Projects and Doubt

So I'm working on a new project called "Welcome to our Misery". It's based on a ritual gathering of friends every monday night at a local bar. We call the night Miserable Mondays. You can check out an earlier post called "Hate and Misery" for a few more details. The premise is that it's a forum for us to air our petty problems without judgment. Where we can bitch about the little things and call them Miseries. I guess it's a way to remind ourselves that there are bigger problems and that our lives are good - that we have good friends, that there's beauty and laughter in our lives. I love this about Miserable Mondays. I love writing down stupid things like "I am miserable because my car is leaking oil". From the beginning I've wanted to make this into a larger project. After the first winter, I made a book with all the miseries sewn and pasted into it. It looked great, but it was limiting. It can only be in the possession of one person at a time. So my friend Nik and I have decided to create a blog where we post the miseries every week, and also allow other people to send us their miseries. This has all sounded so great to me, until last night when I tried to actually go through the old miseries and create a post. I think the problem is that I had just watched a few episodes of Six Feet Under - particularly depressing episodes - and I couldn't help but wonder if this concept will work out of context. Will the blog just end up coming off as trivial - even insulting. Will people be offended by the bunch of us bitching about paying rent, or having a shitty job? In the moment, I see brilliance in it. But after the fact, will it just be trite?

I hate when you are so sure of something, and then suddenly it comes crashing down on you. And then you question everything.