Changed My Style

February 18, 2008 in Uncategorized | 4 comments

“I’ve changed my style somewhat, as you know. I’m less—I pontificate less, although it may be hard to tell it from this show. And I’m more interacting with people.”
George W. Bush

It has ocurred to me, more than once actually, that there are limits on my capacity to keep coming up with clever pictures that include the famous Texaco star logo. This picture is probably the ‘money shot’ of the metaphor and I’ve been saving it for just the right moment and just the right quote and hopefully a change of administration so I could really take a stab at it. Don’t want them opening my FBI file again. No, sir! But I’ve been thinking that the right moment and the right quote may never come. Considering the source there could hardly be a bad one, I suppose. Of course I want to also apologize to any of you who voted for, I mean support our Decider in Chief and who are offended by this, but since I’m writing for my own benefit, not yours, I’ll say what I want. (In other words, F You, Asshole!)

The other thing I’ve been aware of is the usual absence of the kind of grit that existed in my earlier writing. The smoother finish is a result of being single minded about focusing on the ’solution’ at the expense of sharing some of the more interesting minutiae of my internal and external worlds. I have considered firing up MethedUp again for such writing. I have also considered keeping another blog, perhaps with a different identity, thereby preserving the integrity of this blog’s focus. Last night I came to a decision, though, regarding this question, and I have decided to simply change my style.

Starting today I will be more honest about what is really going on in my world. Rather than keep returning to the solution (outlined in the first 164 of the book you all know I work from) by sheer force of will, I’m going to allow myself to share how I get there. I’m going to allow myself to let my guard down a bit, to return to the more neurotic, more authentic me that I find so amusing. ;-)

But right now I have to run. Meeting with someone who has decided by virtue of the fact that I’ve read some Jane Austen that I know something about love. Never mind the fact that I haven’t had a boyfriend in like 11 years.

Texaco Guard, originally uploaded by Tunguska.RDM.

  1. Irish Friend of Bill on February 18, 2008 at 12:41 pm

    To thine own self be true.
    The people that matter dont mind and the people that mind dont matter.
    So its a win win situation really.
    Im sure it will be fine, whatever it is. Nothing wrong with a change of direction, if you feel right about it.

  2. The Traveler on February 18, 2008 at 8:27 pm

    In the end, most of our bondages are to ourselves, from ourselves.

    -DeeK

  3. Marc on February 19, 2008 at 10:28 am

    I think the possibility that a Bush voter is one of your regular readers is about as much as he will leave office with an approval rating above 35%.
    I identify with your literary journey. At first my blog was all about prison, then early recovery, and then I aimed for a lot of solution. Now I aim for authenticity, and within that framework, everything else is possible.
    I would love to see your artistic endeavors as well. I think the dependence on the Texaco theme is eventually a bit constricting, no?

  4. Java on February 22, 2008 at 9:19 pm

    Work it, baby!
    With authenticity you’ll never run out of material. It means more, too, IMHO.

    BTW, I voted for Bush… twice! A lot has changed in my life since the last presidential election. (Understatement alert!)