foray into blogdom

me(after half a bottle of wine): maybe i should have a blog

self: um, maybe not

me: yeah, it'll be fun. i can rant about my neverending miserable experiences at the grocery store, why falling in vomit is a completely unsurprising thing to happen to me, how being single and attempting to date is kind of like living in the twilight zone with no foreseeable way out.... you get my drift. oh, and i'll throw in some happy stuff sometimes, too.

self: whatever.

me: shutup.

self: ok, do it. but you know this will be just like everything else. you want to take an art class? great! you never signed up. you took horseback riding lessons for how long? right, like 2 weeks. that whole get healthy kick you went on in 1998? how's that working out for ya? have you even finished reading "the corrections" yet? i think not....

me: quiet self. i will persevere. i will create a blog and enter the world of online social commentary and witty observation. i will keep it updated and will not abandon it as i have so many online forums in the past (r.i.p. friendster, myspace, livejournal....).

self: fine. don't come crying to me when you don't understand why no one has commented on your 157th post about how much you hate those stupid shopping carts at jewel with the plastic cars attached to the front.

me: but, those are really annoying! they're so huge they don't fit through the checkout lanes, nevermind trying to turn one of those bad boys around in the ice cream isle with a screaming child belted into the front behind the little plastic steering wheel-

self: don't start.

me: fine. i digress. but, you'll see. this blogging thing will be fun with a capital F!

self: exactly how much wine have you had tonight?

me (bottle near empty): shhhhhh. don't you judge me!

self: never. there's absolutely nothing wrong with sitting at home alone, consuming an entire bottle of wine while debating with yourself about the pros and cons of starting a blog....

me: do i detect sarcasm?

self: god, i hope so. you and i would die without it. ok, i give in. let's blog.

me: yipee! (hiccup)