Wanted: Inspiration
Now that I've changed my blog theme for the 583rd time, let's hope I will actually post something. Meeting with the St. Louis bloggers this weekend made me realize I really need to catch up if I want to continue calling myself a blogger. Will stop blaming Twitter and Facebook.
Mario Benedetti Died Today
Mario Benedetti, a prolific Uruguayan writer whose novels and poems reflect the idiosyncrasies of Montevideo's middle class and a social commitment forged by years in exile from a military dictatorship, died Sunday at his house in Montevideo, his secretary said. He was 88.
Called "Don Mario" by his friends, the mustachioed author penned more than 60 novels, poems, short stories and plays, winning honors including Bulgaria's Jristo Borev award for poetry and essays in 1985, and Amnesty International's Golden Flame in 1986. In 1999 he won the Queen Sofia prize for Iberoamerican poetry (Associated Press).
The 43 Things Quiz
and found out I'm an
Learning Believer
Why I won’t commit…
People seem obsessed with online projects where you have to do one thing, every single day, for a month, for a year, every week, etc. While I understand how cool it must be for some people, and sometimes I wish I could do it, I just won't. Why? I don't know... For me, anything that is supposed to be fun and becomes an obligation ends up not being fun.
I signed up for the Holidailies and before that one was over, I signed up for NaBloPoMo thinking I could do it. And then this weekend came, with important things happening, a friend dying, my having a mini-breakdown. So I didn't post for 3 days straight and I felt guilty. That is stupid! Last night I said it wasn't fun, this is a hobby, this is a blog... I left NaBloPoMo.
The 365 Project on Flickr has a great premise. But it didn't work for me when I tried to do it. At the end of the day I was desperate looking for a photo to take because I simply forgot, as if I was getting paid to do it. And yes, I'm here thinking that everything in life requires a little bit of commitment, but like I said... I don't want something I enjoy to become an obligation. I have enough of those already to make my online life another one.
I'm back to posting whenever I feel like it, without having to rummage through my brain looking for a subject that won't make people yawn. And it feels great!
Choosing Your Charities
Mea culpa. I had this on draft, and I forgot to publish it.
Charities. They seem like a good option when people want to give you gifts for Christmas, but you really don't feel like receiving anything. Yes, it happens. Yes, it's happening to me. I think I have everything I NEED now. The WANT part, I'm learning to manage it because... I don't know... I've been enlightened? Pffft! I guess I just got enough things for my birthday. Anyhoo!
Someone asked me once what charities would be good to donate to. There are so many, you have to be careful about which ones you can actually trust. If I had to pick my top 5 they would be :
- Diabetes Research Foundation
- Amnesty International
- Breast Cancer Research Foundation
- World Wildlife Fund
- Bread for the World
Which ones are in your top 5?
