People are funny. It's the pure and simple truth. That's why we laugh at comedians. They tell it like it is, and we laugh at human nature. There are so many moments in everyone's lives that are worthy of a deep and hearty laugh.
But we are usually too focused on all the word and our scheduled lives to see each individual moment for what it is. Not only that, but often something that is easily laughable often takes a negative toll on us. You say something stupid... So? Haven't we all? Laugh it off. Your two year old son or brother keeps pulling books off the bookshelf and carrying them, individually, across the room and putting them in your lap while your with a guest. Rather than get upset, laugh at his implementation as he tries to make some random and unknown point.
These are wretched examples. But I hope only that the point is made. Life moves too fast to not enjoy the individual moments.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Pieces to a Puzzle
I have surprised myself in creating a blog. I thought I'd be the last person on Earth to set up my own webpage that revolves solely around me. Perhaps I am. Don't get me wrong, blogs are fine, they just aren't me.
So, let's go over what to expect. Did you ever watch "The Perfect Man" with Hillary Duff. Don't. It's not necessary. But in the film Hillary Duff has to keep moving around and is having a hard time making friends, and all that good cliche stuff. She also happens to write on her blog almost every single day. It's like she doesn't have anyone in her life to understand her, so she sends daily shipments of herself off into cyber-space. She hopes someone somewhere is reading everything and putting each piece together to form the person she is. She is then understood.
No. I don't expect to be understood. People are too complex for surface level blogs to define them. Sure, every post will be a small part of me, because I wrote it. And maybe one day, (if I happen to keep up with this blog long enough...) there will be enough pieces out there for someone to construct some completed, mini puzzle of me, but it could only ever be 2D.
So, if you happen to care enough to read anymore of anything I happen to say, don't expect the average blog here. I honestly don't know how it will result, and I trust that I too will find I'm surprising even myself. I just plan to write. (And I'm totally doing this for me, by the way. I've been out of the writing flow for awhile now, and wish to change that.) Who knows what will show up here. For all I know this could be the one and only post I ever ship off into the vast void of cyber-space. I guess we'll both have to wait and see.
So, let's go over what to expect. Did you ever watch "The Perfect Man" with Hillary Duff. Don't. It's not necessary. But in the film Hillary Duff has to keep moving around and is having a hard time making friends, and all that good cliche stuff. She also happens to write on her blog almost every single day. It's like she doesn't have anyone in her life to understand her, so she sends daily shipments of herself off into cyber-space. She hopes someone somewhere is reading everything and putting each piece together to form the person she is. She is then understood.
No. I don't expect to be understood. People are too complex for surface level blogs to define them. Sure, every post will be a small part of me, because I wrote it. And maybe one day, (if I happen to keep up with this blog long enough...) there will be enough pieces out there for someone to construct some completed, mini puzzle of me, but it could only ever be 2D.
So, if you happen to care enough to read anymore of anything I happen to say, don't expect the average blog here. I honestly don't know how it will result, and I trust that I too will find I'm surprising even myself. I just plan to write. (And I'm totally doing this for me, by the way. I've been out of the writing flow for awhile now, and wish to change that.) Who knows what will show up here. For all I know this could be the one and only post I ever ship off into the vast void of cyber-space. I guess we'll both have to wait and see.
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