crusader: I guess sanity is overrated…I don’t even know if I’m sane…probably not.

calaggie: I was originally going to say “self-imposed constrictions” but that’s too harsh. Martin did indicate he felt obliged by some invisible pressure to live up to the status-quo he established for himself. I think the reader owes much more to the author than vice versa. Thinking otherwise does indicate quite clearly how blogging is for the audience, a social mechanism more so than a personal one. Though it’s not a bad thing, it’s just two different motivations for blogging.

N: Drugs? Lol, when I finished x365, I was like “Ok, how long do I have to wait before N writes a final post?” I was gonna write one on episodes 12-13 but that show is wayyyyy too hard to blog (for me). Maybe I can try later? – Hidamari Sketch is a really fun show to watch in general. I’ll always have a few episodes saved on my HD.

It’s hard for me to write substantial posts out of one-sentence-spontenaiety. Usually I try to amass “data” (GR shared notes is a god send in this aspect) and then piece it all together. This post was in that vein, also, ’cause I like Way Too Many Trackbacks.

You’re definitely right about keeping notes….though I always hate taking notes when watching educational movies in class. I was trying to take notes on Shigofumi 01, but I forgot….I’ll have to resort to taking notes On Pen and Paper! *gasp* and then transcribing to the internet. Oh how tech savvy…

For me, it has helped that I’ve been planning posts or set myself up for posts that I can do for the time being (like finally finish the HidaSketch x365 posts now that everything’s been subbed), but other than that, I just write what comes to me. And while I spend time looking for something to stimulate me to write, it also helps not to worry about it so much, as something can randomly pop up in your mind (like my recent Toradora post coming from one sentence in my head while watching it). And when something does come in your head, try and write it down for the future, just in case. It’s pretty general stuffs though.

BTW, I need to get around to sharing links on GR and not just starring articles for my own purposes…maybe this week.

Y U WRITE FOR IMPZ.

LOL. Love it. That’s probably why your posts bait me into issuing long-ass reaction posts (even if they’re not direct responses).

icy: yeah, twitter etc. etc.

ryan: hmmmmm, we’d have to discuss this further, and I think Nano/Antennae are particularly good examples of what you’re talking about…or at least what I’m construing.

sojourner: if that’s your cup of tea

eirias: vaccination? BigN is the doctor..

ghost: I rarely focus specifically on anime. I just don’t like talking about in such a “narrow” fashion. I’m really into talking about “the space between animes”, if you know what I mean.

shiva: that’s good, if you write for you and no one else, that’s good. I do tend to write for the audience a lot, kinda…it’s weird.

I also am worried as I approach the end of the year, the topics I find as “low-hanging fruit” (read: easy to write) are picked clean already (by me). Posting good material (by my own personal standards) will now take more time and effort, and I have the same 24 hours as everyone else though the things I need to do outside of blogging multiply.

It’s much too soon for me to think hiatus, but the seed in my mind has been planted. In the mean time, 2 posts a week now seems a good goal.