Blogging for FrUstratioN. That’s what I do. Mustering up the creative juices to find something to write about is a challenge.

You see, according to Jody at SWT, I’ve taken this website and made it my own. He says it has “personality”. Trying to live up to that is a lot of freakin’ pressure. It’s tough to perform when your fans tune in expecting “personality”, whatever the jeepers that is. I think it means I’m interesting but not attractive, like Joe Pesci. It might mean that I have content that relates to my life, not just stuff I’ve found on the internet that is unique or weird. I’ve put these types of posts up before, but I don’t find them very satisfying, creatively speaking. I mean, toilet bowl fishtanks and flashlight slippers are creative ideas, but blogging about them feels like buying a lasagna and passing it off as homemade.

Sometimes I think I can get a post springboarded from a clever phrase, a play on words, or interesting quote. Shoot low boys, they’re riding Shetland Ponies. The blond leading the blond. The price of freedom of speech is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. Any of these could kick off an interesting rant, but could also serve as proof that Robert Jackson was right about the freedom of speech rubbish thingy. I mean, how do you get your post to be as interesting as the clever tagline that inspired it?

I often find inspiration in desperation. Posts about negative events in my life wind up being my most popular ones. These posts seem to entertain the most, but require pre-payment of cash or gray hairs. My sanity and wallet can only afford so much of this type of inspiration.

Then there’s always writing about nothing, or writing about how hard it is to find something to write about. Such is the topic of this post. Good ol’ faithful complaints about writer’s block are always superb fillers for creative imagination. Thank GOD for the ability to bitch about not being able to find a topic to write about!

But, enough about me and my problems. Let’s talk about you. You guys out there reading this are not totally without responsibility in this little venture so aptly named “Oh Me Nerves!” You guys have a job to do too. You have the job of motivating the author. “How do I do that?”, you ask. Leave comments on my posts. Tell me what you think… leave a smartass remark… just say “hi”. Alternatively, cash is a suitable replacement for comments if you are too shy to type a couple of words.

So, here’s your homework, my faithful readers. If you have read this post, leave a comment. Consider it an Oh Me Nerves roll call. Include four things:

1. Your name (first name is fine) and location.
2. Roughly how often you check in to this blog (daily, weekly, every now and then, you just fluked upon this post today, etc)
3. A complimentary comment regarding the content of this blog, its format, or the rugged good looks of its charming author (see pic included here for inspiration).
4. (Optional) A topic for discussion on one of my future posts.