I’m Back Baby

I haven’t written anything in about a year. I haven’t written on this blog in close to three. I don’t know why, really. It’s not like I’ve been busy or anything. But I just listened to Bill Simmons discuss how he got to ESPN, and color me inspired. So here I am, writing words in coherent sentences for the first time in a while. The goal is to make this blog part of my life. It’s going to be in baby steps first. For now, my goal is three posts a week. If I can prove to myself that I can do that for a while, then we’ll go from there.

Do I care if anybody reads this? Nope. Hell, nobody even knows this blog exists. I’m doing this for me. Once upon a time I fancied myself a writer, even though I’d never really written anything. I wanted to be a writer though. And here I am, two years a college graduate, and I have no clue what I’m doing with my life. Here are things things I hope to get out of this little escapade:

1) Find my voice
2) Entertain myself (specifically make myself laugh)
3) Do it consistently
4) Avoid cliches

I feel like if I can do those things, this could turn out alright. I plan on writing about whatever’s on my mind that day, without any planning ahead–at least for now. There will probably be some sports, media stuff, movies, and the occasional story from my life. In the interest of the children, I’m going to try and keep this thing PG-13, though we’ll see how long that lasts (gotta find that voice!).

The biggest thing that I hate about myself is I tend to live in the future. I like imagining where things will go, not where they are right now. It’s a form of procrastination I guess. A week or two ago I discovered the longest joke in the world. I won’t spoil the ending for you (the imaginary reader), but suffice to say the punchline hit me like a Friendly’s Fribble 2 hours later. So I’m going to do my best to stop imagining myself at the end of the road, but rather at the bottom–which is exactly where I am. Hopefully I can just keep moving forward one step at a time.