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[2003 July 01 @ 11:38 PM]

Unless You're Drunk, Don't Give Me A Monologue

While blog-raking last night, I found this:

Y'all know I don't simply re-post shit I find on the net. That ain't no blog.

That's an unsound blog fundamental. Without a repost or comment, there's no interaction. Worse, there's no dialogue. Without a dialogue, what's the point? Typewriters come cheap these days, just write a dusty book.

Furthermore, here's what m-w.com says about monologues: "a long speech monopolizing conversation."

Monopolizing Conversation. Yuck (unless you are Richard Lewis 15 years ago).

Anyway, case in point. Here is a bit blog dialogue (I'll leave it to the reader to create the neologism blogalogue -- 'cause I don't do things like that):

from being jennifer garrett's post: A two-and-a-half year plan

I've started making a list of things I want to do before I hit the big 3-0. (I've got 2 1/2 years, but these things require planning.) Mainly, I want this list to remind me to stop making excuses and living day by day.

So, under the guise that y'all will hold me to this, here's the list I've come up with so far:

1. Leave the country.
2. Pick someone up in a bar.
3. Drive across the country.
4. Ride a motorcycle.
5. Shoot a gun.

from my comment to this post:

Try it in reverse order:

5. Shoot a gun.
4. Ride a motorcycle.
3. Drive across the country.
2. Pick someone up in a bar.
1. Leave the country.

If you did it that way, you could probably get it all accomplished in less than 3 days; and, if #5 was Postal enough, you'd probably want to.

Unflamed dialogue is the root of progress -- otherwise we would all have mouths but no ears.

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Writing about what I want to write about instead of just writing about it:

While waiting for life that sucks to die, why not listen to my favorite unsigned bands: TQ's Garage Band Playlist.

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