Hello fellow patients,
I find the idea of blogs to be a bit stupid.
A couple of years ago, I started writing things on MySpace (www.myspace.com/way2salty), simply as a joke. I noticed that people were using blogs as some sort of public diary, as if anyone else actually gave a shit. So I thought I would make fun of that by writing ridiculous ramblings (I hate the term "blogs") simply to amuse myself. I assumed that, like most everyone else's, my childish rants would be read by me, my girlfriend, and whoever happened across them while googling "midget+porn". For the most part, I was right, but some of my friends started reading them, and they gradually got mildly popular, at least among my tiny circle.
As anyone who has a friend in a band can attest to, even the most modest degree of success can lead one to believe that they have a "gift". I am no different. The fact that I have been able to sustain the attention of even a few people enough to have them regularly read my crap has allowed me to delude myself into thinking that the only reason I'm not the next Dave Barry is a lack of exposure. So I set out to expose myself as much as possible. After being arrested for pressing my penis against the glass at a hockey game, I learned two things: (1) If you're gonna whip it out in public, it is best not to do it in the direct vicinity of 17,000 cubic feet of ice, and (2) There are different types of exposure, not all of them good.
Lesson learned.
Luckily, the night in jail gave me time, not only to explore my sexuality (call me, Bubba!), but also to re-evaluate my plan. No more hockey for me. And that's not just due to the court order. I had failed to realize that my online ramblings needed online exposure.
Which brings me here.
Moving to Blogspot allows my ramblings to be discovered by a much larger audience, thus answering the nagging question:
Am I finally on the way to the big time, or do I have to accept the fact that my lack of a major book deal is Blogspot's fault?
Only time will tell.
I find the idea of blogs to be a bit stupid.
A couple of years ago, I started writing things on MySpace (www.myspace.com/way2salty), simply as a joke. I noticed that people were using blogs as some sort of public diary, as if anyone else actually gave a shit. So I thought I would make fun of that by writing ridiculous ramblings (I hate the term "blogs") simply to amuse myself. I assumed that, like most everyone else's, my childish rants would be read by me, my girlfriend, and whoever happened across them while googling "midget+porn". For the most part, I was right, but some of my friends started reading them, and they gradually got mildly popular, at least among my tiny circle.
As anyone who has a friend in a band can attest to, even the most modest degree of success can lead one to believe that they have a "gift". I am no different. The fact that I have been able to sustain the attention of even a few people enough to have them regularly read my crap has allowed me to delude myself into thinking that the only reason I'm not the next Dave Barry is a lack of exposure. So I set out to expose myself as much as possible. After being arrested for pressing my penis against the glass at a hockey game, I learned two things: (1) If you're gonna whip it out in public, it is best not to do it in the direct vicinity of 17,000 cubic feet of ice, and (2) There are different types of exposure, not all of them good.
Lesson learned.
Luckily, the night in jail gave me time, not only to explore my sexuality (call me, Bubba!), but also to re-evaluate my plan. No more hockey for me. And that's not just due to the court order. I had failed to realize that my online ramblings needed online exposure.
Which brings me here.
Moving to Blogspot allows my ramblings to be discovered by a much larger audience, thus answering the nagging question:
Am I finally on the way to the big time, or do I have to accept the fact that my lack of a major book deal is Blogspot's fault?
Only time will tell.
His Holiness Pope Salty I
Good thing you are getting away from MySpace. It is so 2007. This blogspot seems pretty cool. Do you have a Twitter account? What's the address? I'd really like a minute by minute update of what you are doing.
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