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Some goings on on my goings on.

I had minor ankle surgery thursday and have been laid up in my fourth floor walk-up apartment since then. I am healing way too fast to continue to wallow sleepily in your sympathy. Darn. I haven't even been in enough pain to justify painkillers. Double darn. You'd think someone who claims to be a writer would revel in this type of enforced solitude, but its not that way. Without movement, the outside, people, this writer becomes more of a thinker, which always creates difficulty. You ever noticed how following any thought, no matter how worthy, down diligently into its rabbit hole always leads to problems? Thoughts on the past lead to what ifs, or regrets, or at best half sad half recollections of some sweet memory. Thoughts on the future, though they sometimes lead to awesome daydreams, usually just remind us of all the things we are told to worry about. And there are so many things to worry about for a young American these days. Generally, we have Global Warming, Taxes, the Economy, the War, Honeybees, the end of the American Century. Thank goodness for Obama. He'll fix everything.

Before I get too cynical let me stop myself. You see, this is what happens when I think too much. Its tough though, because to write you have to think deeply about things, look for new angles. This is true especially of poetry. So for me, I have to walk a fine line in my own mind.

in other news (this is a hodgepodge entry) I am reading books about professional blogging. That's right, I am really interested in doing this thing more seriously, so I bought some books on niche blogging and one on WordPress and I'm really getting into it. One thing I have loved is the breakdown of blogging "benefits" into indirect and direct categories. Let me explain: Direct benefits of professional blogging usually come in the form of income from ads on your blog, or affiliate links on your blog. Basically you write to attract a large, loyal readership and your main goal as a blogger is to provide them with information/entertainment so their continued presence on your site provides you with income. Indirect benefits of pro blogging include things like increasing your profile as an expert, or a writer, which hopefully leads to other, more lucrative opportunities, like writing jobs. I would have to say I'm definitely more interested in the indirect benefits of blogging, and I am excited to develop some new blogs with that in mind.

in other news, how great is the TV show 'the Soup'. Just painfully awesome.

And with that, I'll depart. Maybe go injure myself some more so I can justify these painkillers.