When I got the gig at SF Weekly, I said to myself, “I’ll keep Old Snuggling forever! I’ll maintain like, my professional blog and my personal blog and never the twain shall meet. Easy breezy colorful.”
I should have taken heed of my new friend/colleague Alex’s example. Here is Alex’s blog. He started working for SF Weekly in August 2010. Please note his last post, where he said “Hey I got this new gig but will continue to write here sometimes!” Cue crickets.
To my 3 remaining blog readers: don’t be mad baby, I still love you! I’ve been busy, but you are the ones that matter. I got all caught up in the Game. But now it’s Saturday night, SK is at an art experience, and I’ve got nothing but time. Things:
-My piece on Aasif Mandvi came out and I can’t say I love it. I tried to cover too much ground in one short feature and ended up not doing justice to any of it, imho.
-My new website is in progress as we speak. I keep hearing this annoying, gross phrase: “building your brand,” aka a way of increasing name recognition as a writer. The notion of Jesse Hirsch as a brand makes me want to vom, but I also like writing for cash. Self-aggrandizement pays. (Related: Twitter, which I vowed never to join).
-I just signed a contract for a short piece in this magazine, which SK says is a yuppie mag. I would counter, diplomatically, that it is a respected magazine for a certain demographic, with a solid stable of good writers. Plus they pay wicked supah good!
-We went to a phenomenal show last night, staying out after 1am for the first time in weeks (I grow old and weary). I would like to write a concert review, which I’ve never done before. Here’s hoping SF Weekly is open to change.
Yikesa, it’s 9:37 and the taco store closes soon!
