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December 02, 2005
The Leading Cause...
Have you heard of a phrase like "the leading cause of X among Y is Z"? Like the leading cause of death among African-American women is now AIDS? (a painful and sad reminder for yesterday, which was the World AIDS day).
Well, things are not as serious here (thanks to Hauvartat, the god of wholeness and health), but I keep on hearing that the leading cause of abandoning blogs is disillusionment, apparently disillusionment about the thought of making any sort of difference by writing. The thought occured to me to, following my previous post, but then I analyzed myself, and I found the real culprit behind the fact that I am not updating this blog often. Wait for the epiphany: it is, yes you guessed it: LAZYNESS!
I just often don't feel like updating it. I have a lot to say (believe me, I always have SOMEHTING to say), it's just that I often don't feel like typing. Maybe I should try an audio-blog? (I love talking, I mean I LOVE talking!).
On the more serious side, this is the end of the quarter here. I have two classes to grade 100 papers for. I have exams and quizes myself, and I am basically in-too-deep! So, maybe that is contributing as well.
Despite all of this, I still have some time to do good stuff, like reading this wonderful book called Sogdian Merchants: A History, by Etienne de la Vaissiere. It is a translation of the original French which I read before, but I think due to the weakness of my French knowledge, did not quite understand. It's a great book, and for anyone interested to know how ancient and medieval societies outside the boundaries of empires (the so-called "Peripheries") functioned, this book is a must read.
Posted by Khodadad at December 2, 2005 03:07 PM
Comments
I vote for the audio blog. Could we get it to record your voice as an mp3? I would love to hear more of your lovely voice. I am sure others feel the same way.
Cheers,
Patrick
Posted by: Patrick at December 2, 2005 08:59 PM
eh, P. Sharms... shut up! I can use some less sarcasm. Who told you to read my weblog anyway. I don't need the people I see during the day to read my blog too!
Posted by: Khodadad at December 3, 2005 12:29 AM
But I don't see you during the day. I need more Khodadad!
Posted by: Patrick at December 3, 2005 09:54 AM
I have been feeling somewhat lazy about my blog too (maybe it is the cold weather)! I don't think that I will suffer blog disillusionment for lack of changing the world. That's not what my blog is about. For me blogging has been a way to make interesting new friends. Based on my experiences to date, I think that I will be blogging for a long time to come. :)
An audio blog is an interesting concept. I have listened to a few podcasts. If you do a podcast, I'll be glad to listen in. As for me, I am generally better at listening and writing than talking. However, I do enjoy intellectually stimulating conversation, and I can be an active participant if I have some knowledge of the subject.
Good luck with your end of the quarter activities!
Posted by: David at December 3, 2005 10:44 PM