Blogging Inauguration

I have a lot of thoughts + I hate my handwriting + I'm an internet addict = Online journal.


Once upon a time, I had a Xanga site. They were really popular in college and I would write in it every day, sometimes twice a day. It mostly meaningless, college student babble. I haven't written in that thing in years. I've tried to write in actual journals but my handwriting is so bad that I would just get frustrated that it looked awful and I gave up.


DISCLAIMER: I'm not a quitter. I just don't do things I'm not good at. Right, Mom?


In January, I declared this year, 2010, the Year of Katie. I'm going to do things FOR ME. I'm going to do what I WANT. I don't care if it's not what other people want. If it makes me happy, then by golly, I'm gonna do it. To quote Switchfoot, "This is your life, are you who you wanna be?" When I think about my life and who I want to be, I'm not sure if I can answer that question. It is MY LIFE. So who do I want to be?


That provokes the question...who am I right now?


I am female. I am woman. I am a daughter. I am a sister. I am a sister-in-law. I am an aunt. I am a granddaughter. I am a niece. I am a cousin. I am a second cousin. I am a first cousin once removed. I am a friend. I am a college graduate. I am an employee. I am a sleep addict. I am a sweet tea-aholic. I am a text message fiend. I am a tenant. I am a dog-lover. I am single.


I am me.


Is that good enough for you? Do I care? Probably. I shouldn't...but I do.


I guess this blog is my attempt at not caring what people think about me. I plan to write whatever I want, regardless of the reaction it might evoke in whoever reads it.


To quote my mom's blog: "I am writing this for purely selfish, therapeutic reasons."