Hey there!

funny joke... so a gal walks into a bar........
......and never writes another post again.

Jesus ham sandwich Christ, I am a serious Grade A, Business Class slacker, and it's about time I whipped my lay-about butt into shape.

I've been incubating a menagerie of plans, plots, and crazy ideas in my brain box the past few weeks, and it's time to nail it all down to the paper.

I like to pretend the screen is paper, makes things feel more authentic.

Let us recap-
Since the New Year I have:
- Completely committed to the idea of being a teacher, and then promptly abandoned the entire idea..
- 100% dedicated myself to the project of quitting my current job, only to cling to it that more tightly..
- Painted a few pictures, which is a few more paintings than I did last year..
- Written 4 useless blog posts..
- Adopted ANOTHER CAT
- Spent a frenetic super motivated week at the gym... and never went back.

Right, so, not a whole lot to build on, eh?
(although the new cat is cute).

On a brighter note, I have a shiny new Apple computer, with a new-apple-computer smell still ingering about it, and I have discovered and spent quality time with a few very inspiring blogs, books, people, and places.

And guess what.

I'm ready to start writing.

Not just here, but everywhere, all the time- in journals, on websites, on scraps of paper, for recognition, for pleasure, for satisfaction, for cold hard cash, for my livelihood, for my sanity, for my cat, for my family, but most importantly, for MYSELF (no offense, non-existent blog followers).

I'm ready to get lost in writing.  There will be no more nitpicky judgment, boundaries, restrictions, or stopping.

I may make up words from time to time, but I will not manifest feelings, scenarios, or grand sweeping statements that are blatantly false.

I will write the truth. My truth.

Here I go...