{"id":880,"date":"2006-11-28T12:07:05","date_gmt":"2006-11-28T16:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/28\/the-blogging-imperative\/"},"modified":"2007-07-27T20:46:09","modified_gmt":"2007-07-28T00:46:09","slug":"the-blogging-imperative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/28\/the-blogging-imperative\/","title":{"rendered":"The blogging imperative."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>I keep trying to come up with something to blog about and then deciding that it&#8217;s stupid.  random topics include&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>how lazy I&#8217;ve been so far on my vacation<\/li>\n<li>tv that I&#8217;ve tried to catch up on (seriously &#8211; heroes? is awesome)<\/li>\n<li>the fact that they&#8217;re powerwashing the outside of my building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ugh.  I&#8217;ve got bloggers block.  I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s because I&#8217;ve been away from it for some time, but I tried to keep up the stream of consciousness at least through the use of a written journal (I know, how archaic!).  But that I tend to save for the stuff that I actually don&#8217;t want published on the internet.  I can&#8217;t believe that it&#8217;s already Tuesday &#8211; that I&#8217;m going back in only a few days.  Working in a foreign country is certainly a neat thing to do, but ultimately, I miss my home.  What can I say.  turns out that I&#8217;m a homebody.  Granted, my home happens to be in one of the largest, most bustlingest, exciting cities in the world, but yeah&#8230;I&#8217;m a bit provincial at heart.  Or maybe I just miss sushi.  And convenient home goods stores.  and same-day dry cleaners.  and american TV.  and internet access. (and my family and friends, of course).<\/p>\n<p>My apartment in Italy is very nice. Size-wise, it&#8217;s actually about the same size as my apartment in NY.  My only problem is aesthetic.  Everything is white.  If you&#8217;ve seen pictures of my apartment in NY, you&#8217;ll notice that <i>nothing<\/i> is white except for the kitchen and bathroom, and even those are because they&#8217;re subway tiled.  In Italy, the walls are white, the couch is white, the chairs are white&#8230;it&#8217;s like living in a sanitarium.  I can&#8217;t very well object to the arrangements, because objectively?  it&#8217;s a perfectly nice one bedroom apartment in a very nice palazzo.  Convenient to work, nice neighbors, helpful porter.  But the whiteness is, to say the least, not my style.  When I got home though, I all of a sudden felt like my apartment in NY was much smaller, and I realized that it&#8217;s because I&#8217;ve got, like, 10 foot ceilings in Italy, so when I walked in here, all of a sudden the ceilings felt very&#8230;low.  So I guess I had adapted more than I thought.<\/p>\n<p>And if I&#8217;ve got to pick one thing I&#8217;m missing about Italy? definitely the coffee.  I have always hated American coffee and never go near the stuff except in overwhelming caffeine emergencies.  But espresso?  is like a little cup of heaven.  I have to limit myself to 2 cups a day, otherwise I&#8217;ll end up never going to sleep.  Sure, I have an espresso machine here in NY, but it&#8217;s not the same.  I&#8217;ve heard that there&#8217;s a seriously high calcium content in the water in Italy, which is what makes their coffee and pasta taste so much better than it does here.  Of course, I also end up with a mineral deposit at the bottom of the pot every time I cook dinner, so I&#8217;m guessing it&#8217;s true. <\/p>\n<p>OK.  it&#8217;s now after noon, and I&#8217;m still in my pajamas.  It&#8217;s time to get motivated for the day.  Especially since I have to go into the office this afternoon for my end-of-year evaluation.  What fun.  no wonder I&#8217;m procrastinating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I keep trying to come up with something to blog about and then deciding that it&#8217;s stupid. random topics include&#8230; how lazy I&#8217;ve been so far on my vacation tv that I&#8217;ve tried to catch up on (seriously &#8211; heroes? is awesome) the fact that they&#8217;re powerwashing the outside of my building. ugh. 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