I’ve been going through a weird thing lately. good and bad. And unfortunately despite my desire to put everything out there, I’ve been pretty vague about what’s been going on, and this will hopefully be that last vague posting.
why?
It’s super personal and what I have to say affects more people than just myself. I think sometimes this is a struggle all writers deal with — what’s for you and what will benefit your audience. It feels really awesome for me to put it all out there, tell the world what’s been happening, and yet I realize that somethings shouldn’t be so public. Lessons were learned and maybe one day I will share those…but for now -
They say What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas…and this will stay with me.
I’m currently suffering from a severe case of blog envy. I read so many blogs and this past week I’ve read some flipping hysterical, clever, sassy blogs! ….Makes my ol’ blog feel…small.
This may not make up for my lack of blog-stardom but I just bought these shoes and somehow that makes me feel a lil better.
For the record here are the blogs I’ve been reading:
Candice Does The World
The Everywhereist
Ok, so my first week as a contributor to Gapers Block is going well! I have two posts up so far:
DIY Candy Pumpkins
Sweet Tweets
It’s true. I can’t help it. I’m kinda a weirdo sometimes.
In college I took Greek as my foreign language…and not modern Greek, Ancient Greek. Why? Because I was a borderline geek and took Latin in highschool. I was never stellar in Greek and I was pretty sure my professor hated me, but I still loved the class. Even though my ability to read & translate Greek have fallen by the wayside, I do still “write” in Greek. I write my notes, especially personal-just getting-my-thoughts-on-paper notes by writing the greek equilveant for a roman letter (or as best as it can fit) so the word “all” I would write alpha lambda lambda and so on. It makes me feel less conscious about getting my feelings and thoughts out in public because who is really going to take the time to decode my stuff?
I’m sure when I’m famous and have gone crazy, people will go bonkers for these greekish notes.
I love, love, love working with Galavanting — I’m excited to see that over the past year my responsibilities and involvement have increased. The more I get involved with writing and editing, the more I realize my need to improve, take-it-up-a-notch (or a few). I’m confident in my understanding of the language but my typing is lazy.
If you know me even a little, you know that I also xoxo Chicago and I’m thrilled to bits to start writing regularly for Gapers Block. I officially got the welcome email today, which means the pressure is on to start really performing in my writing. Kinda scary. I’m not even sure if I have a defined voice yet as writer —should I be admitting this? maybe not, but if I’m anything I’m honest.
I already have a listing of posts I want to write…now if only I can figure out Moveable Type.
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