Musings on my blog.

Spurred by Eldholm’s post about what he calls PQR ( which I think is a brilliant post by the way *grins* ) I started thinking about my blog and how I look at it, with perhaps a bit of where I want to go with it.
I think I’ve mentioned it before at some point, that to me this blog is a place for me to jot down my thoughts and musings and observations, however random they may be, when I find that I’m ready to write it down. A place where I can practice my 1337 writing skillz, and all that stuff. I don’t really want it to be a place where I whine about how little sleep I get, and how unfair the world is to me and how much I deserve something, though posts like that may happen for whatever reason. I like whining, but only for 5 minutes to vent, and them I’m done with it. I’m usually pretty satisfied with a nod from whoever listened to me ( probably in agony, but who cares! *grins* ).

Sometimes topics like the laptops gets stuck in my head and I keep thinking about reasons why this would be a serious topic instead of just a hilariously stupid incident, and on the other occasion I might end up thinking about a topic for a day or a week like in the case of the trial against the man that wanted young chicks in pr0n movies. In that case I had to do some research to see what I could come up with, perhaps find other perspectives or facts. When I make a list with the movies like I did the other day it’s not because I need a reminder, the movies are that strong in my head, but it’s because I want to share them with you, and perhaps get them “out” a bit. When you’re so excited about something it’s nice to vent, and perhaps be safe in the fact that it’s finally on paper and it doesn’t have to dominate so much anymore.

I get annoyed that there’s alot of random topics I think of that never hit the blog, you have no idea how many saved drafts there can be in here at times that just gets scrapped because I lost the Passion bit of it about the topic. Or I just couldn’t think of anything coherent or consistent about it.

Regularity – Personally I can’t maintain regularity worth one spit. If I can’t think of something to write, or I’m still thinking about what I want to write, I won’t write because that’ll compromise quality. Atleast I imagine so in my head, and if I imagine so in my head it’s a pretty big block, and I won’t write about it until I’m done churning it over.

Pasion – When I write something I usually write with a passion, or in more simple words: because I want to. If I didn’t really want to write it, I wouldn’t be, so I find myself covering that base. Although if the whole thing becomes a bit too long, or I’m losing patience with myself and my ramblings, I end up choking the quality – not fun, but it happens. I think I have a harder time to forgive myself for bad posts than the odd reader does, and sometimes that puts down some of my passion for writing.

Quality – As for quality, that’s not easy to determine. It’s all up to the reader(s) to decide whether or not this is quality to them, and there’s little I can do about it except taking advice or listening to feedback. Sure I can read it over and edit it 50 times after posting ( which I do, so I heartily recommend not relying on the RSS alone for the contents of a post ), but there’s only so much a guy can see through his own eyes before he needs a new perspective or new glass, perhaps even a microscope. I’m quality-conscious, but in the midst of whatever frenzy or excitement ( read: Passion ) that grabs me when I think of something it may easily end up on the losing side.

So after alot of thinking I think I’m pretty happy with how I am using my blog. It doesn’t have consistent posting, but I think it has passion, while quality is something I can only strive for.
Thank you my friend for making me give my blog some thought in a more analytical approach, rather than my impossibly random and unconcerned way so far.

Deandri wrote a short ‘About’ that I’m thinking of posting. The problem is that it’s so sweet and wonderful that I’m not sure it’s an ‘About’, but more of a love-letter. I find myself reading it over and over again, not entirely sure what to do with it. I’ll give it some more thought today at work.