Dear Person who has stumbled upon this blog by accident,
Don’t Leave!
Stay. Seriously, stay.
No need to apologize. It’s not like you walked into an occupied bathroom stall that wasn’t locked. There’s a party in here (and no toilet), so please join us!
This is my first entry to my first blog which has only taken me like a hundred years to write because “what if it’s not good enough?” Well, I’ve heard that anything worth doing is worth doing badly so I am taking the plunge and offering a ‘doing badly’ blog which one day might be a ‘not doing too badly’ blog, but I make no promises about that.
The name of this blog, Living in the Fine Print, was chosen for a number of reasons. First off, it was available. That’s really no small thing because many other names that I liked were unavailable and sitting in prolonged disappointment about the titles that someone else has and I’ll never have and if only I had gotten there sooner, etc. has probably set my writing back a few years. I have finally reached an acceptance of life on life’s terms and well, here we are.
Second, I have a mind that is highly focused on details. This comes in handy sometimes when an obscure fact needs to be recalled, yet is a heavy burden at other times when someone wants to know what the show was about, but in one sentence or less. Well, this is how I am wired and so we just go with it. In writing to you, my first follower, my one lone follower (maybe next time bring a friend?), I have decided to write about the way I experience life, my observations and perspective. I am hoping that what I have to say may resonate with you and that you will share some thoughts in return. In occupying the Fine Print, hopefully we will laugh a bit at ourselves (I say that like it’s no big deal, but for me that’s filed under “Great Big Deal”) and learn something along the way. I’m not anticipating anything particularly earthshattering here. Perhaps more like “all join hands and circle to the left” (square dancing reference, Greenacres School picnic, circa 1972.)
So here’s what I imagine you will see on this blog, depending on the day, my state of mind and how much coffee I’ve consumed:
Humor: My favorite thing in the world is to laugh and find humor on this wild ride. My mom used to say I should do stand-up. She laughed, at me or with me, not sure. But I never considered doing stand-up; way too much pressure. I might be funny, but I definitely cannot tell a joke. Also, those stand-up gigs are really late at night and I’d much rather be home in my pajamas. Plus, I have issues (see my therapist’s note pad.)
Depth: Much of my life has been spent in self-discovery; 12-step meetings, self-help programs, counseling, and daily phone conversations with my life-time best friend dissecting the minutiae of the moment. (We pause here to mark the first time I have ever used the work “minutiae” in writing. See what I mean about my brain?) I have been accused of being “overly sensitive” in my time, which personally I see as more of a reflection of the accuser’s fear of feelings than me feeling too much, but whatever. Anyway, being one of those emotionally analytical types, I will be writing about my human feeling experience so consider yourself forewarned.
Parenting: A combination of Humor, Depth and insanity (for today with a lower case “i”, tomorrow might be otherwise.)
Videos: I am not an actor. No, not an actor. Maybe a bit of a performer? If I get up the nerve, and if it’s not too crowded in here, I might post a video or two of my dear character, Mrs. Wong. I love her. She shares my DNA. She often joins us at the dinner table. Some people may enjoy her because she is funny and silly, very observant and kind of cute. But Mrs. Wong is really the advanced course so she will just have to wait in the wings for now.
Other Miscellaneous Stuff: Like pictures, sayings, thought provoking questions, ruminations, obsessions, idiosyncrasies, long held secrets, treasure maps and family sagas. Maybe some references to game shows and jingles from the 70’s. No politics, religion or meanness. A little bit of cursing if necessary, but only in the nicest way.
So thanks for stopping in. Please come back again – we have a lot of details to discuss.