an apology and some more

Okay, so I have a confession to make.

This summer I heavily encouraged my friend Doodle to start her own blog.

And she's been doing so well. Yet, her last post was at the same time as my previous post, June 28th. Today is July 20. AND I FEEL SO BAD for only having just read it now. 

Like c'mon Jerry, you're the one who supported them with this endeavor, how could you not have checked their page for over three weeks???!?! 

I wonder how many times she has thought about telling me, but bit her tongue to wait until I noticed cuz that's the type of person she strikes me to be. Hmm, or maybe not? She has been pretty busy these days. Okay, I'm just making excuses. Damn, and I wonder how many people she has shared her blog with. WHAT IF I'M THE ONLY READER... 

Sorry Doodle. I'll try to atone in some way. 

Also, I have all these drafts of blogs that I was going to write about. All half-baked products, unfit for the world's eyes. But who am I to say what the world wants to see? 

I'm the writer so I have some power of what gets put out there, right? With so much content being churned out, constantly, it's both sublime and tragic that gems will get buried under mountains of media, but the mountains themselves are quite the phenom themselves, aren't they? 

They say there are two sides to any matter. Is that really true? 

It's a fun little game to always try to see the other side. 

Let's see... Your freshly made McFlurry just went splat on the ground. That sucks, doesn't it? Your hard-earned money just went to waste. But your health will thank you? Or the ecosystem that inhabits the ground where it splattered will thank you? You've nourished billions of tiny less-than-microscopic bacteria, and they'll thank you? Ehhhh do bacteria even eat McFlurries? I've probably gone too far but you get the point. 

By the time you reach some kind of positive conclusion, you've forgotten all about the initial pangs of pain and sadness, and emptiness in your hands and stomach. And then they strike again. Sigh.

See you tomorrow, world.