Let’s be honest; 2021 was not a very active year for this blog. I spent more time on my Twitter account. The main development there is that I have become more open about my poetic tendencies.
However, this post should not really be about 2021. I mean, it was a very important year and all that but I believe that 2021, if it is to be described at all, deserves a more complete, focused, and detailed piece of writing than a simple diary post.
It’s been so long since I’ve written anything that I need to go back to my basic rules. It is better to be writing than trying to find something interesting to write about, so fuck it. That’s a good rule.
I’m trying to think of what my goals might be for 2022. Hmm…
It’s hard for me. I have a pretty solid ability to recognize what is “good” when I see it. The conclusion I’ve come to, from a very countable number of years using that ability, is that Reality is inevitably more fascinating and yes, even more good. I understand that, to some people, that conclusion actually displays a very weak ability to recognize “good”. I have no counter to that position, negative though it may be, and I simply bow out of any initiated argument in the matter.
What the hell was I even talking about in that last block? Part of me would enjoy going through the block and rewording things to be at least slightly coherent. Another part of my thinks that it’s hilarious to leave it incoherent. If coherence was the true heart of expression than War would be the optimal choice. Does that make any sense? I don’t know.
Right about now, you’re probably questioning my “Basic Rule” that I mentioned earlier. Is this really better writing than the alternatives? Who knows. I’m just trying to get back into the groove here. It’s been a while.
By the end of January I will have finished my book.
“Whoa!” you say. “A book? That sounds a lot like a goal for 2022.”
You’re right, of course. This book is a collection of my two main forms of writing: a selection of my blog posts of passable writing quality, and the vast majority of my Twitter account posts. Again, I have quite a few Twitter accounts. The regular types of tweets, those typical for the website, are posted in one account. That account will not contribute anything to this book. My “Serious” Twitter account, where I put real effort into the quality and writing of the posts, is the one that will be included in the book. I will be printing about 25 copies, the minimum amount of copies that this publishing website will produce. I plan to give most of the copies away to people; my family members and close friends.
I imagine I’ll have a few copies left over but I have no idea what I’ll do with them. If anyone reading this (unlikely) wants a copy, I’ll send you one if I have any left over. Good luck contacting me, I’m pretty terrible at keeping tabs on any notifications I may or may not be getting from whatever websites.
I’m done now. I would like to write at least one of these little diary posts every day but I know, for certain, that I will not keep up my Day Streak for very long. If I could go 10 days in a row writing something, even once this whole year, I’ll be happy with that.
Happy New Year, BTW. We, the Collective, are doing an admirable job dealing with ourselves, at least in my opinion.
As soon as I start making sense, let me know.
The Mind of Joshypoo 