August 19, 2004
Masturbation
Gotcha. Pervert. With a title like that, you were expecting a description of me, a mirror and my Hello Kitty! vibrator, no? Well, maybe another time. Right now, my blog is brand new, and I just feel the need to explain myself. Which rarely happens, so listen up.
I recently became reacquainted with a friend from high school, and we've been playing mad, blathering catch-up ever since. [**shameless plug alert!**] She is a web designer by trade and has her own website/blog.
The blog idea has always intrigued me, as writing and self-indulgence are two of my favorite things. But she gets the credit for tipping me over the edge into blogdom, the little minx.
I have another friend, you may know him, and he convinced me (read: begged me and plied me with gifties) to use LiveJournal so he could better communicate with (read: stalk) me.
Now, John is fairly well-known, and damn witty, so there are lots of people who actually care about what he has to say. Me, not so much. Seems like it would just be so much mental masturbation for me.
And there's the tie-in. Like masturbation, blogs are some good quality time spent with oneself, it doesn't hurt anybody, and -- contrary to popular belief -- you're not going to hell for it, so why not?! Yes, there's my whole motivation -- why not. Because it's there. Much like climbing Mt. Everest, only less chance of plummeting to one's death.
So there ya go. And if you've read this far, I thank you from the southwest corner of my heart because I'm pretty sure you're the only one!