Monday, May 4, 2015

First Post Jitters

Even though I've written blog posts before, I still had some misgivings when I sat down to write this post.  Should I write an introduction post? Should I just write like this isn't my blog's first post ever?  Should I just open up Tumblr and look at Supernatural gifs for an hour?
Obviously, I decided to go with the introduction post.  After that hour of fangirling, of course.  If there's one thing I'm good at, it's procrastination.
Truth be told, I've had this blog sitting here ready to be written on for months now.  I had the design, the header, the widgets linking to a blank Twitter account but I didn't have anything to write about.  I would look at that little cursor blinking away and think "Holy hell my life is soooo boring.  No one wants to read this junk!"  To an extent my life is a bit boring.  I live in a small town with limited entertainment and social opportunities.  I don't DIY or create recipes or run a photography business.
Dammit!  Why can't my life be as cool as everyone makes theirs out to be on their blogs?

When you right, you right, Teddy.  
So maybe my days aren't exactly Instagram worthy.   I watch a lot of Netflix, I haunt the book aisle at Goodwill, I'm always on the hunt for The Zombies on vinyl...
"Watched 40 episodes of Friends today and may have forgotten to shower" probably isn't the most riveting of blog content.
Then I had an "ah ha" moment.
Lightning has just struck my brain.
 It hit me when someone asked for documentary recommendations on Facebook and I gave him a list of ten, and that little voice in my brain that gets excited about things began yelling at me:
"Holy crap!  Maybe other people want your recommendations?!?!?!"
"Instead of boring people on your Facebook feed, you can broadcast your opinions upon the unsuspecting masses via that poor neglected blog you started!" 
"Hey!  You can talk about video games, too!  You play those."
"And, hey, you can tell everyone about all that Charmed you watch!"
**On second thought, maybe keep all the Charmed watching to yourself.**
"And books, yo!  You read a lot of those!"

So if you need a brutally honest book review or find yourself unsure of which show to binge watch next weekend, you've come to the right place.







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