This is a blog from an ex-anti-blogger. Pardon me if I have already offended you, this is certainly not my intention.  If it’s any consolation, this blog is testament to the 180 I have pulled.  This is my leaf, slowly turning.  Atone I shall, and for good reasoning.  I have struggled for a while now with the idea of Time.  Many little factors have nudged the issue upon me.  My receding hairline, for one.  But also a college graduation already burying itself deep into the recesses of 2009, Don DeLillo’s book Point Omega, and an ever-nagging feeling that tells me I have yet to express myself with adequate gumption.  

You see, I have always been of the belief that words, however eloquently used, always fall short of intention.  I have written countless history papers, even dabbled in poetry, and am no stranger to the pen (or QWERTY, for that matter).  But that void, that gap between emotion and expression, still remains.  This might be one of the reasons I have so often steered clear of keeping a personal diary, let alone exposing my thoughts to the echoing abyss that is the world wide web.  Moreover, I have thought of blogging as brushing up too close to self-indulgence.  There’s a fine line between self-expression and self-absorption.  Julie and Julia gave a cute nod to that ongoing debate.  But it is Time that has ultimately brought me to the digital doorstep.  I have wasted away behind all kinds of screens (Jersey Shore fist-pumps and CNN pundits, HypeM downloads and Netflix streams) without channeling the creativity that surely churns in all of us.  I have a college education and I currently work in retail.  Thank you, irony, but I wish you’d leave me alone.  And so time is of the essence, and my essence ain’t getting any younger. This is me knocking at the door, and I’m (warily) excited to see what’s next. 

I will do my best to be honest to myself while in the blogging process. I fear I may lapse into the dreaded blogger no-no.  That is, taking other people’s considerations into account over my own.  All too often people are writing for others, and not for themselves.  Well, I hope to write for myself, and in the process, keep it interesting and informative enough to hold a passerby’s attention for at least a solid ADD moment. 

I will keep my blog simple: whatever is at the forefront of my mind will make its way here.  Forgive any large gaps in between entries, but I am looking to post quality over quantity.  I’ll try to not let that be an excuse for laziness.  

So thank you, Time, for your stubborn resilience in my efforts to forget you.  And thank you, widow’s peak, for being a loyal jerk. 

That’s all for now,

Joe =)