Greetings fellow 21st Century digital denizens. I cannot call you minons yet, as one of my favorite artists Alice Cooper calls his followers for his syndicated radio show. I don’t even think I can call you followers since I don’t know you or whether or not you care to read my raw thoughts or “follow” me as on Twitter to increase your stats. Come to think of it this writing of a blog post reminds me a bit of the old adage “if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it does it make a sound”? Or the proverbial “what is the sound of one hand clapping”? I’m writing something now that is flowing out of me, tossing it out into the ether, at this very odd hour after pulling a late night writing technology marketing content against deadlines while my two young boys are sleeping in the next room. I have no idea if it will go anywhere or even if anyone will read it, so ergo, the analogies. All I know is that I signed up for WordPress on a bit of a whim as I embark on recreating my life post divorce with these two young boys, whom I now see on a limited, regimented schedule even though they live literally 2 blocks away in my sleepy and boring town. I’ll get back to this topic and the re-creation later on.
You see, I’m new to the blogosphere, at least wrt publishing in it. Oh, I read a lot of blogs on the web, consume lots of digital delectables from all my favorite sites, follow lots of cool and intriguing people thru social media, connect with family and friends on facebook, collaborate with colleagues over WebEx, LiveMeeting, or whatever. I am fully plugged in with an iPhone, a MacBook Pro, an iMac, my home theater and my XBOX 360. All of these things are in my life at this time because I crave connection as well as satisfaction. I get my news, information, entertainment and other things through these wonderful technological marvels. Now it seems I will give a shot at connecting, at building a network and joining a community of likeminded people who feel empowered with their technology to drive even further into the void, all while pouring out their hearts, minds and souls while hopefully pulling something very valuable from it.
I’m happy to be finally writing for pure entertainment and joy, imparting my views and wisdom, rather than just slaving away at some technology marketing blather. There, I said it! This goes in line with my real time re-creation or “evolution” as William Hurt puts it in The Big Chill. And as in that movie, as he is interviewing himself with a video camera, he quips “and what are you evolving in to” to which he answers “I don’t have to answer that question”, when he shuts down the camera, I will close my first ever blog post. Future posts will continue in the vein of following or pulling threads as I continue this amazing journey of starting over post divorce and after losing everything financially that I worked in technology the last 25 years to build.
Oh well, se la vi. I still got my guitars!
Thanks for reading. Rock on!
guitarorth
Welcome to WWWW, Jersey Guy. You’re a poet, all songwriters are…poems arrive, some are hiding right now under and around all your iStuff. Allen Ginsberg said making poems/writing lyrics is ordinary magic. GL with your new life.
Toni
I agree Toni. Poems, lyrics, random snippets, all arrive to me at the oddest times! I’m new to blogging so I really appreciate your reading of my stuff and your comments. Speaking of poems, what did you think of Robert Blanco’s “One Today” for the inauguration? To me it embodied the ideal of America.