Just how meta is this post? Quite.

i've had to deal with a couple of problems with trying to get this post done, so i decided to make it rather meta.

i'm writing a blog post about having problems writing blog posts.

i've never really gotten into Web 2.0 the way a lot of people have. my abortive attempts at LiveJournal accounts are, well, so full of tumbleweeds that they've no more room to tumble. i tend to use Twitter as a huge global IRC channel with a character limit. i only just got a Facebook account a couple of months ago, mostly so i could see updates from M'Lady on various goings on now that sleepykitten has moved up there and can't just read said accounts aloud in earshot.

Having started out on the internet back in the mid-90's, i have always been wary of putting out information regarding myself. Add to that the fact that when i was growing up, i never saw the point in having a diary, and it's fairly difficult for me to bludgeon my brain into the proper headspace for me to actually write anything approaching a blog to begin with.

i've also had to deal with general writer's block lately. i used to be pretty good at writing short stories and such, but for quite some time, i've just not gotten the inspiration for it. i still get inspired to do other things, like interesting conversion ideas for miniatures, or costume ideas, but writing isn't included in that anymore. i actually have a couple of D&D campaign settings that i haven't worked on in months because i just don't have the spark to kick my somewhat impressive ability at writing into actually being useful.