07.24.05
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:39 pm by admin
I have this theory that there is a large conspiracy by women who have had children to hide the truth about pregnancy from yet-to-be mothers. The conspiracy serves a valuable purpose: if the truth was to be common knowledge, the human race would be in real danger and we would fast find ourselves on the path to extinction (at least in places where birth control is readily available). Every time I have a new side effect, I wonder why hasn’t anyone warned me? And when I share it with others, I usually get a “oh yeah, had that too. But wait until the blah blah phase” so I know there is no end to it. Great.
There also seems to be a strange phenomenon of selective amnesia about the 9 months preceeding the birth for most women once they’ve had their child. Suddenly all the sickness, tiredness, hormone-wackiness, and other gastric or body issues seem to vanish. Having a child apparently kills some of your memory neurones. Great.
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07.17.05
Posted in Uncategorized at 11:03 pm by admin
Lori does it. Dylan does it. Everybody does it. I guess it’s time I do it too (”come on baby, do the blogomotion…”).
So, how do you start a blog? Is it supposed to be like the big bang, a sudden appearance of life on the net at zero hour? Poof, there it is, out of nowhere, blog entry number #1, suddenly emerging from the vacuum. Does it deserve an introduction? A mission statement? A business plan :)?
And when do you start it? It is a definite curious choice to start it on a Sunday night, a few minutes before midnight when my real desire is to be in bed. I’ve always been a procrastinator. I’m pushing this one maybe a little too far. Ok, the entry will be short.
And finally the big one: why do you start a blog? The “everyone does it” argument doesn’t really hold, not when you know me. I’ve never been much of a leader, but I wouldn’t justify this either by thinking of myself as such a follower that I must have my blog like everyone else. I see this blog as a way to force myself to write down some of my thoughts. What better excuse than a pregnancy to re-kindle a lost romance with writing a diary, something I have not done since my teenage years. There are things happening right now that I may want to share, if only with my future self. Maybe my future child.
So it’s a work in progress. Just like the little one kicking in my belly. Let’s hope it will come more easily and require less work and time :). There are many elements that still need to be defined, such as the language I’ll use. How open I’ll be.
But first off, let’s see if I’ll be able to keep it up past the first three posts…
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