Guess what my New Year’s Resolution for the blog is? To be completely lazy and not post on the first day of the year.
Not really. I blame the pressure. The pressure to write something brilliant and witty to kick off a New Year. I cracked.
And actually none of that is true. The real story is that I’m changing webhosting services and I believe there were some very technical things going on last night that caused WordPress to not let me in to the inner workings of Big Mama, Inc.
Or maybe something was just wrong with my computer.
Either way, TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
Many of y’all have asked how I write my posts every day, so let me walk you through the process. Warning. It’s very involved and intellectually driven.
Around 9 p.m. every night I sit on the couch next to P with my computer. I check email with the intention of answering it and then get overwhelmed. So I leave the email to go see what is up on People.com. I read a little about Jamie Lynn Spears and once I have lost 134 brain cells or so, I go read some blogs.
After reading some other blogs, I’ll log into my WordPress account and attempt to write a post. Nothing. I have nothing. I look at P and say, “I have nothing.” He looks at me with a blank look, which doesn’t really help my creative process.
Then I head back over to People.com because I didn’t finish reading the whole story about whether or not Jennifer Aniston is going to have Vince Vaughn’s baby. The suspense is killing me.
Finally, armed with a wealth of entertainment news, I make another attempt to write a post. Nothing. I have nothing. So I go answer some emails and go to Youtube to find video clips that make me laugh.
True story. Last night I actually spent my time on Youtube looking for clips from “That’s Incredible!” and “Real People”. Remember them? I was inspired while watching the Sugar Bowl and seeing Fran Tarkenton’s impressive imitation of Donald Trump’s hair.
Oh, and the Sugar Bowl. Poor Hawaii. They basically proved that the BCS does, on occasion, know what it’s talking about. And while I still believe in a playoff system for college football, I think we have all learned that an unbeaten record in the WAC doesn’t really translate to any kind of dominance on a national level.
Hey! That’s an idea for a post. Except most of y’all couldn’t care less and are wondering what the WAC is and how it has anything to do with Fran Tarkenton and “That’s Incredible!”
Anyway, at 11:00 last night I knew I couldn’t procrastinate anymore and logged into WordPress to write my post. And it wouldn’t let me in. And sure, I could have written a post in Word and then cut and pasted this morning, but that’s not how I roll.
So, here I am this morning. I’ve already been up and out this morning because P is still sick and needed pancakes from a local Mexican restaurant. Little known fact, Mexican restaurants make the best pancakes. And P had a fever. A fever for more pancakes.
And basically, I apologize for this entire hot mess of a post. I blame the pressure of the New Year. And WordPress. And my former webhosting service whose name I won’t reveal, but rhymes with ICOWER. They are evil and will put you on hold for over 45 minutes before finally telling you that they cannot help you in anyway whatsoever because all the information concerning your account is private.
Even though I own the account, IT’S PRIVATE.
Even though I pay for the hosting, IT’S PRIVATE.
Which is why I’m switching hosting services.
And also, why we are all a little frazzled and discombobulated here at Big Mama, Inc. today.
I promise, barring any technical difficulties, that tomorrow will be better.