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Spin Cycle: Pure Energy
Fascinating. Pure energy. Pure thought. Totally incorporeal. Not life as we know it at all.
Mr. Spock, Errand of Mercy, Stardate 3198.4
The Super-Cool Sprite’s Keeper’s Spin Cycle over the last two weeks (she was at Disney World, so we got an extra week) is to reveal the birth of our blogs. The assignment is to reveal ‘your blog’s life story, autobiography, Wikipedia entry if you’re popular…’
Well, there’s no ‘Goodfatherblog.com’ wikipedia entry. That’s easy.
My blog started August 21, 2008. I have less than 100 posts.
I write about my family and my life.
Done! Except… that doesn’t really explain WHY I blog, or what my blog is to me. The more I thought about how I feel about my blog, the more I realized that while my blog started out as an experiment, it quickly evolved into an outlet of expression for me. A creative outlet. A way to connect with people that share my views and interests. I’m happiest when I’m creating something new. At work, I’m most effective when I’m leading a new innovative project. In college, I loved composing music. I view my blog now as just a natural expression of that same energy, taking a different form, escaping as it will.
After I started my blog and made my first few posts, it immediately took on a life of its own. It’s like it asks me if I’m being honest. Truthful. If what I’m hacking out is worthy of writing down.
Information Society expressed it well:
I wanna know
what you’re thinking
there are some things you can’t hide …
I wanna know
what you’re feeling
tell me what’s on your mind.
Pure energy.
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Posted: December 16th, 2008 under spin cycle.
Tags: spin cycle
Comments
Comment from sherendipity
Time December 17, 2008 at 4:13 am
They do kind of keep you honest, don’t they? Sometimes I have to hold back the honesty, or I’d scare the four readers that I have away.
Comment from IrishGumbo
Time December 17, 2008 at 4:22 am
Top O’ The Mornin’ to Ya’, Goodfather! What a great way to start the day! I hadn’t heard that songs in years. Wow, a blast from the past. And check out those production values! Good, times, man, good times…Where’s my skinny ties!?
The short answer to ‘Why?’ is ‘Because if I didn’t, my head would have probably exploded!’ Pure energy? I was/am burning up with it!
Comment from foradifferentkindofgirl (fadkog)
Time December 17, 2008 at 5:17 am
As soon as I read your post title, I started singing that Information Society song in my head, which is tough at this point in the day because I’m already at extreme exhaustion and/or pain levels! It was worth it, though.
Comment from Jan
Time December 17, 2008 at 5:36 am
I’ve been blogging since February and have a fraction of your readership.
I wish I were a guy.
I blog because I have no social life. 
Comment from Amy
Time December 17, 2008 at 5:50 am
Great ‘birth’ story! For me it is an outlet to other adults!!! A magical day to you!
Comment from DeeMarie
Time December 17, 2008 at 6:26 am
So glad you started this blog!! I have truly enjoyed getting you know you!
Comment from Lori
Time December 17, 2008 at 6:32 am
Been lurking for awhile and have never commented before but thought I would today since you are talking about the birth of your blog. You have a great blog here and I think a big part of why it’s so great is that you keep it real. I enjoy your humor and how much you love being a dad.
Comment from Cameron
Time December 17, 2008 at 6:36 am
My blog is court-mandated. Apparently they felt I was a heartless bastard for doing what I did to all those little kitty cats. So now I have to blog to ‘express myself’
Comment from Nothing Fancy
Time December 17, 2008 at 6:52 am
Great post! You compose music? How did I not know that? I need to pay closer attention! That is sooooo cool. We got The Boy a guitar for Christmas…hopefully he’ll be musical too!
Comment from WickedStepMom
Time December 17, 2008 at 6:53 am
I am glad that you started blogging. I love your creativity and you have a great bloggy birth story. Casey is right… we all started about the same time.
Comment from Twenty Four At Heat
Time December 17, 2008 at 7:08 am
Love you! But you know that already!
Comment from ash
Time December 17, 2008 at 7:10 am
Good entry! I didn’t know my blog was older than yours though..I thought you’d been around forever!
Comment from Petra
Time December 17, 2008 at 7:28 am
I started around the same time as you as well! Very cool description of why you blog…pure energy, I dig it!
Comment from churchpunkmom
Time December 17, 2008 at 7:29 am
did you know that my blog is less than two weeks older than yours?? (I’ve been blogging way longer.. but the one you read was started in early August 08). Of course, you’re way more popular than I am, but I forgive you.
Maybe some day I’ll catch up.. lol
Comment from E.H.
Time December 17, 2008 at 7:37 am
I loved seeing that video! How it transported me back in time. I feel so much younger now! Thanks Goodfather!
Comment from shonda
Time December 17, 2008 at 7:43 am
What a great blog autobiography! It is much better than mine, which is simply that I wanted fans. Just kidding, just kidding. It’s that I wanted an outlet for foul words normally directed toward my husband and kids.
Comment from Mama Dawg
Time December 17, 2008 at 7:57 am
I heart that song. And I’m happy that you blog. Makes my day go by that much faster.
Comment from Tricia
Time December 17, 2008 at 8:17 am
Great post. I contacted Wikipedia and they’ll be adding you right after the New Year. They promised!
Comment from Captain Dumbass
Time December 17, 2008 at 8:38 am
Thanks for dragging me kicking and screaming back to when men strangely wore lingerie in music videos.
Comment from HeatherPride
Time December 17, 2008 at 8:53 am
Wow, flashback to high school homecoming with that song. I’m gonna be singing it in my head all day now.
bombom bom bombombom bom pure energy
Comment from morethananelectrician
Time December 17, 2008 at 10:52 am
The fellas with decent blogs on these Internets are few and far between…
Comment from Michelle
Time December 17, 2008 at 11:53 am
I totally forgot about them… total blast from the past.
Comment from Sprite’s Keeper
Time December 17, 2008 at 11:59 am
Beautifully put! Honesty is such a fine line to walk when you are putting your thoughts out there. I love the way you write and always look forward to your posts. So, like everyone above me, I’m very glad youre doing what you’re doing! You’re linked!
Comment from georgette
Time December 17, 2008 at 12:02 pm
i started in aug 08 too. i think that makes us cousins. by marriage.
Comment from Anndi
Time December 17, 2008 at 12:34 pm
To think, I remembered all the words to that song…
Comment from HB
Time December 17, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Great post Goodfather. I’m so glad you blog, because now I know what’s going on in your brain. (Mwa ha ha!) But really, it’s cool to know what you’re thinking. As for my blog, it’s as nonexistant as I was when that Pure Energy song came out. (Hee hee):p
Comment from Midlife Mama
Time December 17, 2008 at 2:18 pm
*sigh* I guess I’m not cool.
I’ve never heard of those guys, and I never heard that song before.
Damn; I’m OLD. LOL
Comment from Laura
Time December 17, 2008 at 4:36 pm
So we get to give birth to ourselves? And name ourselves. How cool is that! What would you put on top of a blog anniversary cake? I’m thinking keyboard keys–maybe the key you use the most. (For me that would probably be the backspace key.)
Comment from Jessica Bern
Time December 17, 2008 at 4:54 pm
It’s amazing how much the tone of my blog has changed since I started in August 2007. I love it. It allows me to be me and (hopefully) put a smile on someone’s face.
Comment from phhhst
Time December 17, 2008 at 6:02 pm
We have a lot in common on the birth and growth and whys of our blogs.
Great video.
Comment from Ali
Time December 17, 2008 at 7:29 pm
That’s so cool that you’ve only been blogging so long and look what you’ve got now! Can you even imagine life before the blog? I sure can’t…
Comment from Deb on the Rocks
Time December 17, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Good post. I love watching blogs evolve.
Comment from kingofnewyorkhacks
Time December 17, 2008 at 8:12 pm
I started blogging in jue and had no idea that it would lead me to meeting great people like yourself. Bloggers unite!! ….or at least keep blogging !! LOL
Comment from Jim
Time December 17, 2008 at 8:15 pm
I started a few weeks before you. It’s amazing how it takes on a life of its own and the people you meet.
Comment from Ginger
Time December 18, 2008 at 6:11 am
I started mine around the same time and I think I have about 3 readers. Obviously, I’m doing something wrong. But the creativity part is what links us all together, I think! I wrote for a living, for a while, and when it gets in your blood, you’re always a writer!
Comment from Sammanthia
Time December 18, 2008 at 9:29 am
I started in May, I think. Or was it June? I’m not sure, but in any case I thought you had been around forever.
Huh.
Comment from Kirsten
Time December 20, 2008 at 11:40 am
Nicely put! Love that song, it’s the kind that gets stuck in your head… thanks! lol
Comment from Casey
Time December 17, 2008 at 2:34 am
Great start, I started about a week after you! Isn’t it funny how a lot of the people in our bloggy circle “came up” together in the blogosphere? Glad to have you around…