content "creation"

I've been prepping this blog for my month-long absence by loading it up with 30 days' worth of posts. Given that I normally slap up at least three or four entries a day, I've been trying to find worthwhile content to pass along to you. 

The "finding content" phase is now done, though, and the final (most difficult) phase is to generate original content for your ass. I think a mixture of awful poems, 100 Below short stories, movie reviews, and perhaps a quasi-philosophical meditation or two might do the trick. (I can't bother with current events since I'll have no idea what's newsworthy. So, yay—no news and very little politics!) 

Maybe I can also take a few random photos that are typical of the photo content I usually stick on the blog: pics of flowers and little creatures, selfies, gross open wounds (if I have any), etc. I've even thought about doing a series of short pieces that, when strung together, form some sort of multi-part narrative that will keep the readers coming back—a narrative hook if you will. I might also try my hand at some videos. And maybe some cartoons.

Last night, I watched a quiet Komerican drama called "Past Lives," so that movie review will definitely be part of the scheduled content that will appear here in my absence. Of course, by telling you all this, I'm giving away the game, and people might be turned off by the insincerity that's inherent in scheduling posts to make it seem as if I'm still just blogging here every day. But that's a risk I'm willing to take, and hey: if I die during the trek across the peninsula, my posts will continue appearing, but they'll be tinged with poignancy once you're all somehow made aware that I'm dead. (Oh, wouldn't it be funny if I died, and you never got the news? That would be the height of cosmic hilarity!) 

I've got the rest of September and half of October to generate content. Here's hoping it's worthy of your time. Ah, the things I do for my readers.