{"id":6511,"date":"2014-07-04T06:05:12","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T13:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=6511"},"modified":"2015-05-03T17:48:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T00:48:36","slug":"steve-miller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=6511","title":{"rendered":"An imaginary conversation about Steve Miller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You should totally write something about Steve Miller. <\/p>\n<p>Steve Miller?<\/p>\n<p>Like about Jet Airliner<\/p>\n<p>Why would I write about that?<\/p>\n<p>I love Jet Air Liner!<\/p>\n<p>Well, I don&#8217;t have anything else to write about that isn&#8217;t depressing.<\/p>\n<p>See?<\/p>\n<p>What the fuck would I have to say about Steve Miller? I like his music well enough, I guess, but not enough to write about it. I shouldn&#8217;t be allowed to start drinking until I have written 400 words. I am uncreative after being plied with wine all evening. <\/p>\n<p>You could always miss a day. <\/p>\n<p>No I can&#8217;t. I need to make it until mid-July to make a whole year. <\/p>\n<p>How do you come up with ideas? I don&#8217;t have 365 ideas. <\/p>\n<p>Me either. That&#8217;s why I will end up writing about a conversation about not writing about Steve Miller. <\/p>\n<p>It could be worse. You could be writing about ABBA. <\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s an awful thing to wish on me!<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t a wish. It was an attempt to force you into committing an act of gratitude. <\/p>\n<p>Act of gratitude would be a good band name, or even blog title. <\/p>\n<p>I am a little &#8220;over&#8221; gratitude as a topic. <\/p>\n<p>That seems like a bad idea. <\/p>\n<p>So, Steve Miller.<\/p>\n<p>Fuck. What the fuck am I going to say?<\/p>\n<p>I already told you&#8211;talk about &#8220;Jet Air Liner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No. I don&#8217;t even know the words!<\/p>\n<p>You could skip a day. <\/p>\n<p>I suppose Google could find song lyrics. <\/p>\n<p>Oh good. I can&#8217;t wait to read it!<\/p>\n<p>I am so screwed. Do you have Jet Air Liner on your iPod?<\/p>\n<p>Of course!<\/p>\n<p>You win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You should totally write something about Steve Miller. Steve Miller? Like about Jet Airliner Why would I write about that? I love Jet Air Liner! Well, I don&#8217;t have anything else to write about that isn&#8217;t depressing. See? What the fuck would I have to say about Steve Miller? I like his music well enough, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=6511\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An imaginary conversation about Steve Miller<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imaginary-conversation","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-1H1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6200,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=6200","url_meta":{"origin":6511,"position":0},"title":"an imaginary talk about shit and ideas","author":"Michelle","date":"June 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"How do you find something different to write every day? 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