October 5, 2008

I am a Terrible Blogger

Top 10 reasons why I am a terrible blogger:
1) Because I write well and I’m wasting my talent by not practicing.
2) Because I have installed three versions of wordpress and yet have not consistently used any as a publishing platform in the last three years.
3) Because I love reading good writers and talking about good writers, but I won’t allow myself to become one.
4) I hate the word “blog”; it sounds like “blob.”
5) I have a box of business cards that names my profession as “Writer.” I have not given any of them to anyone except as an example of my stellar graphic design skills. The card is really pretty neat looking though. Really.
6) Every teacher I’ve had since the second grade has said that I should be a writer.
7) I spend an inordinate amount of time spicing up and copyediting Craigslist ads and dance forum posts, a true example of my misplaced energies.
8) I abhor poor writing. I can rant extensively and specifically on this topic. People like L. Ron Hubbard win a place in my “worst writers of all time” hall of fame because as an ex termed it, “He writes like the way he thinks smart people would write.”
9) I actually enjoy reading books about syntax, grammar and essay construction.
10) I can wield a pen or pencil with both hands.