I'm blogging. Yup. That's what I'm doing. I'm here and I'm typing away. Blogging.
Writing a blog. Bloggity, blog, blog, blog...
Writing a blog about what? Well, that's the tiny little thing that's been keeping me from actually jumping in and doing this.
What is this blog going to be about? Don't the best blogs have themes? One central and unifying topic? What should mine be?
As I sit here writing, my memories wander back to my senior year of high school. Disclaimer: I have no idea if any of this is true or if it's just the way my brain has distorted the memories over the past 13 years. Our final assignment (I think it may have actually been our final exam) in Advanced Placement English was to showcase our passion in some way. Essentially, everyone made a 10 minute presentation to the class about their personal life and the one thing that they identified as being of the utmost importance to them. I sat for weeks and wracked my brain about what I'd do for my presentation. What ONE thing was I passionate about? I knew that Melissa would talk about art, since she was a a talented painter. Brian would play his violin. Scott would talk about the music of Tori Amos. My boyfriend (who actually became my first husband...but that's a topic for probably several more blog posts) would talk about sports. And, there I was, 17 years old and I had no idea what I was passionate about. Sidebar: I was right, by the way, each and every one of them presented on those topics. And if they didn't, don't tell me and just reference the disclaimer above.
And, here I am, 30 years old and I'm having emotional flashbacks to being that scared, 17 year-old, who had no idea what she was passionate about...
Ultimately, I'm pretty sure that I wrote about several things including acting and theater, my Judaism, and my boyfriend (who I married in 2003 and divorced in 2010). I wrapped it all up quite brilliantly...if I do say so myself...in a tight little package that essentially boiled down to being passionate about me, myself, and I. Sounds narcissistic, right? It probably was and I probably still am.
So, that's what this blog will be about: Me.
Will it be a parenting blog, since I'm re-married and now an evil step-mother?
No.
Well, yes, it could be.
Will it be a blog full of relationship advice from someone who got married at 22, divorced at 28, and re-married at 30?
No.
Well, yes, it might be.
Will it be a blog dedicated to philanthropy and charity, since I'm a professional fundraiser and work with non-profits?
No.
Well, yes, it will be.
Do you see a pattern forming?
Will it be funny and make you laugh sometimes?
I really really really hope so! No promises, though.
Will it be riddled with incorrect grammar, crazy attempts at punctuation, and an obscene amount of parenthesis and ellipses?
Yes. I can certainly promise that it will be! (No one tell my English professors. So what if I have a Bachelor of Arts in English Education and a Master's degree???)
Most importantly, my goal is for the blog to be a fun project for me. I want it to be filled with my happiness and my frustrations. My love and my strife. My compliments and my complaints. My silliness and my seriousness...and much, much more!
I hope you'll come along for the ride...
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