Hey Me, It's You

Hi. I don't know why but I feel like I have to start off by saying hello and explain why I am starting this blog. There was a time when I would have beaten myself up for blogging but now I'm older, blogs don't seem as dorky and I need an avenue to express the things on my mind. My other outlets include facebook, twitter and an email chain that I was on with 12-15 of my friends. I see facebook as just a place to make people laugh. I don't want to be someone who uses it as a soapbox for their various ramblings. Plus I'm friends with quite a few people who's situation I am unfamiliar with and I don't want to offend anyone.  Twitter's great because no one really follows me so I can speak my mind but 140 characters just isn't cutting it for this opinionated windbag. The email chain was great as well. My friends and I started it after high school as a way to keep in touch since we were all going to different colleges. After that it became an excellent distraction from our jobs since most of us are at a desk all day. We have all been good friends for so long that this was an excellent place to talk about anything topical, say whatever you want and not have to worry about offending anyone, and bust each other's balls. That was until I was no longer able to decipher people's tone (sidenote: we have reached a high level of ball busting and at times it can get out of hand). I was a communication major in college and know these guys very well so I should be able to tell when they're joking but tone is tough to pick up on in written word, especially in serious conversations about sports and uh, sports. Long story short, ball busting coupled with misinterpretation led to one too many arguments and I just had enough. I wasn't gonna risk hurting anyone of my friendships because I can't tell when someone's being serious or not and am a hothead. I asked to be taken off the chain and am now left with my thoughts and opinions that I need to channel. Hence, the blog.

I have no idea what I'm going to write about or if I'm even going to tell anyone that I have a blog. There's a good chance no one will ever see this. So really all that I write about might just be for me. Hence, the title of this bad boy. If you happen to stumble upon this, random reader, enjoy! (if there's anything even written after this)