mais pourquoi?

I have no idea why I decided (did I decide?) to go back once more unto the blogosphere breach, but here I am and there you have it.

The title is inspired (in part) by my latest all-time favourite book of all time, "The Log of the S. S. The Mrs. Unguentine" by Stanley Crawford.

That explains this thing in part (well, not really, but...).

As for the rest...I have never seen the the film The Graduate, but have obviously listened to a S&G song in my time. So, yah... umm.

But why this blog? (Ou bien, pourquoi ce blogue?).

I miss writing, so that's the selfish part of this enterprise. Like any good quasi-artistic middle class Westerner of my generation, I like to self-express and be told how clever I am for so doing. I tend to have random interests, almost always fleeting but recurring, which can sort of amount to a template for a "life's work," but only if I keep track a bit.

So this is kind of a way to keep track. But also to self-express and seem clever. And I promise things will eventually be far less abstract and 'high concept' (or maybe just 'concept') and with a bit of inspired luck I may stumble upon something of interest and value while rambling through the randomizer that is internet self-publishing.

OK, admittedly I may be overthinking things a bit. I'm afraid I tend to do that.

So to finish off:

1) read something by Jonathan Franzen [NB: this homework is optional but recommended].
2) be patient with me, while I find my footing in this thing [NB: please and thank you!].

Ta ta...for now.