So I started this blog on August 26th, 2009 and have written 2 entries: one on how starting to write is the hardest part and then a sort of retraction of that idea about how continuing is actually the hardest part. Today is Monday, October 26th, exactly 2 months since I started the thing and 49 days since I last blogged.
All of this leads to one inevitable conclusion: I should write a book.
J
Oops – edit number 1 – let me rephrase that, since I am attempting to stike the word “should” from my vocabulary: I am writing a book.
(OMG. Did I just say that out loud??? Phew, I only wrote it. Yikes.)
So I need help.
Ah, finally something that makes sense to you, huh?! (Especially if you’re in the field of counseling or psychotherapy.)
But what I mean is I want your help. See, this book is going to take shape publicly. Yep. I’m going to blog it into being.
My brain works in chapters sometimes. I’ll be brushing my teeth – one of my favorite activities (you should all get a Sonic Care toothbrush, btw – damn it, I just said “should” again) when my brain will start typing into thin air a fantastic narrative.
Problem is by the time the 2 minute auto timer on my Sonic Care goes off I’ve moved on from the chapter to thoughts of how my “freckles” look more and more like age spots and where I’m going to come up with the money for laser resurfacing and how much it will probably hurt or how weird I’ll look during the process.
So, my idea is, if I have a format where I can jump online and quickly type out the idea before it’s dethroned by the next, I can move on to my vain musings with much less guilt and maybe even with something to show for it.
Thus the blog.
And with blogs being the cooking show of our now collaborative digital life soup it’s the perfect spot to start chopping and tossing ingredients into the pot.
So there you have it.
You’re invited into my kitchen to taste, comment and maybe even toss a few of your own spices into the mix.
One warning – participate at your own risk! I don’t always think in any type of order (as if you haven’t already noticed that) and you may find yourself or someone you know and love on the pages. I will probably change the names of people in my stories when I feel that their privacy may be better served that way but it may be possible for some of you more astute individuals to unravel the stories and characters regardless.
So I apologize ahead of time.
Just keep in mind, cooking, like life, is messy. But without the mess the soup is usually pretty bland.
The water’s hot but once it’s soup it sure feels good going down!
So are you in????
