The Web just isn’t holding my attention like it used to.

I’m tired of surfing.

I’m tired of every aggregator having the same news story that never gets meaningfully updated. Of every gossip site having the same entries.

I’m even tired of looking at design blogs. Of scrolling and clicking through stories in newspapers and magazines online.

My Facebook friends hardly ever do or say anything I can’t live without. It looks like some have stopped posting altogether. I’ve even hidden a few that simply post foursquare locations.

And Twitter is absolutely useless. Even if Jerry Seinfeld DID tweet me a response to a tweet he thinks I sent him but that I have no record or memory of.

(yawn)

The Web requires me to sit in one place and focus on a piece of electronic equipment for hours.

I’m tired of living so much of my life in the ether.

At least for a while, I’m going to be more selective.

I’ve subscribed to the local newspaper for a month on a free trial.

I’m spending more time with friends.

I’ll still blog, though, and check my favorite friends’ blogs.

But: gonna see how old-school feels for a while. I just wanna have some fun.