hello... umm... hi... is this thing on? eh hem.

well here goes nothin'

i'm new to blog-land and i feel somewhat like sarah jessica parker in the movie "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" -- she is standing in front of the class with that distant glaze in her eye as she nervously twitches and twirls her hair and tries to introduce herself to her new class. "i love to dance." end scene.

WELCOME TO BLOG-LAND

i feel like i am the last person in the world to get myself a blog... but can i just be perfectly honest and overtly insecure by saying-- y'all out there scare the dickens outta me.

and it's true. i've read your blogs and seen the standard. i know how in order to have a successful blogging experience you have to be witty and funny and use a lot of words that most of us "simple folk" don't understand... you have to have strong opinions and be able to see the world in a way that no other person can. i know how one can become obsessed by how many people actually visit their blog and how one can feverishly search for the next best topic or unseen point of view so that you too can end up quitting your day job to sit on your backside all day long and pontificate on the finer things in life and have lots of people admire your true BLOGGINESS and advertisers pay you to do it.

it's sick i tell you... and demented. and i won't have any part of it!!! i refuse to give in to the pressure... I REFUSE TO... eh hem... excuse me... but is anyone listening... hey... are you out there? HEY... NO FAIR... you didn't give me a chance! okay, i admit it. i do want your love. i do want you to read this dumb blog... yes it's true... i am just like the rest of you.

can you play?