I've had blogs in the past. I've written a billion more things though, that haven't gotten published on either MSN, Myspace, Facebook, Blogspot, or anywhere else.
Always felt like I had to be someone important, or do something special, or perform something different to have a blog. Felt like I needed a "theme" to have my own site.
Yet, I deveour the blogs of a few of my friends, friends that just write about their everyday thoughts and lives. What if that could be me too?
What if I dont have to have anything enlightening to say? Or take spectacular pictures? Or be the South's Martha Stewart and share recipes?(mine would be "clean out your cabinets, put it in a pan, and pray" :) ) What if it's ok to use smileys in every other sentence of my writing simply because I instinctively type in a colon+parentheses every time I smile in 'real life'?
This site told me to come up with a blog name and URL address. Really Blogspot? You obviously think that if I'm creative enough to desire to share my thoughts with the world, then I'm creative enough to come up with a good title. I've always SUCKED at titles...havent even labeled this post yet...and it took me awhile. I figure though, that each moment is itself. I cant go back to the moment before, nor to the years, months, weeks, days, and minutes before that moment happened either. I want to take steps, both figuratively and literally, in the right direction in every moment in my life, and every moment is the first one for the rest of my life. So "From This Step Forward" was born. A slight play off of my messenger ID-runningforward. Just figure that sometimes, like today in this Alabama humidity with a heat index of 106 miserable degrees, I don't always run like I've planned. Sometimes I walk. Sometimes I crawl. Sometimes I'm holding onto the street sign for dear life, heaving and breathing, wondering what the heck I'm doing, and taking the required breaths needed to carry on. The process of running is a series of steps, as is the process of life.
And my first step on this road in the right direction is get off of here, finish this dad-gum CIS 146 homework, and get my substantial behind in bed. :)
