A Blog Burnout : Exclusive Live Coverage
Burnout: Physical or emotional exhaustion, especially as a result of long-term stress or dissipation.

Blogs remind me of pets. Some blogs are cats, some are dogs, some are gold fish and some are hamsters. In my mind they are different in almost every way except a few. One, we keep them for companionship. Two, they have a much shorter life span compared to us, humans. Three, you have to feed and nurture them, otherwise they kick the bucket sooner than expected.

A healthy human being might go through a series of pets in her/his life if s/he choose to have them. They die too early for our liking. Same seems to be happening to blogs, the few I’ve known. Mine is awaiting a messiah who specializes in reincarnation and other related digital tricks.

Some of the oldest ‘friended’ journals are still going slow and steady like pet turtles, but that’s pretty much about it. I can feel the old order dying amidst terse tweeting from remote corners.( 12:10pm: I pooped 2:10pm: Chillin' at work ....) There are journals who immigrated to greener pastures, taking permanent citizenship in places where they press word and look pretty. Out of sight, out of mind.

Then there is commenting - the holy activity that ensures a steady stream of the faithful. It has undergone drastic cut-backs. Don’t be fooled by the fuel prices, this is a real energy crisis. I can’t bring myself to tap a few well-meaning lines to fellow journalists(?). A shame, when you consider I do this tapping for a living. But then again a strong anti-social 'charisma' has always been the selling point of this LJ :P

There is no dearth of topics to write on, only an obstinate exhaustion that has come to pervade my days. But one thing is sure everyone loves to witness a burn-out, like the girl in the picture. You might have read thru' this whole post thinking that it has something to do with the blonde. Not really. It's just that there are so many gentlemen in my friends list.