Oh dear. I didn’t realise today was Friday until about 4pm. Well, I’ve still got four hours to write something for the Friday Theme… trouble is, I’ve been doing so much writing lately, I can’t think of anything to say. I’ve completed quite a few chapters of my novel, but I don’t want to post that in it’s raw state – I’m just trying to get it down on paper at this stage, I’ll turn it into a work of literary brilliance later… and anyway, it’s got nothing to do with opiates, unless you count love, there’s a bit of that, or lust at least. Anyway, if I was going to write something about the opiate of the masses, and if an opiate is defined as anything which dulls the senses and induces relaxation, inaction, apathy or torpor, then I’d probably go along with Tom Shugart, and say that, in my world at least, it’s blogging. I’d quote the bit where Tom says, “had the Internet been available in the '60's - would the power of the protest have been deflected by people taking out their outrage in a flurry of blogposts?” and then I’d say something clever and insightful. But to be honest I’d rather go and finish the next chapter of my novel. Maybe I’ll blog more after November 7. Maybe not. Maybe I’ll risk Real Life.
Posted by Fionnaigh at October 3, 2003 08:05 PM