In which I join the vast conspiracy.....

Look, Ma, I've started a blog! It seems oh so appropriate to begin a blog at the beginning of a new calendar year....then again, it also seems quite cliched. Like resolving to keep a journal every year. I remember as a kid always getting a shiny new diary, complete with breakable lock and tiny little key, for Christmas. I would faithfully write every day -- "Dear Diary: Today I had a ham sandwich for lunch. Robbie Martin looked at me for 30 seconds in Math class. Does he like me, or did I have food in my braces?" That lasted until about February 5th. It's funny how insignificant things seemed all-consuming at the time they were happening. How could I have EVER cared what color prom dress I wore or if some boy thought I was a geek because I knew all the answers in History class? I wonder what things that loom hugely now will end up being minor blips in the grand scheme of things.....it's the classic "if I knew then what I know now..." dilemma.

So why am I doing this now? Because everyone else jumped off the same bridge, I guess. Maybe I was inspired by my own favorite bloggers. Maybe it just seems like the thing to do these days, and I just got a new spiffy computer and I want to have just one more excuse to be in front of it (like I need another one). Maybe I just have something to say. Writing always was therapeutic, and it's something I haven't done with any consistency for quite some time. But really, I just want to have as much fun as everyone else seems to be having!