Miscellaneous

Anybody out there?

Can you hear me?

Hmmm.

Blogging is interesting.

It takes a bit of time but, so far, I’ve gotten enjoyment from it too so the time is worth it. But, will it always be? That is the big question. I guess I’ll find out sooner or later and, in the meantime . . .

Blogging is such a personal thing. I like that. Tech writing isn’t so personal. Not sure if I like that or not.

My job title is Technical Writer but I spend almost all of my time managing content on a website. There are a lot of other people at my company who write and, well, somebody has to make sure all those words get on the site and look okay. That’s me.

Writing isn’t my strength and I enjoy poking around on the site. I was a graphic designer in another job a lifetime ago, so it works for me. I get the best of both worlds — most days I play with html and some days I write a word or two.

I guess that’s why I’m here, though. Writing a word or two doesn’t seem to be enough anymore. I like to write even when I don’t know if anyone will ever read it. I started writing a book once upon a time but lost track of where I wanted the story to go and got stuck after about a 100 pages. It’s in a drawer somewhere. I might finish it someday.

Maybe. Maybe not.

Blogging is a different animal. It doesn’t require all the care and feeding of technical writing and it doesn’t live with you as long as a book. It’s a brain dump and, as Martha would say, that’s a good thing.

Getting all those things out of your head and into a blog is sort of therapeutic — like talking to a shrink without the hefty fee — and makes room for more thoughts, newer thoughts, bolder thoughts, sillier thoughts.

I think I like it.

The hard part for me is all those new thoughts coming at me 90 miles an hour when I’m supposed to be doing something else — like working. That’s why sticky notes are also a good thing. Right now my sticky notes are:

~~Blogging~~
Tech Support
The Music Man
~~Aging~~
~~Nothing but one-pointers~~
They don’t make them like Cary Grant anymore
~~Game of Crones~~
Pennies
Light bulbs

Will I get to all those topics anytime soon?

Maybe. Maybe not.

Four down and five to go!

(Updated March 3, 2012.)

Some days it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed. Those days, thankfully, are very few and very far between for most of us. I can remember only a handful myself and all of those tied to some sort of medical issue.

This isn’t one of those days. This is a stay in pyjamas day — aka, a non-work, rainy day.

I love PJ days and, so far, this is a good one, with a good book and a nap too! What more could anyone ask for?

As a kid I was required to take naps, kicking and screaming all the way, but now I embrace a good nap with all the gusto of a long-lost love. Silly? Of course, but most often it’s the simplest things in life that give us the most pleasure.