07.07.08
The world is run by more interested men, women
I must have stopped about 10 to 15 times in the last three months and wondered when I was going to sit down here and blog again. I’ve been a busy man, but that is no excuse.
You know those lame New Year’s Resolutions everybody gives themselves, knowing that they break them within the first two months. It took me a little longer than that, but I broke mine. I’m not sure if I’m supposed to be proud or if I should continue to punch myself every time I get my StatCounter report. Either way, opening up my browser every day to see a worthless blog is about as inspiring as a dog licking peanut butter.
I was supposed to be blogging at least twice a day for five days of the week. (Shit, even bloggers need days off.) But I ran into a scheduling conflict.
I was named the “online community manager” at my newspaper in about March and started the job on the fly mid April. What that basically means is I ceased having free time to deal with my Web site and have had to attend to demands of the beast, as I like to call it. Some days, I feel like Captain Ahab. But that’s another story.
What’s an “online community manager” you ask? Basically, I deal with all things Web related in an editorial sense. I make sure the stories look nice and pretty when they’re loaded and I promote features on the site. In addition, I do quite a bit of moderating. If you’re aware of the volume of visitors small newspapers receive, it’s a bit of task (much unknown to Addisports.com). But nonetheless, it’s a task I’ve taken up heartily and have sees some success with. A big part of my job is creating dialogue.
If you’re ever bored or just interested in small town politics, visit the Web site. You might get a kick out of the letters to the editor. They’re always a good source of laughs and/or anger. I generally find myself cursing under my breath and wondering how I ended up in such a town. And then I realize I cover sports and the idiot disease can’t touch me there.
That’s right, sports is my bubble. Generally speaking, people who participate in sports are generally cooler than folks that don’t. They’re much more easy going and a lot less stressed. I wrote in my column recently that the best part about Nevada County is the people. I should probably clarify that I mean the good folks that make it such a vibrant sports scene, are the best part of Nevada County. I need those good nature people in my life. I guess that’s why I don’t mind doing this dual job, being the “online community manager” and sports writer all at the same time. It keeps me balanced but at the same time it’s killing this blog.
At the end of the day, I can continue to make renewed promises to write here more and more, but I know it’s not going to be the same. It definitely won’t be five days a week with multiple entries. But I’m sure as hell gonna try. More than anything, this is venting for me. There’s so much crap that goes on in sports, particularly with celebrity athletes, that I can’t help but chime in.
So while the blogoshpere is run by more interested men and women, that is not my objective (yet). Nope, I just want to bang out a couple of random thoughts and rip wannabes and crybabies. Isn’t that what every sports writer wants to do?
Wait and see on this one. I’ve got something coming and you won’t want to miss it.
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