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Isn’t it pathetic awful gruesome funny how writing a post every day can create arbitrary pressure that sucks the life out of you makes writing a post more challenging?  Heh, I think so.

I’ve been getting writer’s block every single night.  On Sunday, I panicked into creating a giant shrine in my back yard to Jen over at Steenky Bee.  I truly believe NaNoBloMo causes insanity.  I’ve developed a ritual to help me write every night that involves preparing myself to face my blog.  Mostly, it involves articles of clothing and certain snack items.  Back in the day, it would have involved vast quantities of hard liquor.  I’m not sure which is scarier.

To get ready, I put on my ‘blogging costume’, which includes any (or all) of the following:

• My lucky pirate hat - hoping for inspiration from Captain Dumbass.

• My last straw - ba dum bum.

• Elmo - my blogging supervisor, who reports to Panda.

• My blogging jacket - I only wear it when I’m in desperate need of inspiration.  Or when I’m cold.

• Small snack item - just a boost to keep me going.

It must be working, because tonight I’ve got…nothing.  Nothing at all.

Sigh.  Back to the drawing board…

Blogging costume

When I was in high school, I studied classical piano.  I attended the local Guild Auditions, and even made it as far as the regional competition my senior year playing Chopin’s Nocturne in C# Minor.  Maybe someday I’ll dust it off and play it here.  I studied piano when I went to college.   Naturally, I’ve spent my professional life in computers.

I didn’t plan to have the career I’ve had, but I can’t say I regret it.  It just sort of happened to me.  Now, when I’m facing the threat of being laid off (aren’t we all), I’m waxing philosophical.  If I could choose, what would I really want to do?  What would I choose to spend the rest of my life doing?  What means the most to me?

I think if I could choose anything, it would be what the guys in the video below do.  I want to get paid to make stupid videos on YouTube.  I would love it.

[WARNING: While this video MAY be safe for work, it might be scary for the little ones.  There is simulated cardboard robot violence. ]

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YouTube Direkt - Sherlockbot

Are you doing what you want?  If you could choose anything for a job, what would it be?