Starting a Blog

10:01pm
I just read an article in this month's Sunset magazine that has motivated me to switch portions of my balance to more writing. It said that maybe one should consider watching less news and write more of your thoughts. So I ponder this thought as I make two version of empanada recipes; Why do I need to know the news every six hours? How does that better my life, and those around me? The news is important, but not so that I have to have an app on my Blackberry knowing every step that Barrack Obama is taking every minute on the day: woke up today played with the first dog, had breakfast on the white house lawn, took a ride on air force one to cruise the city, signed a few treaties, now I'm sitting on the porch.
I do admit that the 11 o'clock news has given me a point of reference to the evening. Growing up in Paradise Hills the family used this as a marker for the grown ups to go to bed, and to yell at anyone else who hasn't gone to bed yet. As an insomniac I use it as a marker to shut off my computer, stop any tasks that I might be working on (work or teaching related); and work on something I like: reading, watching the History Channel...etc.
Back to the point of the article was that immersing yourself with so much news maybe can be substituted with just thirty minutes of writing. It was motivating. I can can use this as an excuse if the empanadas do not turn well.
Thirty minutes is a flash in our lifetime. I see this being more valuable than hearing about another after shock from a southern California earthquake.
In all intent and purposes ( I promise I will not use another cliche in this blog) this is more for me , and not necessarily for others to read, but I don't really mind it. Maybe I'm trying to carry on somewhat of JD Salinger's intrigue in the honesty of his writing. WHo knows, maybe I'll have another Holden grows out of this writing. So if you are reading any of this, Welcome. If you are not here: hope you are enjoying whatever you are doing. Maybe tell me what is on the 11 o'clock news. Wait a minute, that might be defeating the purpose of all this.
I have to view this as an investment to the balance of life. If any of you have heard me lecture on the 5 twenties, this would not take over one of those tabs, but included in the "self" tab.
We have our days when we can't find a crumb of creativity any where, on some it is spilling out of our ears. It can possibly explain the reasoning, or let's say its the motivation, of this blog. I never understood this in the first place, but I might understand it now, and even more so as this continues. Who cares who reads it, but care for writing it.
It's a sign of the times, and I'm trying to define these times, at least my own. In a way I'm old school. I like using the computer for drafting purposes, however I like teach hand drafting. Its an art form lost, yet one can really understand the building system learning how to use this tool. Does wiritng mindless thoughts bring back the days of filling up your comp books in high school. Maybe I'm just now appreciating that exercise.
I hear la donne e mobile - pavorotti version with london symphony - that is another motivation being sparked.
What song gets you going lately?
End 10:30pm