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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Led, Scheme, and Sigh
Well this is it. My first blog. I’ll be honest, I’m scared. It’s kind of like this dream I have. I’m on the high dive, and I’m naked in front of a huge crowd, and just as I’m about to dive in, I realize there’s a great white shark swimming below me with a me-eating grin on his snout. Yeah, I have dreams like that sometimes.
So I’m staring at my blank screen with a big black hole where my followers should be, feeling a bit intimidated. Who exactly am I writing this blog for with no followers? Why it must be for you Non Existent Cyber One! Now tell me darling Neco where do I start? What do I say?
Someone suggested I go to Random Word Generator, get 3 words, then write about those words- instant blog. Seemed brilliant to me! So I grabbed 3 words, easy enough. And you know what, Neco? *snicker* I cheated!! The first three words I generated were pothey, sultippers and dang. Seriously? Admit it, you would cheat too! I’m pretty sure the first two words aren’t even real words at all. So I went to a different Random Word Generator site that uses actual words in my vocabulary and got led, scheme and sigh. Now that’s better!
Epiphany! I had a vision of a story right away. Young girl concocts a scheme to meet quirky boy she’s been crushing on. He’s a bit dark and moody, so she decides to feign interest in gravestone rubbing to get his attention. It works, next thing you know they are meeting at the cemetery, where after some beautiful flowy sentences she ditches the boy for some ghostly lover. There are some ethereal scenes and it ends with her being led to a grave far at the end of the cemetery where her hand stretches to his and she evaporates with a shivery sigh.
Wait!! What. The. Hell. First off, I don’t do romance. Ever. Second. Flowy? Ethereal? Ugh. And third. Is a blog entry supposed to be a fictional post??? The stress is getting to me.
You know in the movie Spider-Man when Peter Parker first realizes he has some spidey powers, but he doesn’t know how to use his web slinger? And he’s frustrated, trying to figure out how to get the damn web to sling. And he’s trying everything? “Go web go!” That’s me- “Go blog go!”
Ok so maybe I’m supposed to blog about me, and real life and be relevant. Here goes-
I was led to believe that to be taken seriously as a writer; I needed to have a blog. So I started one. Just like all my fellow writers that I heroworship. There’s no scheme however, because scheme implies deviousness. And I’m honest. I’m not going to pretend to be something I’m not. I’m just a girl who has loved writing and reading forever, and woke up one day realizing life is too short to not be doing something you absolutely ADORE. (Sorry for the cliché dear Neco! I heard your sigh of exasperation!) I get tongue tied, and overwhelmed, and often find I don’t know what to say. But I’m here and I’m doing this. And I’m loving it! I might even find out that I’m not great at it- but I’ll be ok. Because I will have walked among giants and skipped alongside heroes. You see, sometimes my dreams are like that too!
And that dear Neco, was my sigh of content!
So I’m staring at my blank screen with a big black hole where my followers should be, feeling a bit intimidated. Who exactly am I writing this blog for with no followers? Why it must be for you Non Existent Cyber One! Now tell me darling Neco where do I start? What do I say?
Someone suggested I go to Random Word Generator, get 3 words, then write about those words- instant blog. Seemed brilliant to me! So I grabbed 3 words, easy enough. And you know what, Neco? *snicker* I cheated!! The first three words I generated were pothey, sultippers and dang. Seriously? Admit it, you would cheat too! I’m pretty sure the first two words aren’t even real words at all. So I went to a different Random Word Generator site that uses actual words in my vocabulary and got led, scheme and sigh. Now that’s better!
Epiphany! I had a vision of a story right away. Young girl concocts a scheme to meet quirky boy she’s been crushing on. He’s a bit dark and moody, so she decides to feign interest in gravestone rubbing to get his attention. It works, next thing you know they are meeting at the cemetery, where after some beautiful flowy sentences she ditches the boy for some ghostly lover. There are some ethereal scenes and it ends with her being led to a grave far at the end of the cemetery where her hand stretches to his and she evaporates with a shivery sigh.
Wait!! What. The. Hell. First off, I don’t do romance. Ever. Second. Flowy? Ethereal? Ugh. And third. Is a blog entry supposed to be a fictional post??? The stress is getting to me.
You know in the movie Spider-Man when Peter Parker first realizes he has some spidey powers, but he doesn’t know how to use his web slinger? And he’s frustrated, trying to figure out how to get the damn web to sling. And he’s trying everything? “Go web go!” That’s me- “Go blog go!”
Ok so maybe I’m supposed to blog about me, and real life and be relevant. Here goes-
I was led to believe that to be taken seriously as a writer; I needed to have a blog. So I started one. Just like all my fellow writers that I heroworship. There’s no scheme however, because scheme implies deviousness. And I’m honest. I’m not going to pretend to be something I’m not. I’m just a girl who has loved writing and reading forever, and woke up one day realizing life is too short to not be doing something you absolutely ADORE. (Sorry for the cliché dear Neco! I heard your sigh of exasperation!) I get tongue tied, and overwhelmed, and often find I don’t know what to say. But I’m here and I’m doing this. And I’m loving it! I might even find out that I’m not great at it- but I’ll be ok. Because I will have walked among giants and skipped alongside heroes. You see, sometimes my dreams are like that too!
And that dear Neco, was my sigh of content!
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