Surviving in the world of blogging

Ive been trying to think of ways to resurrect my blog. Its not the first time this thought has crossed my mind, as I am an infrequent blogger. I blog when I have excess energy, and unfortunately that is not something I have been blessed with lately (lately being several years…). I found that once I was done with my studies and was forced to wear the chains of adulthood (generally referred to as “fulltime job”) my spare time was reduced to almost nothing. Suddenly I found myself exhausted come Friday, and going out or sitting down with the computer to write, was unthinkable. Also, sitting in front of a computer all day at work doesn’t exactly render spare-time computer work arousing. At least, these are the excuses I am giving myself…it could of course be that I am getting old and lazy…or just lazy.

So the result of all this is what you have now stumbled upon. A half-dead blog.

“Why don’t you just delete it or leave it be?” you ask, and it is a perfectly valid question. I have asked myself that as well and I think my answer to it is that this blog holds a special place in my heart. It contains all, -well not all, but quite a few, of my thoughts and rambles over the past 6 years and also quite a few memories. Almost like a diary, except this one is far more public. I also still enjoy writing a little here and there, and can’t quite accept the idea of leaving it completely behind.

Instead I am trying to think of ways to give it a new voice. If I have ever had a theme on this blog it has been the total lack of one. I have enjoyed not having to write about one specific topic or from a certain viewpoint. And I guess this very thing is also what has made it difficult to keep up. –Almost like a vicious circle. I have no specific topic because I don’t want to have one, and hence I have problems writing.

– Quite the pickle Ive gotten myself into, huh…?

I did try the theme blogs though…photo and film, both interests of mine, but I found it too time consuming. And although I haven’t quite given up the idea of maybe getting back to ‘em, I have left them idle for even longer than this one (bad girl). So that leaves me with a conundrum;

What to do?
-give up?
-find a theme?
-write once a year? – And if so, what about?

I know that a blog, in order to be “successful” (I guess success can be measured in many ways) in the world of blogs, needs a theme. Or at least that is what they keep telling me. It needs a theme to attract readers and mostly, to keep readers. But how do you get around this if it is the writing in itself that interests you, and not necessarily the topic you are writing about? I find it amusing that one of the entries that get the most hits on this blog is a ramble on flies in the rain…I had a silly thought and decided to put it down on paper…or screen…

So whats the key? How do I survive in the world of blogging? How do I resurrect my blog?
Any ideas?

I welcome any with gratitude.

App addicton

So...When you are stuck in the Saharan desert (work not pleasure), you suddenly find yourself bored at night. Not because the Sahara in itself is boring...but because there really isnt that much to do after working hours.

You can always turn on the TV, and watch one of the 20 arabic satellite channels, but somehow that isnt as fun when you dont speak the language...Nor is it stimulating watching other foreign shows (spanish, french, german) with arabic subtitles. -Although I will admit that getting TV signals in itself is impressing enough! I can also concede that arabic is a beautiful written language...

Anyway, my point is that you have time to kill in the evening, and this is where my latest app addiction manifests itself.

I wrote about wordfeud in a previous entry and although fun, I quickly lost interest. It just wasnt amusing enough to hold my attention. Draw Something, on the other hand, has what wordfeud is missing...It has the laughing factor.

The game is simple; you draw a word, your friend guesses and finally draws a word for you to guess. And so it goes. You get points and I assume someone wins in the end...But who cares? It lets you laugh out loud while watching your friend draw "Madonna"...or "hurt". It also lets you snicker while watching your dad trying to guess your drawing of "plague". In fact, I have so much fun drawing and guessing that Ive never even bothered to learn the rules. I just play and laugh.

Its a fun way to pass time.
Enjoy. I know I do.