Rose and a New Direction (not a boy band)
I was going to say the usual fluff and stuff about "how long it's been" and "gee I can't believe I don't come over here anymore", but honestly if you're reading this, you know all that. I don't really need to stop by once a year to post it. So...
...I've come to the realisation in the last couple of months (after an extended FORCED leave of absence from my computer) that Facebook and all the attendant crap is really too impersonal and abrupt for me. 'Cause I don't live like that. I don't necessarily care that EVERYONE won't hear all about my latest meal success or the plot for next year's garden. These are things that I need know. Things that I care about and would use for future reference. I have toyed with the idea of a blog, but I'm not quite sure I can "put myself out there" like that either. At least not with the daily inner workings of my brain.
Regardless of who reads (or who doesn't), I'm going to see about keeping up my LJ again. If for no other reason than sometimes I need a place to Dump Things that I just need to get out of my head. Things like:
The Girlfriend who drives me crazy, even though I am trying very hard to like her. For the Eldest Manling's sake.
The Secondborn and his complete lack of self-preservation.
My Favorite Manling and the way testosterone has short-circuited his brain.
The Munchkin Manling and all the attendant melodrama that he brings with him.
My Hubs and his insane need to be in-my-face all-the-time. (This is, in fact, a trait inherited from his father, attested to by his mother who just laughed and told me it will only Get Worse as he gets older. This may be a serious issue in upcoming years.)
All my Crazy and the rampage of feelings that usually comes with it. Seriously people, I'm an INFP. I FEEL THE UNIVERSE!
And then there's ROSE....my darling little puss cat who really NEEDS Attention. Right. NOW. MOM. Holy crap, cat! :)
There, ears duly scratched, I am allowed to finish this up. If nothing else, I've accomplished the sole objective of keeping Rose happy.
So, it matters not to me if you're reading this, and I don't really know if I want opinions. This is just for me, to keep me sane, out of sight and out of mind. I might post bits of writing and whatnot, but I don't know. No one seems to like what I write, and I can't let other people's Crazy destroy my love for my stories. It seems the wiser course to keep them all for myself, tucked away and safe.
I think that's all for the moment; just an affirmation of a change for me, a place holder of sorts. Somewhere to look back to and say "a-ha! so that's the start of it." We'll go on from here.
...I've come to the realisation in the last couple of months (after an extended FORCED leave of absence from my computer) that Facebook and all the attendant crap is really too impersonal and abrupt for me. 'Cause I don't live like that. I don't necessarily care that EVERYONE won't hear all about my latest meal success or the plot for next year's garden. These are things that I need know. Things that I care about and would use for future reference. I have toyed with the idea of a blog, but I'm not quite sure I can "put myself out there" like that either. At least not with the daily inner workings of my brain.
Regardless of who reads (or who doesn't), I'm going to see about keeping up my LJ again. If for no other reason than sometimes I need a place to Dump Things that I just need to get out of my head. Things like:
The Girlfriend who drives me crazy, even though I am trying very hard to like her. For the Eldest Manling's sake.
The Secondborn and his complete lack of self-preservation.
My Favorite Manling and the way testosterone has short-circuited his brain.
The Munchkin Manling and all the attendant melodrama that he brings with him.
My Hubs and his insane need to be in-my-face all-the-time. (This is, in fact, a trait inherited from his father, attested to by his mother who just laughed and told me it will only Get Worse as he gets older. This may be a serious issue in upcoming years.)
All my Crazy and the rampage of feelings that usually comes with it. Seriously people, I'm an INFP. I FEEL THE UNIVERSE!
And then there's ROSE....my darling little puss cat who really NEEDS Attention. Right. NOW. MOM. Holy crap, cat! :)
There, ears duly scratched, I am allowed to finish this up. If nothing else, I've accomplished the sole objective of keeping Rose happy.
So, it matters not to me if you're reading this, and I don't really know if I want opinions. This is just for me, to keep me sane, out of sight and out of mind. I might post bits of writing and whatnot, but I don't know. No one seems to like what I write, and I can't let other people's Crazy destroy my love for my stories. It seems the wiser course to keep them all for myself, tucked away and safe.
I think that's all for the moment; just an affirmation of a change for me, a place holder of sorts. Somewhere to look back to and say "a-ha! so that's the start of it." We'll go on from here.