{"id":1448,"date":"2014-10-26T14:31:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T19:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2020-05-24T18:12:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T23:12:02","slug":"blame-it-on-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?p=1448","title":{"rendered":"Blame it on something"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"clear:left; float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-top:10px;;width: 55px;\" name=\"fb_share\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=125029517579627&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?p=1448\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>At some point the excuses don&#8217;t hold water. Waiting for the punchline or for the window to open is a waste of time. I haven&#8217;t written long form for a while as I have been either uninspired or epically lazy. It doesn&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n<p>I have depended on automated lists and corner clicked faves to serve as some form of conversation and I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if no one checks here anymore besides the Russian spambots who fill the user list everyday. I&#8217;m not sure what they feel they will gain here, a storefront with no business.<\/p>\n<p>I am not writing politically as the Democratic email machine has built up my delete finger to nearly Mr. Universe size. Music? I still listen and dissect things that most would find unlistenable. Poetry? I have a few unflowery pages from this year but the eyes that find the tumbling words have been closed and napping most of the time. What about the promised podcast? I still want to be the one who corners that market but I haven&#8217;t acted on the idea.<\/p>\n<p>There is a part of me that wants to blame it on something as the motivation of the artistic side of me has been very limited. Mid-life blas, medicinal hokey pokey, the micro blogging habit&#8230; I just don&#8217;t feel compelled to create anything bigger than a like to be reshared.<del> <\/del><\/p>\n<p>Well, just sitting here with this draft is way beyond anything I&#8217;ve done in a while so who knows what could be next. I miss writing and podcasting; lets see if this can be a new start.<\/p>\n<div id=\"wpwrap\">\n<div id=\"wpcontent\">\n<div id=\"wpbody\" role=\"main\">\n<div id=\"wpbody-content\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"revisions pinned\">\n<div class=\"revisions-diff-frame\">\n<div class=\"revisions-diff\">\n<div class=\"diff\">\n<table class=\"diff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline\"><del>to business for a year or more.<\/del><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td class=\"diff-addedline\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Added: <\/span>I have depended on automated lists and corner clicked faves to serve as some form of conversation and I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if no one checks here anymore besides the Russian spambots who fill the user list everyday. I&#8217;m not sure what they feel they will gain here, a storefront with<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Deleted: <\/span> I am not writing politically as the Democratic email machine has built up my delete finger to nearly Mr. Universe size. Music? I still listen and dissect things that most would find unlistenable. Poetry? I have a few unflowery pages from this year but the eyes that find the tumbling words have been closed and napping most of the time. What about the promised podcast? I still want to be the one who corners that market but I haven&#8217;t acted on the idea.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Deleted: <\/span>There is a part of me that wants to blame it on something as the motivation of the artistic side of me has been very limited. Mid-life blas, medicinal hokey pokey, the micro blogging habit&#8230; I just don&#8217;t feel compelled to create anything bigger than a like to be reshared.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"diff-deletedline\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Deleted: <\/span>Well, just sitting here with this draft is way beyond anything I&#8217;ve done in a while so who knows what could be next. 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