Oh, hey.

So here I am with a blog. Having a blog is kind of an egotistical thing. It means that you assume people care what you think about enough to waste a few precious moments of their lives to read your musings.  Those of you who have known me since high school and certainly those of you that knew me in college understand that I do assume that people want to hear what's going through my head and you're probably wondering what took me so long to get one of these going. I have no idea what took me so long. I guess until now Facebook status updates were working just fine. Plus, my friends are pretty good listeners and humor me more than they probably should. I do have to confess, though, that I plan on my opinions making me a lot of money some day so I guess this is practice. Don't worry, I'll be sure to take it down a couple notches from Nancy Grace when my day comes.

There was a specific motivation for starting this blog. Over the last few years I've read blogs by quite a few of my friends and acquaintances and noticed that the blogging theme for women in my age group in this part of the country revolves around their experiences with making their new house a home, or being newly married, or starting to raise children. Love all of you that are sharing photos of your knitting projects and newly painted dining rooms and your frustration over the cost of organic baby food peas, but I'm not there yet. I might not be there for a long time because I'm not particularly interested in that at this point. I want to write about my life as an independent woman now-approaching her late 20's who soaks up a lot of culture and entertainment, loves to wear beautiful outfits, lives to eat and drink all that is delicious and insists on having an impact the state of the world while living in a city that usually makes it difficult to do any of that. You will also hear about my life as a teacher in a school full of kids that have lived interesting but challenging lives. And, if you know me, you know I'll share my thoughts on politics and social issues a lot. (And yes, I do consider fashion to be a social issue). This will be a manifesto of random topics and opinions by yours truly-- some will be deep, others will be shallow and I'll probably make you laugh, you will certainly raise your eyebrow and I might make someone mad. Oh, well. A guy once told me that honesty wasn't attractive in a woman, so obviously he liked to be lied to. If that's what you like, you better check out classy Casey Anthony's blog because I only tell you what I really think, for better or for worse. Enjoy.