Getting Taken Down a Notch.

This whole writing thing is pretty interesting.

To be honest, the only reason I do it is because people read it. And some folks have gone so far as to say I am, wait for it, good at it.

Then again, when I think about it, when does anyone tell someone when they are bad at something? I know I meet plenty of morons on a daily basis and am sure to say ‘Thank you’ even after receiving horrible service from someone who managed to bungle the most mundane of tasks.

So needless to say, I take these compliments, no matter how well-intended, with a grain of salt.

But this past week, I had a J.D. from Scrubs moment. Just as I was busting-out a few posts, actually acting on inspiration as it hit me and feeling like I was hitting a groove…

I read a couple of blog posts from friends of mine that knocked me on my ass.

I’ve got quite a list of blogs listed to your right there, some of which are there because they: refer traffic to my blog, can damn hell ass write or are just friends.

I read a couple posts from folks who can just plain write. In fact, the posts were so good, that I thought about just giving-up. Seeing such talent, made me examine what I had been putting out there. And it paled in comparison.

Don’t get it twisted: I am stoked to have such talented friends around me. Seeing such great thoughts expressed so stylistically is just impressive.

I’ve never really thought of myself as a ‘writer.’ I had to take English 101 twice and only took one class in literature. I am good at imparting what is in my head and putting it on paper. That does not a writer make.

I got my degree in journalism on charm, not skill. *It was a Public Relations degree, so I think it’s appropriate.

Even though I have a journalism degree, I've never been into researching, fact-checking or editing. Ask any of my professors/editors from college, or read these here rants, and you can see why the journalism thing never really panned-out. But I do have stuff to say and a pretty strong voice when sitting behind a keyboard.

I am to a journalist/writer, what Jon Stewart is to cable news anchormen. Entertaining, but not to be taken too seriously.

And I am OK with that. The world needs Jon Stewart.

*BTW, Stewart is much smarter and is far more educated on the topics he lampoons than yours truly.

So here I am, aged 30 years, a tech support guy who manages to tap-out a rant every now and again, usually while hung-over.

Why keep doing it? Uh, well…

Why did I start in the first place? Uh, well…

I may not be the most eloquent, but I am easily annoyed and fairly observant. So there will be fodder for these pudgy digits of mine.

The next Mark Twain or Hunter S. Thompson I am not, but whatever.

Life is much easier when you give in to mediocrity.