Another sleepless night.

Despite my best attempts I am once again unable to fall asleep. Luckily there's a marathon of the Twilight Zone going on so I do have some entertainment.

I've found lately that I've been lacking enthusiasm (lolz) for updating my blog. I've come to realize that when posting on an "anonymous" and public blog there's a fine line between being too personal and not providing enough "entertainment". For those identities I know and are close friends of mine, I have no qualms about posting information about my day to day life and thoughts. Yet for those *checks Google Analytics* seven other people that have visited my site whose origins I cannot determine, well really what do they care about my life and what goes on? Thus I must also provide content that would be entertaining. One may ask, "what does it matter if a stranger views your blog?" Well I suppose it really doesn't. Strangers obviously don't care about specific people or events in my life, so then why do I care that they're entertained on my site?

Lately I've been entertained by Aimee Brock's blog. Despite a lot of her posts and twitter postings being reposts of others', I really do find her to be an interesting and witty person. It's this persona she has created of a sarcastic bitch that I find so amusing. Her site is one that encorporates both personal postings and ones for purely entertainment value. However, she tends to steer clear of posting items that may be too personal and thus not entertaining to all of her readers. So essentially, her blog is for entertainment purposes first, personal notes second. Almost the complete opposite of mine thus far. In a way I would really enjoy to have a site like Aimee's, where anonymous people visit and can get a laugh or two on a fairly regular basis. Conversely, I almost feel like that is the opposite of why I started a blog in the first place. I'm not entirely sure I'd be able to post on a regular basis and with content that someone would really be interested in reading. Maybe one day I'll try it.

On another note, despite being made nearly fifty years ago, the Twilight Zone still scares the hell out of me. It's just so creepy and I love it. Currently on are the episodes from the 80s. One that I just watched is literally a remake of one of the classic episodes. Sometimes I'm really amazed at how often shows and movies that are made now borrow plot devices and even entire story lines from this show. Ever since I first read The Monsters are Due on Maple Street in the sixth grade, I found Rod Serling to be a clever and skillful writer. The constant mimicry of his ideas only reinforces this belief of mine.

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