Pessimism of the Intellect, Pessimism of the Will

Well, after a once unthinkable gap of eight days, I’ve finally managed to crank out a full post.  But the resistance to doing this sort of thing on this blog has gotten much greater of late.  Some people talk about blog writing blocks…  However, I wouldn’t say that’s exactly what I have, because I’ve been working very extensively on my music blog, which I’ve been finding to be very enjoyable.  I’m still not getting as many readers on that blog, but I’ve just got much more creative momentum going there.  So, what’s the problem here?  I think it’s because this is the political blog, something I once perceived of as a sort of vehicle for activism, and something that reflects my attitudes about the situation in the present society, in the U.S., and my realtionship to it as someone who is politically concerned (or obsessed) and (painfully) aware.

And right now, I guess the problem can be summed up on one phrase, which I just typed in as the title of this post.