'Sup dudes?
In case you haven't figured it out, I've made a blog! Since I've moved, I've been trying to decide how best to keep everyone informed about what I was up to. Obviously I'm still going to be texting, calling, and emailing people individually, but I wanted to make sure I had somewhere to put the general updates. (Not only that, but I've been debating making a blog for a while anyway. Where better than here to allow myself to senselessly ramble to a supposed audience?) On top of that, as I was in the stake center watching the General Women's Broadcast (or whatever it's called now…) I heard a line that I really liked- Sister Neill F. Marriott from the Young Women General Presidency said we should "give voice to the truth we know". When she said that, I decided now was the time. So, here I am, sitting on Asher's old bed, using the stack of my boxes of DVDs (I don't have anywhere to put them yet) as a desk, creating a blog and rambling to no one! Woo hoo!
If anyone cares, Google just autocorrected the 'hoo' in that previous sentence (and the one here) like, six or seven times before I figured out how to keep it. Stupid Google!
ANYWAY, back to business: describing this blog. If anyone actually decides to follow it/keep informed of my goings-on through here, I'm gonna put the disclaimers up front. Here they are:
First of all, Aubrey, I apologize for the layout, especially the font. I know nothing of typesetting, font families, or anything else like that. But hey, I've only used three, and I like them and think they work well enough together.
Secondly, I do not know how to write. I've done it quite a bit in various forms throughout my life, but I am in no way, shape, or form eloquent. If you are looking for deep, meaningful, paint-it-in-a-picture-and-pin-it-on-your-wall blogging, look somewhere else. If you want, you could head over to the Troubadour- Bossman's really good at stuff like that. If nothing else, his posts are always entertaining. I can promise no such thing. Mine probably include one, some, or all of the following: updates on my life; random thoughts on stuff; cute stories about the kids; reactions (hopefully spoiler-free) to TV shows/movies; made up words or phrases that may or may not be explained; spiritual insights gleaned from scripture study, church, or conference; venting (and I don't mean the air conditioning kind); travel plans; emoticons, both English and foreign; rambles; parentheses (expect a LOT of those!); pictures or videos taken previously, today or in the future; memories or stories from the past, as prompted by current events; stream-of-conciousness 'um's, 'ah's 'uh's, etc. (don't worry, Aubrey, I was not using the apostrophes to pluralize those words. I was putting them in mini-quotations…? :S); and/or pictures of Kasey, just 'cause. If you don't think you'll enjoy having to wade through all that, don't. I don't care. :D *Note: management (that's me!) reserves the right to add, subtract, and generally change items from the aforelisted list.
C: I will most likely put Korean words/phrases in periodically. Who knows, as I actually get somewhere in my Rosetta Stone (thanks Ryan!) I might end up tossing in some Italian too. If you want to know what something means or how to say it, you can ask. Or use the handy translating thing I put on the side over there. -->
#4- Um… oh! Right. My plan as of right now is to try and post at least once a week. Hopefully I'll be able to set aside a time in which to do so. I cannot, however, promise that I will be exact, especially once I find a job. To be perfectly honest, some of that will depend on how much I end up liking this whole blog thing, as well as time. If you want me to post more, you can try to ask, but I might tell you to bite me. Just putting that out there.
Next, contrary to what Alpine School District would apparently like, I am not a very 'professional' writer. This is probably part of the whole 'I don't actually know how to write' thing, but I just type the way I think. This may end up giving you more of an insight (?) into my mind, or it might totally freak you out. I don't know. BUT, if I'm telling a story about meeting a guy, I'm gonna tell you I met a guy. Maybe he's a homeless man, maybe he's a big-shot producer, maybe he'll be my future boss or husband or mugger or whatever, maybe he'll be the President of the United States- the point is, if I don't know at the time, or if it isn't that important to the telling of the story, I'm going to call him a guy. If I feel like calling the general 'audience' of this blog "peeps", I'm gonna do so. I like peeps, both the group of people and the fluffy, sugary, marshmallow wannabes. I am writing this for my sanity and your information, so I'ma write how I feel like it. Google and all the haters can eat my toe.
Finally (I hope), since this is going to be an almost completely honest blog (not that I'll be lying in it, but because I'm not going to tell you every little thing about how I feel or whatever), I may end up sounding a bit- or possibly more than a bit- rude sometimes. If you would like an example, see the last sentence in the preceding paragraph. If I offend you, I ask now for your forgiveness while at the same time telling you to grow a harder shell and/or read a different blog. (Again, I suggest the Troubadour. As far as I know it's never offended anyone that didn't deserve it.) If you would like clarification on the motivation/inspiration behind a specific post or thought, please feel free to ask. Not only do I not intend for anything on here to EVER actually be offensive (unless I specifically say so at the time), but chances are if something comes across harsh it's got some long-standing feeling or incident behind it that you may not know. I will not be explaining every little thing, as I'm assuming most of the 'readers' that will come across this blog and decide to stay know more or less who I am, what I've been through and where I'm coming from. Again, if you do not fit in to that category and would like explanations, feel free to ask me.
Whew! That ended up being longer than planned. Oh, I should probably make another disclaimer about that. Anyone who's read my RPG posts know I tend to drag on, and on, and on… Hey, if you don't like it, don't read! 어쨌튼 (Google is trying to autocorrect my Korean, too! I'll have to figure out how to stop it…>:{ ) I love you all! Major kudos to all that actually read through that whole thing, and slightly lesser kudos to those that skipped down and found this part. I guess it wasn't too difficult, with the way I spaced this post, but hey. At least you 'tried', right?
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