A hypothetical sequence of events in which meltdown at an out-of-control nuclear reactor could cause the molten core to go deeply through the earth.
I didn't know blogs had the propensity to cause a china syndrome!
When I started my blog it was because I wanted a space where I could write anything that came to my mind, as well as try my hand at genres different from what I usually wrote. I wanted to be creative and at the same time get some feedback as to how it would be received. I never for one second thought that this would end up being a competition of sorts and would wake up the green monsters of jealousy and bring the yellow monsters of envy out of hiding.
When I am kissed by the muse, to write about anything at all, from footnotes, over editors, to eyes, mullahs as salesmen or even nebulizers, I just start writing without having any numbers in mind, about prospective hits, or positions in a list or even being popular or being resented.
I know that sometimes I have some weird and whacky (apologies to Aran for using her blog name here, but I thought it very fitting) ideas, but I never thought that they would start some sort of diplomatic incident in the blog community.
I thought that blogs were supposedly created to provide a medium for people to express whatever thy felt like expressing, be it good, bad, personal, impersonal, intellectually stimulating, smile inducing, thought provoking, entertaining, plain boring or downright ugly. I also thought that they were supposed to be fun. Fun to keep up, fun to read, fun to comment on and fun to learn from at times. I didn't think that they were yet another reason to find a way to create some problems or bad feelings, feelings of inadequacy, of resentment, of envy, or whatever else. Life has enough problems as it is, without them extending into some virtual notebook holding a collection of posts about anything at all.
Maybe I should just stop writing altogether or go back to writing for personal consumption only and not put anything up for scrutiny of the public eye, since it seems to be antagonising.
My deepest apologies for whoever feels offended. That was not the purpose at all.
Current Mood: Embarrassed
Current Music: Sorry seems to be - Elton Jon
