I have figured out what is essential to a properly written blog...

the answer is a laptop.

i heart blogging...

i think it started in third grade when i was given a Lisa Frank dolphin motif diary for a birthday. since then, i have found it integral to my well being when i can write in my diary. now instead of keeping it private, because it used to be filled with trivial secrets like first kisses and current crushes, i believe that life, being more substantial, is something i would like to share with people. and i have come to learn that handwriting takes to long for me... i will be honest, because i am so involved with making my handwriting 'look pretty' sometimes my ADD makes me loose focus on what i sat down to write about in the first place. so, i have found that a blog makes it all possible. maybe no one will read it.....maybe people will think im crazy.....maybe people will realize that i lack basic vocabulary and punctuation skills....and that i always over use the 'dot dot dots'...

but, anyway....

i used to sit in an uncomfortable wooden chair at an antique desk that my legs wouldnt fit under because the computer sat under there. i would have like to sit and think and contemplate, but i was too distracted by the mess in front of me to accomplish anything productive. but, now i have a laptop. i know that this may be a staple in your home by now, but its new to me! now, i can sit on the comfort of my sofa, or at the island in the kitchen with a cup of coffee....or even upstairs curled up in my bed...or in the basement.... uh...maze...ing.

now i just need some suggestions on blog aesthetics. part of the reason i love sifting through blogs is that i am amazed how much time an effort people put into making it look 'just right'. the properly placed photos...information box...banner.....paired with the painstaking process of compiling just the right set list of music to create the perfect mood for readers. it all adds to up to something just as wonderful to me then the words it contains. maybe its my obsession with the way things look. if i ever had to choose between blindness or deafness.....please take my ears. my eyes are always hungry...