The Beginning: Part I - Mission Statement and Admin Notes

This is my blog. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

Why am I writing in a blog? Many reasons, I'm sure. As I start thinking of them, I'll be sure to get back to you. Here are a few to get started. The only thing I can come up with so far is that 1) I'm told I might have a bit of a knack putting my mental diarrhea into text; and 2) my life is pretty crazy at the moment, providing an endless stream of said mental droppings. My logic is such that if I apply a steady drain to my neuro-clutter, I'll have more room in my brain for learning new things and getting good grades in my classes.

I'm a dork.

Haha! I said it before you did! Whatev. Anyway...

Another reason for pecking away my life story is to vent. You've all heard me bitch about various things, probably even more so in the recent past. Being a full time employee and student sucks. There's no way around that. Well, now I can bitch to everyone at once. It's called time management, people, time management. It's all the rage, I've heard. The added bonus to you, my dear reader, is that you'll actually be able to "stop me if you've heard this one" if I launch into a story or one of my frustrated rants.

Next reason for my blog - now you won't have to hear me keep saying, "man, I should really start a blog" every time I tell a story (which, incidentally, I only say because repeating the same story to lots of people physically drains me). Thus, this creature has been born. Congratulations. It's a blog.

Lastly, since I cannot herd all of my wonderful friends/family into one nice little meeting and force you to agree on MySpace, Facebook, both, or nothing at all - I'm reduced to communicating via this medium; open to all until further notice.

Admin Notes

I'll try to keep this thing as current as possible. As my skills on following through with ANYTHING I've ever started are, how should I say, challenged, I can't make any promises. Hopefully I'll grow to really like this blogging thing and keep at it. Keep checking in periodically for updates.

Also, I will try to keep my blog workplace-compliant. For those individuals whose work ethic matches my own (note the time stamp on this entry), I'll try to keep my profanities to a minimum. If you know me well, you can imagine the magnitude of the promise I just made. What I do for my peeps...

Last note, I intend to let my little blog be a creature unto itself, with freedom to be whatever its little heart desires. Written in a stream of conscience style, it will have misspellings and grammatical errors. This post has been prettied up like an infant at a baptism, but I assure you, no matter how nice it looks now, you will eventually see it with squash all over its face and spit up on its bib. We must love the blog for what it is and embrace the imperfections. Creative license or laziness? You decide.

If you're reading this, there's a 99.9% chance you already know my story up to this point; however, as this blog will stand as an official record of the trials and tribulations of becoming a critter doctor (or whatever it is that I'm trying to become on any given day), I'll start from what I'm dubbing "the beginning." As you're reading along, feel free to leave me comments in my blog. Lord knows it's probably been forever since we last spoke. It would be nice to hear from you :-)

Enough with the fanfare. Here goes nothing. I hope you enjoy.