Thursday, September 24, 2009

The restart button-- Why a fresh beginning?

I guess the bug for a post, a blog, a something hits around August.  For some reason, this year, more than ever I feel like I want to have a blog that has continuous posts about something meaningful.  I've found a lot of great information in blogs.  Some of my best makeup advice came from blogs.  Inspiration, frustration, and motivation as well.  I like google reader ;)

A little history....I was never really into blogs before October 2007.  Fresh college graduate with her first job, I spent enough time on the internet browsing through articles, checking facebook(and at that time myspace) without venturing into the world of blogs.  To me, they are all the epitome of emo diary hawkers.  I had tried to have a personal blog in high school and failed--miserably.  I should also add that I can't keep to a paper journal no matter how hard I try.  I'm digressing.

The 3 Main Reasons


Back to October 2007.
A month and a half into my job I was involved in an accident that kept me out of work for 3 months.  Enter recouping at home after tv has long become boring and redundant....I found a beauty blog that became interesting.  So much so that I read all the archives.  Ms. Tia Williams  had intrigued me.  From there I moved to following Ms. Patrice.  Finding this lovely lady was the result of an afternoon clicking spree.  Loving their chic wit and amazing finds in the world I wondered what else was out there.  After getting engaged I found a ton of wedding blogs, SCORE!  I started to think what I could share with the world.  

Since that time I've become friends with an amazing blogger...Ms. Allison Jones.  Seriously, click on her.  She's one of the people that you just know is going to blow up big.  When she does I can say "I knew her when..."  Thanks to this diva of extraordinary proportions I was able to attend some awesome non profit wonders this past year and become introduced to movers/shakers such as her and her.  An amazingly talented friend of mine, Giselle Stern Hernandez hooked me to women who were spilling their lives, emotions, and struggles into the universe to effect change.  Learning more about Echoing Green and Do Something got me to thinking about blogging on my own.

I love food.  Recently, I've been exposed to the multitude of food blogs out there.  Seriously, I had no idea people blogged about food...and HEALTHY food at that.  ::Swoon::  Today, I subscribed to a bunch of healthy food blogs.  I know it's time for me to blog....This weekend I was at a family dinner and an appetizer of amazingness was delivered--calamari covered in a balsamic vinegar reduction with tomatoes.  Sort of a bruschetta calamari.  WHOA!  After taking a bite the first thing I wanted to do was whip out my camera and take a picture to document.  But document it and put it where, for what?  I held back on grabbing my camera for two reasons : a) I didn't have a blog at the time and b) I really don't need my family giving me more weird looks than I already get.  Ya dig?

I know I have something to say, something to add, something to express.  Here's my start to creating a meaningful and lasting mark of my thoughts, beliefs, etc.  Welcome....again ;)  Any ideas you want to hear about--let me know.  I promise to keep it going.