Blogging prep

I love to blog. It's a great opportunity for me to rattle on to myself and practice writing. I know that's a skill that is sadly lacking in myself ever since I've left college. I have grand dreams of writing a book, so maybe...maybe...I will.

But I now have a routine to blogging that amuses me...First, I must think of an idea of what to say...this could take a minute or at times weeks. I realize it doesn't have to be earth shattering or even interesting...just write. But alas, I am wracked with the idea that I NEED a topic...silly me.

Second, I open my blog page and read all the blogs I have missed. Okay, this does take a while. For that I have to thank Chris...she is a writing fiend. The women can whip them out and they are funny or at time thought provoking. She is my idol! The more I look around, the more blogs that I like, so the time gets a bit longer until I do write. Of course it might be a way for me to stall...nah, that's just silly....

Third, I write. Hell, then re-write...then fix, add, check spelling. Ugh, this is hard. Okay...just do it. The voices in head are being annoying now, chanting in unison..."JUST DO IT!". So off I go...wait, I guess this is me writing... YEAH!

Fast, fast and faster

Okay, I've always considered myself pretty savvy with anything electronic or along those lines. I can program a VCR, wire my own stereo system, write computer programs, and work through a Microsoft issue on the computer...but I have realized, I am reaching that time. You know, that time when you are getting too old to keep up with the tech-life.

Sure, I can text, but it takes me FOREVER. I can even do it on the road while I am driving...(don't tell the cops!) usually finishing a 30 word (all written out, of course) essay by the time I have reached Tacoma. Then I watch my daughter whip messages back and forth like gun fire. It amazes me! There is even a special way to hold the phone/mobile so you can do it faster, I haven't mastered that at all. And, wait for this, I now know I am old...I don't want to. There is going to be a new carpal tunnel syndrome...something like text thumb syndrome or mobile wrist syndrome.

But I just can't get over the spelling! I went to school and even college so I could learn proper English, speaking or writing. Now all I see is Spktxt! Kids learning the quickest way to write, but is it grammatically correct or even spelled correctly? Heck no! Now, I just heard on the news that a school is teaching kids to write words and sentences phonetically...geez whiz, it's no wonder we rank so low on the education ladder. Can you imagine competing on a world level by text writing? Shudder to think so.

So I must say that I am keeping up as much as my deteriorating body can. I can still sit at a computer and work code and noodle out the Microsoft issues, but I don't think I'll ever get a laptop. Those little mouse pads kill me. So as things get smaller, more intricate and faster, I will continue to get bigger across my backside and try to keep up. :D