First post

Hello friends, relatives, and random internet people who might stumble upon this. I finally caved to the blogging phenomenon. For a while, I had adopted a holier-than-thou attitude towards blogging, that it was just a bunch of self-absorbed individuals putting their opinions out there for the world to see. Then, I started to read some of my friends' blogs, and realized that while there were certainly enough people out there who fit my stereotype, it certainly wasn't that way for many. And I realized how much I enjoyed reading my friends blogs, especially now that I no longer get to see them on a daily basis. Also, now that I'm done with college I really need something to motivate me to continue writing on a regular basis so that my writing muscles won't atrophy. I feel that I'm already quite rusty only a few months after graduation. Plus, my boyfriend just left for a week and I'm going to need something to do to occupy my time. So I hope you all enjoy my thoughts, musings, rants, random occurrences, and occasional waxing philosophical.