Hittin' the Big Time

Okay, there's a real post bottled up inside of me, so expect that later tonight.

But, dude, I just had to share the e-mail that buzzed my way:

Hi, my name is Alex LeMaine, an intern with The Commercial Appeal. I'm doing a story about how blogging has replaced previous types of venting and expressing thoughts, such as the phone or actual physical journals.

You being a journalist, I figured you would have some good insight. If you're interesting you can get back to me. I suppose this is a chance for me to plug my own blog; http://www.areyl.blogspot.com. Thanks.

Alex, buddy, I'd be more than willing to talk to you about my blog -- most likely off the record -- but I'd give you some rockin' local sources to hit up. Why off the record? Because, dude, I interned there in '01 ... and I'm fairly certain I've posted a few choice words about my time there. Like how it colored my final memories of "real life" and "real emotion" before I was relegated to heavy prescriptions to get my head on straight. Regular readers: You know this as the Summer From Hell.

But the real reason I posted Alex's letter is this sentence: If you're interesting you can get back to me.

I don't know guys ... am I interesting enough to get back to him? ::grins:: Talk amongst yourselves.