I've Used Worse Analogies Than "Creative Payday Loan"

It was about this time last year I started going a little crazy with the photo taking. Striking out, trying to get a boat load of material to distill down into posts.

That worked pretty well, but not for long. What I've learned about my relationship with the buffer method of blogging--where you get a bunch of posts lined up to take the pressure of needing to come up with the next post--is I get a false sense of security. I set up 6 weeks of content, and then take the next six weeks off.

This is like the payday loan cycle of creative content.

But, in just about a year and a half, this blog has 1500+ page views...the Facebook page has 30-odd likes...and the tumblr blog is doing well, I guess, with a steady trickle of reblogs and followers of a non-youngteen variety.

That's with only sporadic bursts of content, that's the part that makes me want to keep taking out the payday loan. Because instead of just using it to barely keep the lights on and buy Mad Dog 20/20, it seems to actually be catching up on the bills (or whatever the creative equivalent to personal finance mess is).

Some of your out there in the dark, cold world of the modern internet are finding value in what I'm doing. So I'll keep swinging at the ball, if only because people watching it feeds the ego.