blog@cliffdweller

I don't know whether it's because I'm lazy, too self-indulgent, too crazy, or if it's just because I like to set myself up for a lot of extra work that I don't recognize from the beginning. But here goes…

I've added a section called "Journaling" to the blog@cliffdweller (that's this blog, señors and señoras). My intent is to (over time) post all of the journals that I kept in High School, Jr. High School, and as a young adult online. My reasons are varied and many, all of which I will tell you about right now.

1. there are over 2000 uses for flour tortillas
2. I am lazy: this way I have something to post when I can't think of anything else to talk about
3. I am self-indulgent: like this whole blog isn't already just about me and whatever I want it to be or something
4. I am crazy: this one probably has several sub categories but it's nothing we didn't already know
5. extra work: of course it is. If I keep it up I'll be scanning pages from the journals and retyping them etc. etc. Heck, I've already spent about an hour just on the style sheet so it looks cool…

Before I begin, let me just say that in many ways I'm a different person now than I was then. If the post seems too republican, or too judgmental or too high-school-black-and-white, remember that it is from my distant past. Since then I have learned new things, experienced new cultures, come out to mom and dad and at the workplace, etc etc. If you are me (and I know you want to be) then you'll see little glimmers of what I am now in the pieces from then. If you are not me, then you've probably already stopped reading and moved on.

I don't plan to do them in any particular order, but I will try to follow any threads that exist.

Part of my motivation is to archive these old journals and to explore my past.

wee-hoo, without further ado…