"When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun'." Groucho Marx
I’ve been writing a local urban neighborhood blog for a month or two. I used to write about myself, but it got old. Or I got old. Whatever.
Now I talk about cool things- like violent crime, cookies on sale at the grocery store and how Oprah makes me ill.
Occasionally, I long to write about myself. Last week, I found myself in an elevator with two med school instructors and a cart piled high with open boxes of (real) skulls. That would’ve made a pretty good entry.
Yeh, the self obsessed navel gazing thing is really popular. And why shouldn’t it be, if we can’t write about our own lives with authenticity what can we write about?
Umm… I’m making this harder than it has to be, I’m sure. My favorite topic, quite honestly, would be to blog all about my characters and what they’re up to and how I feel about them and how one fictional rabbi in particular annoys the hell out of me.
I can argue that they’re not me but I did still create them, so am I really blogging about myself or not?
Sometimes it is excruciatingly painful for me to blog about myself. It’s not uncommon for me to weep after writing a post. Or even after reading a post like your previous one. So am I my favorite topic to blog about? Not at all. But I do it because I think it may help, not only me but others.
I like to blog about travel. OK, let’s be honest: I like to travel, and I try to blog about it. Since I’m in-between international tours right now, I’m doing a series on the Israel National Tour for the middle-aged and enfeebled.
I’ve got a few favorites. I like to write about New Jersey. I grew up there and I have a sort of love/hate relationship to the state. Second, I love writing about my current neighborhood in Boston, Jamaica Plain. It is very old, founded in the 1600s, there is a lot of progressive politics, and there is always something to say about the place. Finally, I am into weird phenomena (UFOs, ghosts, spontaneous combustion). Now, the catch is, I write a blog for BABY BOOMERS. How does all this stuff fit in? I have no idea. Maybe it doesn’t.
SG,
Some people give up their imaginary friends when they get older, others write books. 😉
LOL!!
Whatever strikes my fancy, or ticks me off, is what I like to blog about most.
😉
Life in Israel, of course.
Marallyn,
That sounds reasonable.
PP,
Chocolate is a great topic.
Snoopy,
That’s gnarly dude. 😉
Chocolate
Bitching?
me and mine in the holy land…never a dull moment see cuz the middle east ain’t the midwest…stay safe…great idea jack…yahooooooooo
Rhea,
Your neighborhood sounds pretty cool.
Gooch,
Could be, how many admit to that.
Moze,
I am big on travel. The blog sounds like the perfect place to do it.
Paula,
I like books, I like writing. Do I sound like Borat.
Chana,
Another topic that I love. The blog is a great journal.
Rivka,
You are doing something worthwhile and important.
Mist,
Stripper panties- I think so.
SG,
Some people give up their imaginary friends when they get older, others write books. 😉
Amishav,
Well said.
Chana,
Blog first for yourself and then for your readers. Just my two cents.
Judi,
Another worthwhile pursuit.
Shelli,
Kids are great blog fodder.
Karla,
We just let you think that you are right. 😉
Irina,
Crazy situations are cool. I specialize in those, who else fights with the salvation army bell ringer.
Good answers folks, I very much appreciate your answers.
Adventures. I love blogging about crazy situations the most.
The fact that the whole world is wrong and I’m right.
Malka Palka Pooka Palka
I’ve been writing a local urban neighborhood blog for a month or two. I used to write about myself, but it got old. Or I got old. Whatever.
Now I talk about cool things- like violent crime, cookies on sale at the grocery store and how Oprah makes me ill.
Occasionally, I long to write about myself. Last week, I found myself in an elevator with two med school instructors and a cart piled high with open boxes of (real) skulls. That would’ve made a pretty good entry.
I wrote about poverty, instead.
Ideas that are new to me, innovative and interesting, and are either literary or biblical in nature.
Sadly, people seem to prefer it when I talk about myself.
*sigh*
Yeh, the self obsessed navel gazing thing is really popular. And why shouldn’t it be, if we can’t write about our own lives with authenticity what can we write about?
Umm… I’m making this harder than it has to be, I’m sure. My favorite topic, quite honestly, would be to blog all about my characters and what they’re up to and how I feel about them and how one fictional rabbi in particular annoys the hell out of me.
I can argue that they’re not me but I did still create them, so am I really blogging about myself or not?
I dunno…
I’m going to go with me on this one.
Sometimes it is excruciatingly painful for me to blog about myself. It’s not uncommon for me to weep after writing a post. Or even after reading a post like your previous one. So am I my favorite topic to blog about? Not at all. But I do it because I think it may help, not only me but others.
No-brainer – the kinderlach!
Books and writing, but I mostly blog about something from the news.
I like to blog about travel. OK, let’s be honest: I like to travel, and I try to blog about it. Since I’m in-between international tours right now, I’m doing a series on the Israel National Tour for the middle-aged and enfeebled.
Isn’t everyone’s favorite blog topic – THEMSELVES?
I’ve got a few favorites. I like to write about New Jersey. I grew up there and I have a sort of love/hate relationship to the state. Second, I love writing about my current neighborhood in Boston, Jamaica Plain. It is very old, founded in the 1600s, there is a lot of progressive politics, and there is always something to say about the place. Finally, I am into weird phenomena (UFOs, ghosts, spontaneous combustion). Now, the catch is, I write a blog for BABY BOOMERS. How does all this stuff fit in? I have no idea. Maybe it doesn’t.