A Seed Was Planted

Today, a classmate of mine made a grave mistake.

He told me I should start a blog.

At first, I thought I couldn't do it. What would I find to talk about every day that other people would want to read? Who would bother reading it? Where would I find the time? But even as I offered up these protests, a part of my mind was already running in the background, asking far more interesting questions: What will I write about? What should I name it? How cool would it be to have followers, if by some miracle I get any?

Really, my mind was made up before I even left the parking lot. I was already planning anecdotes, strategies, and features. (It's fortunate that my friend Devon was driving, or my split attention could have been dangerous.) When we got to Devon's house, I walked in the door with a notepad in hand, on which I'd already started a list of potential topics for future posts (that paranoia about having nothing to write about already kicking in). The list expanded while we ate hot dogs, as we watched TV, and even while I was supposed to be finishing my quiz for my Business class.

And now, here I sit, my quiz finished and filed away so I can pursue a more exciting venture. Welcome to "The Purple Pen!" I puzzled for quite a while over what to call this blog--experiencing what we call First Blog Anxiety Syndrome (FBAS), which I did not just make up on the spot--and eventually realized it should be something simple. Something that epitomized me without having my name in the title. Something easy to remember, but that would live up to the epic potential this whole blogging idea held.

Something purple.

I write all my most important notes in purple pen. It seemed logical that I should then write all my most important posts from the same source.

It helps to know that I can change my title and URL at any time if they should suddenly become lame.

Now that I've told you the story behind the blog, I should probably tell you what the blog's about, yeah? Well, here's the thing...

I don't really know yet.

Don't panic! I have a few ideas. Remember that list? It's sitting right here next to me, with my first several posts at least semi-laid out. A lot of them are anecdotes, a few are links to things I find interesting, and some are just one-word ideas that will have to be expanded upon (unless you want a microblog, in which case, well, you're obviously in the wrong place. I'm a bit verbose). I'll try to plan things ahead so that my updates are consistent. Once I get things rolling, I'd be more than grateful for suggestions. Already I'm thinking art features, book and TV show reviews, interviews, and other things you fine folks can help me out with.

For now, though, I think it's time I wrapped this up before I do something stupid, like lose my nerve.

There is something I've left out. I haven't told you anything about myself yet. I did, in fact, realize this. I just couldn't find anywhere in this post to put an introduction without ruining the flow. So we'll save that for another post, and if you're really itching to know the girl behind the keys, you can check out my "About Me" page, which I'm about to fill out right now.

But I can't fill it out till I close this post. So here we go.

Thanks for joining me on this epic literary adventure! I hope there are many more exciting things to come.

Cheers,

Miss Marcie