bloggy-style

This blog thing is, to use the language of my theatre-esque friends, "a-MAZE-ing!!!!" I need to pay tribute to Stephanie (http://graciejbrunswick.blogspot.com/), who inspired me to do this bloggy thang: she is sweet and hip and gorgeous and with it and far out and dy-no-mite. And I miss her, and wish we saw each other more often. And I want to be like her when I grow up.

I began reading others' blogs, thinking I'd get inspired, and instead, I've gotten intimidated. I want to write quirky, entertaining, random things that can inspire others. I used to be a fabulous writer...in high school. Tenth grade English class (Ms. Sally Stauffer, thanks) brought a new concept to me: writing every day. At the beginning of each class, you go in, you sit, you write. Sometimes, there would be something written on the board (idea, catch phrase, question, etc.) to help inspire, incase you didn't know what to start writing about. Initially, I thought this exercise to be a ploy of a teacher who wanted to keep us doing 'busy work' while she furthered her agenda of helping raise funds for the WWF (which, funnily enough, I thought was World Wrestling Federation - how odd, Sally - and turns out to be World Wildlife Federation...maybe...something of that flavor...). I look back now and wish someone would 'make' me sit down and write for ten, fifteen, twenty minutes a day.

I had (and have) a journal - long before Oprah "invented" the technique of journaling - but it's never up-to-date. I think that when I was writing in 10th-grade English class each day, the latest entries in my journal at home detailed 3rd grade ski club trips and my crush on Charles Hampton. I don't know if my current journal knows that I'm married. I feel so much pressure to hurryandcatchup! when I take time to write in my journal at home. Writing on this blog is so calming and refreshing to me. And, it's teaching me a lesson about what's important to me. I'm working on being inspired, rather than intimidated. This blogging thing is helping. No pressure. Random is fine. Know what else helps me? Comments.

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