The long and the short of it comes to the same thing, in the end: I’ve enjoyed blogging at Alas, but I don’t enjoy it anymore and so will be stopping.
When Ampersand first asked me to be a guest blogger (and later, a co-blogger) here at Alas, I was flattered and proud. I was writing lengthy comments on dozens of posts on dozens of blogs, and it was nice to know that someone had noticed. I leapt at the opportunity. I’d been thinking about starting a blog of my own but hadn’t made the plunge, yet. Blogging at Alas seemed like the next best thing or one thing better, I couldn’t decide.
Some time between then and now, my enthusiasm for blogs and blogging waned, plummeted, and finally died. You probably noticed; I never post anymore. Of the dozens of blogs that I read back then I now read eight. Only three of those blogs are political, and I’ll admit that they’re likely to be discarded in the near future. All of these blogs, both personal and political, are exhausting—there are only four that ever make me smile, sigh, or laugh: frogblog, One Good Thing, Waiting for Nat, and Back to Iraq. I can’t say why, but the reason is a tangent and is ultimately irrelevant to what I’m saying here.
As I said, I enjoyed posting here when I did. My heart isn’t in it anymore, though, so this is the end. I’ll likely still comment from time to time, but this will be my last post.
Thanks for everything..
I’m sorry to hear that. I don’t post here often, but I’ve read Alas with great interest for quite some time. Best wishes in a post-blog world.
I completely forgot about Kevin Moore and Lauren at Feministe. Seems I read more than I think I do.
Well, I’m sorry you’re going, but I’m happy to have had you as a co-blogger for as long as I did. Thanks, dude.
We’ll miss you PDP!
Boy, win one online contest (One Good Thing) and suddenly blogging looses it’s magic ;-)
Sorry to hear that, but considering we still seem to read the same blogs, I’ll probably see you around. Or as “see” as you can get in this blog-verse
I was stuck in a similar phase for a few weeks; real life just seemed too fun to spend all this time reading about political bullshit. It’s all so depressing.
And then I remembered how much I crave attention, so here I am writing again. So much for living for life and life alone and all that.
PDP, Thanks for all of your contributions. Happy trails!
Sorry to hear you go PDP, but it’s more important that you find joy in what you’re doing.
Blog burnout is certainly understandable, PDP. Take care of yourself and re-energize; I hope to see you pop up somewhere in the blogosphere again somewhere down the line.
I’ll miss you too, but I understand.
Thanks for providing so much food for thought, PDP. Sorry you’re going.
You always had interesitng posts. Sorry to see you go.
Well, damn.
Sorry to see you go, PDP. You were a great read.
—Myca
I enjoyed your posts and will continue looking forward to your comments.
Too sad. I really enjoyed your thoughts and style of writing. I hope that you will be happy.