The First Rule of Blog Club

When I started this blog, I wasn't sure what it was going to be like. I knew it wasn't going to be a collection of links to interesting things I found online. I knew it wasn't going to be editorials about politics. And god forbid, I knew the blog wasn't going to be a diary of, "Today, I found a gray hair growing on my stomach."

I kinda thought that the blog would be about my life as a working writer. You know, stories about who I met with, what I was working on, things I heard about around town. Because I think people would be interested in hearing about the talented people I get to hang out and work with. The problem is that talking about work would violate the first rule of Blog Club - never talk about your current work because what you say can (and will) come back to haunt you. And it just isn't the same if I have to self-censor. Watch-

Two weeks ago, I had lunch in Sherman Oaks with (amazingly talented animation writer friend) at (Asian restaurant). It hasn't been officially announced yet, but (amazingly talented animation writer friend) is working on (new animated television series). While at lunch, we ran into (another amazingly talented animation writer) and (amazingly talented animation director). The three of them had all worked together on (ridiculously cool and wildly successful animated series), so they invited us to join them. For lunch, I ordered the fried rice with (meat) and a Diet (drink).

See what I mean? Not very interesting, is it? So talking about current work is pretty much out of the question.

I can talk about work I've already done. But with animation, the lag time is enormous before the work gets aired. The episodes of the show I wrote for 4Kids last year still haven't been officially announced yet, so I can't talk about them yet. When they come closer to air, I'll talk about them. But until then - they can't be a subject for the blog.

A few of my buddies write great blogs where they talk about interesting stories that happen to them during the day. I don't want to do that - mostly because my interesting stories end up as jokes/gags/plots in scripts that I write.... SURE, Eugene. The truth is that I don't have any interesting stories.

Which leaves me with rants and essays about Asian fruit and Womens' log rolling.

I never intended for my blog to become a holding tank for unfunny essays - but that's all I've got. I'm going to try and branch out and try some other things. If you have any suggestions, feel free to use the comments and make some suggestions.

Now about that hair I found on my stomach...