There was a period in late May and early June when I was really able to crank out blog posts. The mind was really engaged. There was a point that I actually was ahead 30 posts. Which was, I suppose, a good thing. Because when it started getting hot, my blogging started to cool off. I might write 2 posts in 10 days. So I would be down to 22 posts.
Now, I suppose I should explain that they were not the next 30 days out. They were for whatever special day struck my fancy. So I have written, weeks ago, posts for September 2 and 25, November 17, for example. But not necessarily for three days hence.
I think I hit a patch of melancholia. I can usually tell because I often buy stuff. For instance, Mile High Comics had this 60% off sale, which I used to purchase some Marvel Masterworks, about $300 of books for only $120, with free shipping.
My buddy Alan was having an eBay sale, and I bid on two books, one of which I got, a bio of Krazy Kat creator George Herriman. (On the other, an autobiography of Joe Simon, someone outbid me at 1:39 pm and the bidding closed at 1:40.)
I decided to buy more music on Amazon and ordered $25 worth for free shipping. I was surprised and pleased to discover that I had some Amazon points somehow, so that the purchase, of Outkast, Neil Young, and Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave) was free.
Oh, and I received my Top Pop Singles book I had ordered a few months earlier.
Generally, I’m just not that acquisitive. But I admit that getting stuff in the mail gave me almost as much of a rush as seeing the actual items themselves. It was peculiar.
Now I’ll spend time reading/listening to these items, which I hope will tide me over until the ACTUAL Christmas.
I know how you feel. Every now and then I hit a patch when not much is going on and I get seduced by eBay and Amazon. I have a stack of books that “I will get round to reading one day, when I have the time to do the justice” as I tell my wife.
I’m big on the library myself, or going to Barnes and Noble, buying a coffee to keep myself honest, and reading there. Hey, sometimes I buy something else, but we have local book stores, so when I want to buy a book, I generally shop locally!! I know that seduction factor of being able to point and click. Had to stop buying, got out of hand!! Thanks, Roger, and peace, Amy
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You now understand the female mind and “retail therapy.” Be afraid…be very afraid.