what to do, where to go and who to ask for when i get there?
i’ve been through a bunch of different incarnations of the confessional personal blog. i don’t want to do that anymore.
i’ve tried keeping a graphic art/illustration theme central to this blog but i got bored. and also i realised something, graphic designers are, generally, quite dull people who think thinking outside the box all the time is thinking outside the box. it’s not, when all your colleagues are thinking outside the box in exactly the same way you are, then your box just got bigger but you’re still in it.
i’ve tried writing about lesbian parenting, but there’s many who do it (the writing) much better than me. and have political or heartwarming or uplifting or life affirming subjects at the heart of their writing, and all i manage to write about is poo and the time i banged drew’s head against a door frame.
i’ve tried keeping another blog related to the topics i am studying (librarianship shoooosh) but i forgot to update the blog for several months and now wordpress won’t let me back in. i didn’t even care that much.
i used to listen to music a lot and play music a bit and write about music quite often and think about music most of the time but not so much anymore. the last cd i bought would have been a couple of years ago, and was most probably a present.
my work is interesting and could possibly be the subject of a few good blog posts but blogging about work - that way madness lies.
frankly i got nothing. i need a holiday.
I really like the way you write and your insights. I’m not sure whether the topic really matters. You have a really definite Kristen “style” and a unique way of looking at things.
Anyway separate to that, amidst recent decluttering I found a whole pile of CDs you made for me a long time ago and I haven’t played for ages. Quite exciting
The persistent Kristen-ness is quite enough for me.
your persistent kristen-ness is very appealing to me.
perhaps you could blog about phrases you have picked up from ageing reality tv show judges?
I’ve never met you so I don’t know what kristen-ness is like in person but it’s definitely readable. and your insights about poo and lesbian parenting and all the other stuff are good, they’re useful to me and I’m sure to other lurkers around your blog, not just because they whittle away a few minutes of the boring working day but because they’re easy to relate to - maybe because they’re not coated in lots of political or heartwarming or uplifting or life affirming sentiment. I wish you wrote more.
I’m in the same spot. I’ve been blogging about my kids for over two years now, and I’m bored. Yes, I’m a lesbian, and yes I’m a parent.
But that all seems a little old right now.
Let me know if you get inspired. I hope to do the same.
I love your writing- it’s clever, original, thought-provoking and often bloody hilarious. Sometimes all these things at once. You say so much in short sentence. Or even just a hyperlink. That’s talent.