, it doesn't end here. Fortunately, now I'll have more time to comment on other blogs instead of spending it on my own.
So I'll see you around the podosphere.
kisses
hilary
Apparently there is a birthday meme, which I wish I'd noticed prior to my birthday, but here goes:
I was born on August 21.
The instructions:
- Go to Wikipedia.
- In the search box, type your birth month and day (but not year).
- List three events that happened on your birthday.
- List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
- One holiday or observance (if any).
Events
- 1911 - The Mona Lisa was stolen by a Louvre employee.
- 1959 - President Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union.
- 2005 - Pope Benedict XVI concludes World Youth Day with a mass. Over 1,100,000+ people attended the closing liturgy.
- 1921 - Winnie-the-Pooh, a (fictional) bear of small brain belonging to Christopher Robin
- 1936 - Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player (d. 1999)
- 1952 - Joe Strummer, British musician and singer (The Clash) (d. 2002)
- 1978 - Charles Eames, American designer and architect (b. 1907)
- 1988 - Ray Eames, American designer, artist and architect (b. 1912)
- 2005 - Robert Moog, American pioneer of electronic music (b. 1934)
- Ninoy Aquino Day - special holiday in the Philippines.
Happy Birthday to me.
Happy Birthday to me.
Happy Birthday dear Hilary,
Happy Birthday to me!
What albums are in heavy rotation for you right now?
Redwalls! Imagine Bob Dylan covering the Beatles.
What was the first movie you remember seeing in a movie theater?
Question submitted by mainmor.
Though I was too young to be there, it was Moonraker! Not my choice, of course. I think those teeth gave me nightmares for weeks.
