Writer's Commentary: You Don't Know Me

On Post: You Don’t Know Me

Date: January 5

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“You Don’t Know Me” is one of the posts I got the most positive feedback on. People, for whatever reason, really dug it.

Writer's Commentary: Oh My God

On Post: Oh My God

Date: January 4

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Nothing is more panic inducing that achieving exactly what you want and quickly realizing you have no idea what to do with it. It was the first thing I thought of when I heard the song.

Writer's Commentary: Freedom

On Post: Freedom

Date: January 3

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I am not a poet. I mean, if you couldn’t tell from this entry, it bears pointing out. More to the point, not only am I not a poet, I am fairly terrible at writing poetry. I love it. I also love lyrics and particularly well written rap music. For whatever reason though, I’ve never had any ability to write that kind of thing myself. I just lack that kind of lyrical ability, I suppose. I don’t “hear” it, if you will.

Writer's Commentary: Resistance

On Post: Resistance

Date: January 2

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I don’t think anyone would be unfair in calling Muse’s work, and this song in particular, “overblown.” Nor do I think that that is a bad thing, especially in a song above, essentially, the power of love to triumph over all.

Writer's Commentary: No Sleep Til Brooklyn

On Post: No Sleep Til Brooklyn

Date: January 1

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Of all my posts during the January Project, I am pretty sure this is the one that ran farthest away from the song that inspired it. Not coincidentally, I expect, it would also make my “Greatest Hits of The January Project” if I was put together such a thing.

Writer's Commentary: Christmas at Ground Zero

On Post: Christmas at Ground Zero

Date: The Preview Post, The Proverbial Zero Issue

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For this sample post, I literally just chose the Christmas song that was playing at that moment in time. Because I make my own Christmas mixes every year and they can be… eclectic, I was lucky enough to have the fertile works of “Weird” Al Yankovich to inspire me.

The Future? Ahaha

First off, thanks to all who have followed The January Project throughout this month. It is appreciated. I hope you found a couple (or more) of pieces that you really enjoyed along the way.

Second, where does it go from here?

Well, for me, I do not just want to close up shop. I’ve really enjoyed it and I want to keep some measure of this magic going. But doing an entry every day? It was tough.