I Had A Lot To Say

I had a drink the other day,

Opinions were like kittens, I was giving them away.

I had a lot to say.

And I said, you will come down soon too.  You will come down,

Too soon…Soon enough you will come down, you’ll come down

 

So what exactly does that mean?  And more specifically, why did I choose it as the title of my blog?  Well, the first question is stupid.  I don’t know and I don’t think anybody besides Isaac Brock knows.  So who cares.  The second question does need some elaboration.  I guess the simple answer is I just really like that line.  But that’s a boring answer.  Let’s actually try and apply it to what I’ve written so far.

How are opinions like kittens?  Well, the simile is rather apt when taking into account my style of thought and writing.  Kittens are cute, cuddly animals that aren’t really a threat to anyone.  The same is true for my opinions.  I try to make them as inoffensive as possible (if you’re pointing at the Chess article, you misunderstood the article!).  This fits with the whole objective thing I’m trying to pursue. 

This leads us to consider another possibility.  Opinions aren’t like kittens at all.  In the same sense, my opinions aren’t like opinions at all because they’re based around objective thought.  Of course, I do present my actual opinions in various articles, but they are always labeled as opinions and are never the primary focus of the article.

So those are two interpretations, but the full line is “Opinions were like kittens, I was giving them away.”  So I guess we should also address that second part.  I am giving them away, as in, this blog is public and whatever I write is available for everyone to see.  So my opinions that are like kittens (which means they are either inoffensive or not actually opinions) are being given away for everyone else to see (on this blog).

But it doesn’t have to be that simple.  The line implies, especially in the delivery, that I’m giving them away because they are like kittens.  So the other way to look at it is that since they are so inoffensive and objective, I’m not afraid to voice them and don’t care who sees them.  My real opinions, the ones that aren’t like kittens, are actually offensive and I’m afraid to write them in public (I think all Ecuadorians should be slaughtered…oops!).

But we can’t end it there!  Just look at the title of this article!  We have to address that too!  Well that just means I have a lot to say about the title of my blog.  It also means that I’ve had a lot to say recently as seen by the number of articles I’ve published in the last few months.  Lastly, it means that all of my articles are fairly long, which they are.  Whenever I finish an article, I’m always surprised at how long it actually ends up, including this one (well, Universal Likeability was actually supposed to be longer).  And so, these opinions are definitely like kittens which I’m giving away.  And that’s all I have to say about that.

So I’ll take the remaining few sentences as required by contractual obligation of both the title of this blog and article to talk about the evolution of the blog.  I’m pretty happy with how everything has turned out.  It started out with me being overly concerned about my writing and my thoughts.  I had three articles just talking about how pissed off I was at my own blog.  Thankfully I’ve moved past that and am now just writing about whatever I feel like.  But those ancient articles are still useful because they helped me realize that I don’t care what I write and how I write it as long as I do it, which has been the point of this blog all along. 

I used to be afraid of people that I know reading this blog and how they would judge me.  But I guess I’m not anymore because what I write here is who I actually am, to an extent.  Now I actually wouldn’t mind if everyone I knew read these articles, because I think it will help everyone understand me better.  I use the blog as a way to showcase my personality. God knows I don’t do a good job of that in person.  And the unique thing is that I’m expressing myself without being overly personal.  Of course everything I write is influenced by personal experiences, but I never go into the details because I don’t think they’re important to anyone, including me.  My personality is expressed in both my writing and my style of writing.  So that’s why my opinions are like kittens, because seriously, who doesn’t like kittens?

 

The answer is people that are allergic to them.