Two of the hardest things I find about blogging are:
- Finding something interesting to say.
- Finding the time to put it into some sort of coherent fashion to post.
Like most people I have opinions on a variety of things. Some things are best left unshared and others can be interesting catalysts for discussion. Most of my posts so far have just been amusing or useful things I have found on the net that I thought were worth mentioning. I don’t really discuss much about what I think or feel or what goes on in my world. Reading about how people blog and what makes a successful one usually involves having a personal element involved which keeps your readers interested and gives your blog a more personal touch. I’m not expecting to become the next big hot blog that gets a mention on the radio or on a news website. This is more a personal thing for me and a bit of a hobby I am trying to explore and I’ve generally been somewhat an introvert most of my life so perhaps this will give me a successful way of expressing myself that I have not previously tried.
I’ve found a good blogging time for actually putting my thoughts into writing and getting it posted. So that’s one of the two issues potentially dealt with if I can keep it up. We have three sugar gliders that require playtime in the evenings and I’ve taken to bringing my laptop into our “glider proof” (if there is such a thing) room and using this as my blogging and misc net surfing time in the evenings when it’s my turn to feed and play with them. Using the wireless network to tune in to our iTunes jukebox machine in the living room which supplies the atmosphere 🙂 We’ve recently got two baby sugar gliders and they are cute as hell and very curious. They seem to like running over my keyboard but are not really heavy enough to type yet (unless they jump on it off my head!). Maybe if things get slow I’ll have them post for me.
Finding interesting things to talk about may be more difficult. As I’ve mentioned in previous postings I generally listen to a lot of BBC podcasts which always give me food for thought (for example the forbidden lego book in a previous posting came from a mention of it on such a podcast). The political and documentary ones in particular make me think and can cause a range of emotions in me (the story they did on Burma awhile back was especially sad). I am a total internet news junkie! Maybe I’ll try to put what I make of it all into words. The web has loads of interesting things and developments that are worthy topics of discussion. All the Web 2.0 sites out there (user defined/driven content) such as Facebook have caused quite a stir and, yes, I am on facebook I’m afraid to say. It’s not quite as addictive as it was when I first started but I do check it daily!
For now I should go pay attention to our older grumpy glider Taz! She’s sulking in her cage and probably needs some coaxing to get her out. I don’t think she is all that well at the moment; she’s gained weight and is sometimes a bit lethargic. Vet has looked at her and reckons her liver may be a bit dodgy and she’s somewhat constipated so I’m giving her the equivalent of Glider-Ex-Lax. I hope she gets a bit perkier soon; I miss her bratty self.
(as an aside, speaking of technology, with my little word processor I use I’ve just had to add “Facebook” and “podcast” as allowable words, lol).
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