First Blog!

Wow, so, I created this blog after months of trying to remind myself to start a blog. Sometimes ideas for cool blogs would pop into my head and I'd be all like, "Omg, when I get home, I'm gonna write this awesome blog blah blah blah..." and nothing. I used to blog frequently on Myspace, but once I discovered Facebook, me and Myspace were dunzo. I guess I, like everyone else, found Myspace to be incredibly lame after all. It's weird. I was on Myspace when I had my first boyfriend, when first boyfriend turned out to be a stalker, when I got restraining order against my stalker, changed my phone number, moved to another town, found my future husband, got married, when my best friend tried to steal my husband, when said friendship then ended, went on a marriage-saving trip to VA, heard more about "the Facebook" everyone was talking about, and that's when my blogging habit was more or less over. Why sit and write a whole blog, when you can just update willy-nilly any thought that pops into your head? Sure, you can do that on Myspace too, but everyone knows that Facebook is where all the cool kids are. And, really, I love writing. I've spent a lot of these past few years so absorbed in my work that I don't really leave a lot of room in my life for any "passions" if you will. I know people with incredible talents, artists, musicians, photographers, filmographers, students, teachers, politicians...people with dreams. And being surrounded by so much awesomeness leads me to realize what is so obviously missing from my own life: a passion of my very own. It used to be comedy, when I was in high school I dreamed of being some sort of comedian, stand-up, sit-down, whatever. But, that requires work, and I'm not kidding when I say I wasn't willing to be a part of anything that required much effort or creativity. I know the things I love to do. I love to take pictures, but I wouldn't necessarily want to do it for a living. I love to watch movies, but I'm no film critic. (one of my favorite movies, to this very day, is Beautician and the Beast.) I played the flute in school, but I wouldn't consider myself a musician. The only thing I've ever thought I might have any skill in is writing. I enjoy doing it, when I'm inspired, and I'm pretty decent at grammar and spelling and such. (this first blog might not be an example of that!) Thus this blog is born. I stole the title from that old Tommy Cochrane song, although I honestly like the Rascall Flatts version the best. Don't ask me why I chose it. I guess it's because it's probably my very favorite song in the whole wide world. I loved the original and like the remake even better. Plus, it's been pretty descriptive of my life this past year, even though I don't actually drive a truck, I drive a Jetta. Joan Jetta, to be exact. (My sister named my car, awesome, right?) So...I'm going to give blogging a try again. Also, I went back and was going to delete my Myspace finally, since I never go there anymore, and don't really care to remember much of what was posted there, and if you've never tried to leave Myspace, I gotta tell you, it's difficult. They really lay on the guilt trip! All these "exit" questions like "What made you decide to leave Myspace?" Including reasons like "Myspace is boring"...and weirdly enough, I couldn't answer that. I mean, what if like, whoever invented myspace reads my comment or something and it just kinda slightly hurts his feelings? They they're all, "Is there anything we can do to get you to stay?" And then, finally, "Uh, you realize if you leave Myspace, you lose EVERYTHING. Pictures, blogs, your friends, etc. And if you come back, you have to start over from scratch." I couldn't do it. I failed. Anyway, this is it for my first blog. :)