Grudgingly Talking

While I would love to sit here and type that really WANT to be here typing, I only feel a compulsion to do so. I don't actually WANT to. The reason I don't want to is because I know it'll knock down my maps. Has anyone noticed the change in states or countries that have been going to the 5th Fret and if so (or not, I guess it applies to both camps) does anyone really care?

There's this guy named Henry Rollins who has a show and writes a blog too. A blog Google Reader can't subscribe to (which is an awful shame, by the way) but a blog nonetheless and I like the behind the scenes kind of feel to it. I've toyed with the idea of blogging about how the 5th Fret is doing on a more personal level. I mean, if CNN (Hey! I'm not comparing myself or the 5th Fret to CNN, it's just for an analogy) were to let the anchors talk during the time where they would normally be reporting the news about how happy they are to be there and how they've come so far and all that, wouldn't you be a little pissed? I know I would.

But if you had a favorite reporter and they had a blog about that kind of stuff, you may find that interesting, right?

I'm looking for a little encouragement here. I mean look at the maps! Those are current places, just the current places. I KNOW the 5th Fret has been viewed before from Africa but did not mark it off on the map because it was not currently visible (the log only goes back 500 entries). This month has already become the record holding month. I've interviewed my favorite podcast hosts, I've got a couple of ideas in motion, and Guitar World has picked up the blog for the Blips page, a page where tons of guitar blogs are funnelled in perhaps to ease the worry of a guitar player who is looking for all the blogs but I think it has more to do with the fact GW wants some money. That has to be it.

Honestly though, I couldn't take myself off the page if I wanted to, so instead I'm trying to focus on things that might not be so mainstream. Companies and products that are not as big as they should be. Maybe my blog can help out a little and if it can, that's great, and if not, I tried.

Anyway, I'm not saying this blog is going to turn into the 5th Fret Pt. 2, or anything like that. More average blogs will be coming when I have more time to write them. Right now there's a lot going on at home.

But I'll be back, you know I will. Until I do come back, keep checking the maps. You see I have more than 20% of the WORLD covered?