distracted.
you know how when you sit down to write a post you most normally have an idea of what it is you want to say?
you kinda have a direction, a few key phrases, maybe, that you thought of… cleverly… as you showered or shaved that day.
you think to yourself, a-HA!, I’ve got it!! I’ll blog about this and that, and will boggle and astound my ever fastidious readers!!
you pat yourself on the back, knowing that with just a few words your wit and charm will entertain the masses, and you smile with glee that your nemesis in competition will never know what hit him.
you write and you write, enjoying every moment until…
you completely and shamefully lose your train of thought.
within seconds your mind is in a fog of confusion as you stare at your page, not quite certain what it is you were just saying.
surely you had a point? quite clearly you were on a roll, just moments ago, but…
you read, and you read and wonder to yourself,… where, exactly, am I going with this?
in a state of panic you copy, paste, delete and re-write with abandon in hopes of regaining some sort of direction to your writing, until you realize... its too late.
your mind is no longer with you...
distractions abound.
you are no longer witty, charming or clever.
you are, instead, quite dull.
and perhaps a touch boring.
you bow your head, resiging yourself to your writer's block fate, and call it a day.
... ever have that happen to you?
....... cuz, yeah.
that just happened to me, today.
twice.
Comments
kind of like Seinfeld..a post about nothing..
That's ok. You're still entertaining to read!
Posted by: jeffem | November 25, 2006 07:08 PM
that's where i've been for about a year now =)
Posted by: good ol' j | November 25, 2006 07:48 PM
Nothing to say and you still manage to write a blog post that is sufficiently long to require scrolling! That takes mad skillz!
Posted by: Danielle in Iowa | November 25, 2006 08:08 PM
nice post about not quite anything.
Posted by: Juls | November 25, 2006 09:32 PM
Ahhhhh....what's the post supposed to be about...again?!
Posted by: Denise "Firefly" | November 25, 2006 11:26 PM
I kind of know what you mean except for that part when you know you are writing something wonderful and entertaining. I know nothing of that - nothing.
Posted by: 21stCenturyMom | November 26, 2006 12:42 AM
I followed the link to your nemesis in competition...a couple in their 80's are your nemesis? Could this be a typo in the blog title?
Writing about nothing turns it into something...very clever.
Posted by: Michelle 595days | November 26, 2006 11:45 AM
Isn't that the POT calling the kettle black. I hope your freudian type isn't implying I have a POT belly or something. Because I know it isn't that I smoke POT.
Let's take a POL and see if anyone can figure out the humor...
Posted by: Iron Pol | November 27, 2006 08:01 AM