It is painfully obvious that Twitter and Facebook have killed my blogging habit. I used to blog in another community regularly. I enjoyed the creation of the post. Seeing something in public and immediately thinking, "I'm soooo blogging that." (I know I wasn't alone because you can buy the T-shirt.) The main reason my blogging habits have become, to put it nicely, sporadic is because blogging takes a great deal of thought. Twitter, on the other hand, does not.
I want fancy teas.
so...very.... tired...zzzzzzzz
*sings* I'm right behind you now Charlene.
Sweet! ... Scotch!
M&Ms are a good breakfast right?
Those are some examples of my "tweets". Granted, I'm showing the worst of the worst to prove my point. (EDITOR NOTE ie ME: I have better tweets then those) When I'm enjoying a glass of Scotch and want to share with the world exactly how much I'm enjoying it, I would try to formulate a quick paragraph on why the drink is so enjoyable to post on my blog. As you can see in the 4th example, Twitter's limitation of 140 characters boils down a drawn-out paragraph to its core: Sweet! ... Scotch!
As you can tell, I exclaim my excitement by saying "Sweet". Some could theorize that while I am excited, there is room to grow. I could have used, "SWEET!" or "SwEeT!!!". None the less, whatever it is I'm doing, I still find it good due to the use of "Sweet!".
Digging deeper into the tweet, we will find that "..." was used to build tension. Suspense, even. The author (me) is telling the world that he is doing something enjoyable, but he doesn't want to share what it is quite yet. He wants the reader to guess or to anticipate what comes next. If the author (me, again) wasn't restricted to 140 characters then this would be the part of the post where he would use phrases like, "You'll never guess what I'm doing right now" or "Holy Mother of GOD! I can't begin to tell you how awesome it is to be enjoying something so awesome!" Plus, readers would be subjected to a lot of un-necessary exclamation points.
Lastly, the climax of the tweet. Scotch! Here is what all the build up was for. The author (me, if you haven't figured that out by now) has finally explained to the reader the object of his enjoyment. All mystery is now gone, and the reader is left to reflect on weather they too would enjoy Scotch as much as me (the author).
Or
I was drinking a glass of scotch, I happened on Twitter and felt I should update... that was all that came to mind.
I'm finding that most of my daily observations are more easily conveyed (or bluntly so) on Twitter or my Facebook status update than in a blog post. I love having this blog and intend to keep it, but I admit to my own failing in keeping it updated regularly. I highly recommend subscribing to my RSS feed so that you don't miss my one post every 3 months. I can try to be more regular (in updating... not, well, you know), but I can't promise anything.