A dear friend recently mentioned that she thought my blog posts are too long. I had forgotten that most people (including myself at times) have short attention spans and that when writing texts there is around a 200-word limit, after which you start to lose people's interest in what you're saying. And true, I tend to be unnecessarily wordy when writing; a regular John Kerry of blogging, if you will.
Well as a wise man once said, "frankly, my dear, I dont give a damn." If I wanted to write to entertain the masses I would have majored in literature or journalism. But since I'm feeling compassionate and somewhat lazy on this Sunday afternoon, I will condense today's planned blog post to a microcosm of what it would have been, using as few words as possible. Enjoy...
What deal Padres? Start great, now no runs. Offense suck. Shit pitching. Roster full scrubs. Surprise surprise. Same song dance. Fan 25 years. Love team since baby. Qualcomm Petco second home. Endless suffering. Fans deserve better. Me not happy. When Charger season start?
Am I right?
**It just occurred to me whlie proof-reading this that that was a really long-winded way to open a post about abbreviating my writing. Hahaha...**
Who?
- JohnDylanger
- On the 18th of April, 1984 in La Mesa, California, Karen Lee Garner and David Forest Seaton brought to life not a mere child, but rather a phenomenon; a phenomenon that, in 1998, was named "Worst Phenomenon Ever" by Time Magazine. Some time circa 2004 he made the fatal error of deciding he wanted to become an actor and move to Los Angeles, which he ultimately did in 2008. And now, the phenomenon endures...
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