BEEN IN A BLOGOSPHERE FRENZY, AND...
...I have been spending sometime thinking about Colombian politics, watching CARACOL news. reading what I could and... after making a mini (for me) comment on loudmouthbitch's blog about Colombia, I came to the conclusion that I wasn't feeling this anymore. To me, it's been fascinating especially as South America's back in the news with the revelation that Feith had suggested bombing Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay after 9/11 just for fun, and because Alvaro Uribe is Bush's only ally down there. Wow, even a murderous bastard like Garcia wants nothing to do with Chucklenuts. Plus, the "war-on-drugs" continues apace, Uribe's in trouble for being so close to right-wing paramilitaries (and water's wet), and The Economist had a piece on Colombia not long ago which was vintage Economist: beautifully researched, beautifully written and a bunch of right-wing bullshit. It would have been fun to take that apart. Moreover, everything you know about Colombia -- except that, indeed, it's all about the coke -- is wrong. The place is huge and very, very diverse. The cities are huge in population and the politics are fascinating in that, yes, there's a Jewish cultural elite that hates Bush and gave money to Gaviria against Uribe. And you would have made a killing borrowing U.S. dollars and lending Colombian Pesos despite everything that's fucked-up about the place.
Those are some of the highlights but there's way, way more. And to write about it would have accomplished what exactly? It would have bored everybody.
I had some thoughts about the U.S. Open golf tournament. More boredom for everybody.
So, I'm going to take blogger Lily's advice and get in my metaphorical canoe in search of serentity. Going to run some errands which have been hanging fire. Do some work. Start working on my poker again -- which I also hadn't been feeling for a couple of weeks. And when I take the notion to start writing again I will. I cannot, however, promise that I won't be as tedious as I have been for the last two years.
Kelso's Nuts love you.
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Kelso you do what makes you happy, I will check in on you!
You can also email and keep in touch- zelleblog@gmail.com.
Happy? Is anyone happy? I generally know my mind and my body and when I'm not feeling something I take a break. That break can last months or a fraction of a second.
I never bought into the whole American Idol/Paris Hilton thing being every single American's obsession because I know how thoughtful and rigorous so many people are.
But last night when I got so obsessed with Colombian history and politics, I realized that while Iraq can hold peoples' attention for a little while, I'm wasting my time sharing my interst in this relatively esoteric subject, and, following on from that, as most of the stuff I'm into is esoteric, I'm boring.
If I just want to masturbate, I can do that in my bed with a man's normal tools of the trade! LOL!
Everyone needs to get away occasionally.
Blogs will be here when you return.
you reckon, larry?
Kelso I dont think you are boring at all, but I do think you have high expectations of people and their ability to focus on a particular topic online. Sometimes I get into a topic too then I look around and realize...I'm kind of talking to myself. Awkward! :)
People might be trying to encourage lots of different opinions, so it might look like they are not spending time on the points/issues you raise. Or maybe they are just not knowledgeable or find that its too much to try to address every thing. I dont know. I know that many people end up feeling some kind of dissatisfaction with blogs, despite the good that they do. Which is subject to opinion.
You cant take things personally though, I think you have to keep looking for the place that grabs your attention. Like a bar, takes a while to find the right combination of good regular conversation, convenience, clean glasses. Comfort, dirty enough to be comfortable but sure as hell not dirty enough to be skeeved out.
It isn't like masturbation to me as much as it seems like a long series of one night stands where the goal is to get-not to give. Get off, get dressed, go home, wait for flowers. Then act bitter about it and pretend it was more than it was.
People comment so you go read their stuff. I know one blogger who comments at almost a hundred blogs- saying she hopes to get ten comments from it. Well what the hell point does that have REALLY?
I really do like the bloggers I read- or I would not bother.
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