Generic vs. Unique

Yes sir that is my problem, which I think many of us are running into. Those of us who are taking this assignment seriously want our blog to stand out. We want people to read it, and like (and dare I say enjoy) what we write. So in order to achieve that we have to write something that stands out. A new idea or something close to it. Crazy titles are being spit out left and right. People spend and hour to simply figure out what to say, or how to say it. And that would all be great if there wasn't the "but".

The "but" is the deadline. Two blogs per week. At the beginning this seemed simple. I had idea's left and right. I enjoyed writing. Two blogs a week? What a piece of pie (yes pie). And then it happened. I hit the wall that everybody else seems to have smacked their head on. Which is where I run into the big question. Do I try to be unique still, even though my ideas will probably be a lot less than fantastic or not have anything to blog about at all? OR should I blog about the same generic things so that I can get them all done.

I would love to be unique. In a perfect world (like Walgreen's) I would still be blogging like a mad man. My idea's would still seem good to me at the very least. But that's not the way it is. I have nothing new to say. I can't sit up all night striving for some semi brilliant idea to pop into my head. I don't have that kind of time.

So all of that, I am sad to say, leads me to the generic route. The unimaginative route. The route where everybody blogs about the elections, being stressed, and extreme home makeover. I think it's a waste of time to write about second hand ideas. Nobody wants to read it, and I don't want to think about it. Yet what choice do I have? I want to keep up the fairly decent quality (I think I have) in my blog. Quality takes a lot of imagination, and at this point I don't think I have it. I'm far from giving up. Giving up isn't my point at all. Because second hand idea's still are not my style, but I might have to settle for something boring occasionally. Idea's are very welcome, if you havn't written about them. But personally I would just write about it myself instead of give it someone else ;)