I shouldn’t be doing this right now but I’m going to.
I tried (a little) to look for everything I did last night. It’s gone. All those words now live somewhere deep in the corners of my computer. Somewhere that, I’m sure, I’ll find when I least expect it. (i.e. the moment I finishing retyping everything.)
Basically what I covered in yesterday’s posting was why I’m doing this silly “blogging” thing. I found (8) reasons last night. I’m sure I won’t be able to do it again but I’ll try:
1) As I mention in the header, I’m terrible at writing to those people I love. Unfortunately, most all of those people don’t live in this state so I can’t just ring them up for lunch or dinner or something. Even those that DO live here (ahem! CT), I don’t see that much.
2) I’d like to make a few more friends here in Minneapolis/St. Paul. For various reasons (none of which include any drama), I’ve never really established many close friends since moving to the Twin Cities in ’98. Basically, I’ve been focused on everything BUT making close friends. A few people have found me and I’m glad of it.
3) I’d like to meet a special guy. Basically, I’m looking for lightning to strike. I figure that if I put my self out in the rain storm, it’s bound to hit eventually; right?! Humor me here… And just for the record, I don’t know WHY I don’t have a boyfriend so you all can just stop asking. (And I don’t want to hear any crap about being “too picky” either!)
4) Sharing things and keeping a record of them. I really like the idea of having an updatable location online where I can share kernals of wisdom about things that interest me at the time. It’s especially interesting to me to be able to have a place that puts the things (links to information, music, photos, etc.) that I’ve found in context with other parts of my life. [In yesterdays post, I alluded to the fact that I’m a “maven” in the book The Tipping Point. It’s hard to explain what one is. Let’s just say, by putting that link in there and making the reference, that’s what makes me a maven.]
5) Writing. Something that I’m noticing right now in my life is an inability to communicate what’s in my head in a manner that is intelligable to others. Well, it’s not an “inability,” it’s just that what I’m thinking and what people are hearing aren’t the same. Not good. #2 and #3 should also help. So it’s my hope that I’ll be able to sharpen this skill by blogging.
6) Writing – part 2. Combine #4 and #5 together and you get a personal goal of mine; to be published. I don’t aspire to be Hemingway and write fab fiction books. But there are other ideas things that I’d like to do that would benefit from writing practice.
7) Goals. Speaking of them…. I have a ba-zillion of them. Most of you all know that I have more than my fair share. And they jump into my brain faster than I can check off old ones. So I’m hoping to use this space to document them over time.
8) Cruising around other peoples blogs has given me many other ideas like posting a list of all the concerts I go to in a year. (For you AND me to reference.) How about movies I watch, music I’m listening to, web sites I like, books I’m reading and have read, computer games I’m playing, teaching, directing, exercising, tennis, photos, muhahahahahha…. I CAN LIVE FOREVER! Oh…sorry…got carried way with myself. Anyway, I think you get the idea.
Ok, if this doesn’t upload I’m going to crap my pants! So, you know what, this is basically what I wrote last night so I’m just going to cut it off here. I was planning on posting other junk tonight but I really need to be in bed right now and there’s about 20 things I still want to do before I go to sleep.
If you’ve read this far, boy you’re a trooper! 🙂 No really, I forgot to mention (as I did last night) that I’m fully expecting this site to be more boring than watching paint dry for most people and especially for any one who doesn’t know me. Eventually, I’m sure the posts won’t be so long but some days they will. Again, this is going to be a place that I hope my friends around the country come to visit. To check up on me and make sure I’m ok. To give me advice. To kick me in the ass when I need it. (Ahhh, too bad DP doesn’t have web access, she likes to kick me to the otherside of Tuesday.)
So, friends (no foes) please bookmark me and click the thingy at the end of my posts to say hi when the fever hits yah.
Later my peeps! Peace!
Originally posted on Blogger when I wrote under the pseudonym pianoforte.