Only fools rush in

I’ve generally thought of blogging as a foolish endeavor. A way for people to stroke their egos online; believing everyone needs to read their every inane thought. Of course, I once thought the same about Facebook. I caved three months into my college experience on that one.

Blogging, however, I stayed away from until now – three months after my college experience ended.

I don’t read blogs. I don’t follow any popular blogs or bloggers. I have several friends who blog, but I barely read them (yeah I know, I’m a terrible friend). My own mother keeps a blog. I don’t think I’ve read one of her posts since 2010.

Yet here I am, writing an introductory blog to what may or may not become a recurring thing for me. 

So how did I get to this point?

The bottom line is I’m bored. EXTREMELY bored. Bored to the point where I’m losing my sanity (if I ever had any to begin with).

I’m currently living the wonderful life of a graduated communication major. I’m actually feeling jealous of English majors and the cushy jobs they’re landing while I have only managed one job interview so far. I’m in desperate need of some ego-stroking.

So basically I’m doing what I do best: writing. Not the most marketable skill, but it’s one of the few things I’m good at. That, and acting foolish.

I love all things foolish. I love the silly and the absurd. The only thing I might love more is good storytelling. Not just the storytelling you find in books, but in music, movies, TV and the stories we tell each other in day-to-day life.

I want to tell some stories. Preferably some foolish stories. Stories that will be too good to be true, which is how you’ll know they are real, and stories so rooted in fiction and fantasy that you’ll believe I couldn’t possibly have made them up. 

This blog will basically be one long story. The story of my silly, absurd, foolish life; told from my own biased perspective. All the highs and lows, all the peaks and valleys (and there have certainly been no shortage of valleys lately) and all the foolishness in-between. Hopefully I can make a few people laugh.

That is why I’m taking a stab at blogging. That is what I hope to achieve with this.

But I’ll be damned if I cave to societal pressure a third time and open a Twitter account!