I Bought a New Book

I think the trick to having a successful blog is to turn stuff that isn't very interesting into material that can be talked about at the water cooler. Or, since most places I know don't have water coolers anymore, you can talk about my blog around the vending machines that sell bottled water. For example, I could say that I flew home this weekend. That's boring. But if I somehow started my story with how I went through airport security effortlessly and without delay... well, come to think of it, that's not a very exciting story either. I suppose I could tell the hilarious story of how I ordered a tasty beverage on the airplane and GOT EXACTLY WHAT I ASKED FOR! Can you believe the nerve of the stewardess? Hmm, now that I'm thinking about it, this whole goal of turning uninteresting stories into talking points isn't really working for me...

I don't know if it's because studying for the bar makes life extremely uninteresting or what, but this clearly isn't working for me tonight. So I'm going to ask for a virtual favor from my limited audience -- give me some suggestions on what to discuss in a future blog entry. This will help accomplish several goals. First, it'll pad my comment section making me feel better about myself. Second, it encourages reader/author interaction. And finally, it will give me something to talk about more than having nothing to talk about. It really can be anything at all. If I don't have an opinion on the requested topic, I'll research just enough to form an opinion. It'll be fun, I promise!

I'm Back. But Not Learning Jiu Jitsu Anymore...

Well, for the one or two readers who may still care, I have decided to make a triumphant return to bloggerdom. This is mostly because I have discovered a new blog (and Bar Exam Studying distraction) at http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/. Now, some of you (or the one of you still left) may be all like "Whoa, that's not a new blog at all." And you would be right, it isn't. But I just discovered it, so it's new to me. And that's all that really matters, right?

So I have been brainstorming some ideas for blog posts (again, putting off studying for the Bar) and agonizing (not really) over what I was going to do for my first new post. First, I thought it only fair to apologize to those of you who were closely following my quest to become a Ninja Master and explain why I have been slacking on those duties. For those of you that may not know, my Ninja Career ended some what dramatically. And by dramatically, I mean that I was being a dumbass and didn't tap out of an arm-bar. Said arm bar caused Ninja Nerve Damage (Author's note: Ninja Nerve Damage is just like regular nerve damage, just with a cooler name) in my elbow. It wasn't anything serious, it just took forever to heal and was pretty obnoxious for quite some time. Now, that is only part of the reason I retired from the Ninja-ing. Ninja Law School (or whatever I used to call it) took on a new intensity about the same time that I hurt myself, so I was preoccupied with both curricular and extracurricular activities. This created the perfect storm of Ninja Excuses for me to stop showing up (but continue paying for) Ninja Lessons.

Now, you (singular...in case I haven't made it abundantly clear that I only expect approximately one person to read this blog) may be thinking, "Oh, that's sad. Now this blog is going to suck even worse than it did before." To respond, I will say, "No! That shall not be so." (I always remember to use my shall's when responding to thoughts I imagine people are having). Noteworthy stuff happens to me all the time. So anything I can think of something noteworthy to say, I will. Believe you me, there I have plenty ideas (examples include, but are not limited to: a hypothesis on public restroom toilet paper, proposed blogging rules for the budding humor writer, and whether or not growing up is in fact what it is cracked up to be). So bear with me while I attempt to reinvent this little section of the internet that I call Lessons For the Great White Ninja (I'm totally keeping the name).