Blog life crisis?

Haven’t written in a while. Mostly because I haven’t been to a show since Upstairs at the Middle East. Mostly because I’ve been hesitant to write about what has been going on. There’s something to be said about having the onion sack to write about your thoughts and the current events of your life. It’s a lot of exposure. (Well, it could be a lot of exposure if anyone ever read this thing.)

Plus, do I really want to write about myself? Is that really interesting to anyone?

Went to the store today because I needed some shaving cream. Bought some rutabagas. Later I think I’ll pull my pants down and slide on the ice. 

Come on. With the exception of that last part (if I do that, there will be pictures), that isn’t interesting to me — and I’m the one doing it.  This makes me wonder if I need some direction for this blog. One friend has a Red Sox blog. Another has a fishing and outdoors blog. Lately I’ve been writing — with various degrees of success depending on who you ask — about music. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of music blogs in the world. Does that deter me? Not really. Writing about shows and albums is something I want to do, so I’ll keep it up. 

But what about the rest of the time? Do you want to know about what is or isn’t going on with Melody? Most of you reading this have never met her. Would I feel bad writing about it? No, because I like to think I’d try to be objective about it, but, really, who of you cares?

But, man. That personal writing… it always makes for the most compelling and interesting stuff to read. Beth keeps telling me I’ve got the chops to blog on a daily basis if I wasn’t so lazy. She’s probably right and I appreciate the support, but I’ve got to have something to put on paper. Or screen. I’ll keep working on it. And hopefully I’ll keep you interested.

Until then, Melody, I am going to pull my pants down and slide on the ice.