New Years Resolutions

Alright, so I wanted to start off by talking a little bit about me and why I'm starting this blog in the first place.  One of the biggest things I want to make clear is that I'm not starting it for attention.  I refuse to be one of those people who flaunt their wit (even if it's not something to be proud of) in everybody's faces, and complain about things purely to make themselves look better, etc.  To be honest, though, I'm making this blog for purely selfish purposes.

I started a journal about a year ago.  I'd tried this several times before, but never really kept up with it.  In my defense, this last journal worked a lot better than the ones preceding it.  But still, it took me about three hours just to write all my thoughts down (yes I think too much).  Then I just ended up staying up ridiculously late, because I felt obligated to finish a journal once I'd started it.  So freaking  annoying!  That absolutely didn't work, and it'd be just weird to type it up on Word and save it.  Soo... this is one solution.

The reason for the original journal was not the traditional "I'm going to talk about my hyperactive emotions and teenage problems."  The purpose of that was more to talk about (yes, I know I'm a dork) my outlook on life, human beings, etc.  The freak stuff.  The reason I did this is because I have a lot of ideas, and again, I think a lot.  If I just think about it and don't write it down, I forget it.  If I post it as a Facebook update, not only do I have to comment on my own status to get it all in, the weeks pass and eventually you couldn't even get to it if you wanted to, and it's lost in the immense universe of cyberspace.  This is bad.  I'm a writer (or at least hope to be) so my ideas are my livelihood.  So I need a way for me to be able to look through my thoughts and my considerations, and voilà, there they are.  This provides that. :D

 Another thing is because I want to be able to write reviews of books I've read right after I've read them, so I can look back on those as well.  Obviously, the best way for a writer to learn how to write is to read the books of the people who have it all figured out!  So yeah, obviously I'm doing that, but I want to make sure I don't mix them up, and I have at least a little review of each book I read from here on out, and I won't confuse myself. :D  I'll probably do this some with movies as well.  Normally, though, I won't do that unless a movie gets me thinking and I really feel like spilling my beans about it. xD  But that doesn't happen often.

So there you go.  I have purely selfish reasons for starting this blog.  I don't really care if anyone reads it... if they do, that's great, but it's not a big deal for me.  This is just part of my learning process, for me.  In case anybody is reading this, though, I'll be writing some about myself tomorrow.  I know I said I would today, but my gosh!  I can write up a storm when I get going, and this is already immensely long! xD  I'm going to try to write on this every day.  At least that's the plan now!  We'll see!