Blaaaahhg!

So I decided to take another stab at this "blogging" thing. I dabbled with it a couple years ago, and the result was this ill-fated LiveJournal thing that I haven't touched in over a year and a half. It isn't that I never have anything to say (though i'm sure that most of what goes on in my head is of absolutely no interest to anyone but myself and even i'm not always that impressed), but usually by the time I sit down in front of a computer to start typing i've already moved on to something else and the moment is lost. That's probably why some people carry around those little voice recorder gadgets. To capture those stray thoughts while they're still fresh and interesting.

So why am I bothering to try this again? One reason is that i've always thought it would be cool to keep a journal. I never got around to doing it because...well, partly because i'm just lazy. Also I never really knew where to start. I always felt that it should start at some kind of significant point. A birthday. Or New Year's Day. Something like that. Otherwise the first entry would go something like:

"Dear Diary: today I got up and took a shower. Then I had some breakfast. I watched tv for a little while and opened yesterday's mail. I thought about vacuuming the living room but I didn't really feel like it so I didn't. I can't figure out what to have for lunch. I need to go grocery shopping, but first the car needs gas. The car is really dirty and I need to wash it. It's too hot today. The water would dry too fast and leave spots. I was going to do it yesterday but it was too cold."

Not very exciting, is it? But of course, that's what life is. 90% of it is just that sort of drudgery. Even the most interesting people in the world spend a great deal of their time doing little things like opening mail, brushing their teeth (hopefully), gassing up the car, etc. Necessary stuff, but nothing of the sort one would choose to start their memoirs with.
So i'd put it off and all the so-called "significant points" would come and go and of course by then i'd forgotten all about starting a journal.

So why now? A friend of mine, who is a pretty funny guy, started one and I guess it rekindled my interest.

"Mike's blog is funny. My blog sucks. I want a funny blog! Hmm...maybe I could cut and paste his blog entries into mine..."

I had to abort that plan since, even though it looked good on paper, it had some fundamental flaws. Namely, that it would be too difficult to explain to people who knew me that not only does the camera add 20 pounds, it also subtracts all the hair from my head. A few of my friends would probably buy that explanation, but others might remain skeptical. So Iguess i'll have to do it the hard way. Maybe i'll even stick with it this time. Who knows...some of this stuff might even be interesting.



naaahhhh....