I have kept many blogs over the years, from my very first online update of the various areas of my life - posted so friends and family could keep up with me - to my all-time favorite blog, "As The Tummy Turns", hilarious tales of my love life. Tummy was a precursor of Sex in the City, having started as letters to and from home while I was away at college in the early 1990's, which later turned into emails, and then morphed into a full-fledged blog.
The blog, as much as I love it, was retired for two reasons. The first reason was that I met someone special, and I did not care to share what I had found with the world at large for fear of losing it. We are still together after several years, and I would like to see us stay that way. Blogging about the details of a personal relationship can be a sure-fire way to make certain said relationship will end - quickly, and on a very bad note.
The second reason this blog reached an unexpected demise was because the co-founder of Tummy - my dear, sweet, sarcastic, and flamingly outrageous friend Jimmy - passed away somewhat unexpectedly. Jimmy, who had been there for me through the trials and tribulations of my teenaged angst (we had met when I was only 14); through my mixed-up twenties, and up until the day he passed. With him passed a part of me, and that which had been ours was permanently laid to rest as well.
Blogging has not been the same for me since retiring As The Tummy Turns. I have tried to keep blogs on various topics, such as my return to school, but one can only cover so much ground before treading on the confidentiality of others. My online advice column, "Ask Koko: Practical Advice From A Cat" had a pretty secure following, but then Koko - a formerly feral cat - decided it was time to return to the wild, breaking my heart in the process. Maybe I will revive the blog with my current cat, Tazi. He already has his own Facebook page; and putting my first degree to use while hiding behind the anonymity of a cat was a lot of fun. Plus, the whole legal liability issue of "for entertainment purposes only" is encompassed in the fact that you are asking for advice from a CAT!
I no longer have time to keep up with my old NFL Sunday Football blog, even if I wanted to revive that old rag-sheet (which I do not!). I just don't obsess over football like I once did...like an old lover; it no longer holds the appeal it once had, although I would be hard pressed to explain why.
Other ideas for blogs I have attempted or thought about attempting are:
A) A dieting blog, sharing tips and health science for those who seek to lose weight without developing an eating disorder
B) Tarot readings, which I have done professionally, but some of the followers I developed started to seek my advice several times a week - and that was a for-profit service. I can only imagine how deluged I would be if I gave it all away for free
C) A photo blog, called "A Picture Is Worth...", in which I photograph and post scenes of every-day but unnoticed beauty. I am in the process of a project called The 365 Photo Project, in which you take a picture a day of whatever catches your eye. I am finding I have an eye for nature - particularly flowers - and my cat, Tazi.
D) A Stewie Griffin fan site. I have watched Family Guy since its première episode, and am an obsessive fan of that sweet little matricidal baby.
E) A blog of sensational and tabloid news stories. Since the Weekly World News stopped its print edition, there has been a gigantic void in publishing world...as well as a strange lack of news on the "Bat Boy".
I have never blogged for money or fame - although a little extra cash in my pocket would be nice, I prefer to remain behind the scenes - a news-writer, if you will, rather than a news-maker. I think that settles it. My "Clubhouse Blog" will be an advice column by my cat. Perhaps Scoop Away would like to sponsor it? Or maybe Whiskas cat food, by Purina? My Tazi would sooner starve than eat anything else!
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