{"id":109,"date":"2011-01-04T01:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T01:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otitijasmine.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/04\/creaky-cogs"},"modified":"2011-01-04T01:58:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T01:58:00","slug":"creaky-cogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otitijasmine.com\/otitijasmine.org\/2011\/01\/04\/creaky-cogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Creaky Cogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

It pains me whenever this happens. There’s the desire to blog without any substance to impart and I won’t get any peace until I put a new post up. I swear there’s a slave driver hidden somewhere in my psyche: “Blog now! (whip crack) Pen something this instant! (another whip crack) Crank it out right now!” Yeah, like that.<\/span><\/p>\n

Intellectual stimulation. Hard to find these days. Like, even with all the material out there, you still have to search for things that really engage your mind and stir your cerebral juices. If it’s not fluff, it’s toxicity in reaction to the fluff. You know, people’s acerbic comments on entertainment news\/articles. I’m like if they think it’s such crap then why the hell do they still read it? Eye roll. I promised myself to ignore such negative comments, it’s so not worth it. Can they do better than the news writers? Probably not. And if they can then they oughtta write their own stuff and leave the rest of us to enjoy our entertainment in peace. I’m just saying.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, fluff is all well and good but it’s not exactly filling. You know? Temporary high and all that. Of course you have regular news but it’s so depressing these days. Natural disasters, religious conflicts, economic crises…it’s like a never-ending list of catastrophes. I just read the headlines and keep it moving, men, it is not<\/em> that serious.<\/span><\/p>\n

So if you take away the fluff and regular news, you’re left with…not much, really. Then the hunt begins. I guess one could always turn to literature in its many forms or something. Even so, you still have to find the right material to spark your interest and hold your attention. How else can you really explore your intellect if you aren’t interested in learning\/discovering something new and fascinating?<\/span><\/p>\n

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