Small Word of Great Consequence

I couldn't think of anything to blog about all day, but I was determined to blog about something because I no longer have any (legitimate) excuses not to follow through with my AugBlogWriMo. Opera is finished, work is (slightly) less crazy, and school hasn't started yet. So, that means technically I have all the time in the world to write a blog post every day.

Yeah, right.

I spent most of my free time today reading other people's blogs (and listening to the awesome new music my sister home shared with me...), and wondering how it is that so many of them manage to blog on a regular, if not daily, basis. Granted, there is the occasional blog that is withering like a dehydrated cactus in the desert of writer's block (or perfectionism, or whatever).

Occasionally, you even find a dead blog. Maybe I'm morbid, but I find those dead blogs kind of funny. I mean, it's so ironic when you read the last posts on those poor deceased blogs, before they wandered into the expansive deserts of inactivity, and finally collapsed and expired in the sweltering heat of Real Life. Nine times out of ten, those last posts are a final cry of 'I promise to blog here more often if...'

Ah ha! And there's the culprit!

IF...

It's the IF that does them in, I'm sure! As soon as you let IF in- that tiny little word of indecision- you are doomed! IF is the first step on the road into that lonely wilderness filled with dead blogs. IF is the beginning of the end of all will-power and fortitude.  IF has been known to reduce mighty fortresses to rubble, to turn a brilliant plan into a ridiculously stupid idea, to...

Well, you get the idea.

I almost wish someone would post a sign outside of the place where IF dwells. It should say something foreboding, almost Vader-like in it's terrifying-ness. It should be painted in bold red letters, and put where you can't miss it...

"WARNING! Do NOT enter here! Turn back now IF you value your Blog!"

Okay, okay... I know I used the Word-That-Must-Not-Be-Named, but I couldn't help it! It fit so perfectly!

But I promise not to become one of those dried-out, abandoned skeletons of a Blog-That-Was. I will continue to be a Blog-That-Is. Come hell or high water.

Now, IF only I could find something to write about...

EDIT: Because I couldn't spell desert properly... I blame the ice cream I was eating...