A few weeks ago, I was deep into a game of Lush bingo when my friend Geoff mentioned that we made Jakey Emmert’s blog.
Jakey is a local celebrity, best known for his standup comedy. Through his blog, Jakey has basically become Minneapolis’s gay Carrie Bradshaw. (Seriously – the posts are hilarious.)
I remember feeling amused and a bit jealous while reading Jakey’s blog.
Geoff and I agreed that there was no way that we could write about dating, work, and bar creatures without major repercussions.
As a comedian with a retail job, it seemed like Jakey was free to write about the ridiculous experiences that most of us go through but can’t speak publicly about.
I used to believe that the best bloggers were in special situations that made it “safe” to write. (Remember when Heather Armstrong got fired?)
I realized today that this notion is crap.
This blog is worth maintaining solely for the digital scrapbooking factor.
I love, (and am sometimes horrified by) my ability to read what I wrote 10 years ago.
That’s amazing, but only possible by sticking to it.
I’m also jumping on Frank Chimero’s “Homesteading” bandwagon. Frank noted that the web has become a completely siloed place where we abandon our blogs in favor of places like Instagram or Tumblr. (Many of my old blogs were akin to Instagram posts.)
Although I’ll still post to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. I’m going to step up my blogging game.
Blogs are still the best way to generate thoughtful in-depth content, and blogs like this will likely outlive the social network of the moment.
So hi.
I’m back.