I’ve decided to start posting about writing on here again. At least, I will blog about writing when I have something to say about it. (Prior to this, my writing posts have been over at Word Pirates.) The truth is, I am sick of blogs and have been trying to “blog” less. I think it’s a telling fact that bloggers “blog” instead of “write.” Kyle doesn’t have a blog because, he rightfully points out, he can get paid to write the same thing for a magazine. It’s a pretty good argument not to blog, if you ask me.

I recently went through my RSS feed and deleted all the blogs that bore me–gossip blogs, artsy blogs, blogs I feel I should read because I know the people who update them, etc. When I was finished, my RSS feed was about a quarter the size it had been before, but when I next ran it, I was actually interested in the updates. When I go on vacation, I don’t think to read blogs. Apparently when I have outside stimulus, the whole blogging world could fall into the ocean and I wouldn’t care. This suggests to me that I don’t have a deep connection to blogging and much of it is about boredom/procrastination/writerly angst.

Is it obnoxious to write about how you are tired of blogging on your blog? Still, I am. And also, don’t blogs seem a little hyped these days? People seem to take it all so very seriously. I thought this was just a fun thing we were all doing on our computers, but no, it turns out it’s big business. Money, money, money! It’s like Twitter: to me, this seems like a fun (and kind of dorky) thing people do in their spare time, but apparently it is something people want to invest in and fawn over and throw money at. Which is swell and all, but kind of ridiculous at base.

All that to say, I plan to blog on here more and not as much elsewhere. So stay tuned. When I get my camera back from where I left it, I will post about wine tasting, my anniversary, and giant squash. Hurrah!