A: Welcome to Blogging, Danielle!

First blog post ever!

 Let me get this out in the open first and foremost: I'm not a writer.  I went to engineering school primarily to avoid history and English classes (read: essays).  The older I get, the more I find myself struggling to find the right words in everyday situations.  The beauty of blogging is that I get infinite editing time.  But I'm also lazy, which means I probably won't want to go back and edit.  So if you're expecting to read something fluent and witty and with higher-level vocabulary, close the window now.

 A'ight.  Now time to explain how I'm going to run this thang.

 I have a lot of random talking points I could ramble on about, but don't want to waste my time writing about things no one cares about.  So.  The plan is to keep a running list of my interests/opinions/rants/etc.  Just a short description of each, no more.  If you, the reader, see something you'd like elaborated upon, or something you would like to debate, inform me of such and I will post a rambling on said subject(s).

 That's the plan, Stan.

 And now......drumroll, please......the start of The List.
  1. As a rule, I'm thoroughly intimidated by people
  2. Basketball >> football
  3. Want to retain employees? Offer a 9/80 schedule
  4. America's unfortunate complaint culture
  5. People vs. Society
  6. The death of vocabulary
  7. Doing nothing during free time vs. Doing nothing during work
  8. Who likes self-righteous people other than themselves?
  9. One Direction? Pshhhhhhhhh. Ain't got nuthin' on 90's boy bands
  10. Things that stress me out: passive-aggressive tendencies
  11. The Self-Conscious Mind of Danielle
  12. God I love being graduated
Closing Thought of A:  We're now a Neilson house.  As in Neilson Ratings.  Does that give us complete right to have our TV on 24/7?

Comments

  1. AarongillyNovember 11, 2012 at 7:25 PM

    I closed the window after the word "thang".

    I am interested by every thing on that list.

    ...except number 9. You'll have to inject some humor into that one to coerce my read.

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownNovember 12, 2012 at 5:31 AM

    Love it.

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