Welcome to my new blog. I am quite suspicious of it right now.
Firstly, it seems the height of folly for me to be publishing my thoughts about the world online for selfsame world to see. Secondly, I should be writing fiction, not real life stuff. I'm not very good at real life and I suspect I might be allergic to it. Thirdly, I am not a very consistent poster/writer/journal keeper, and I won't be surprised if months pass between blog updates. But we shall see. Fourth(ly), I am somewhat technologically illiterate. I learn about computers by trial and error, even if the error sometimes causes the computer to gag a little. Blogging is new, unexplored territory, so I expect I shall have a few dead ends, speed bumps, and off-road adventures. As long as I don't go flying off a cliff.
So why am I here? I guess it's a social experiment. Plus, a lot of people that I know and love now have blogs, and through them, I have defined it as a rather chic and sophisticated thing to do. So despite my misgivings, I have decided to join the blogging community. Because, you know, I want to be chic and sophisticated. And of course, there is the thrill of publishing your thoughts about the world for selfsame world to see.
If there is some kind of etiquette to be followed, this is the point in which I am now supposed to tell you about myself. So, here goes.
I am an undergrad student at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Yes, I am a Mormon, or, if you like official names, I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I am majoring in English, because it is my mother tongue and there isn't anything I object to or dread studying about it. I work at the library, which is awesome because it has books in it. I dearly love books. There is a long list of favorites which I shall have to post elsewhere. I also love music. Any kind of music, as long as it doesn't listen like aggravated assault on my ears. I especially love soundtracks, so correspondingly, I love movies with good soundtracks. More about that later. I am not athletic in any sense of the word, so despite being 5'12" tall, I DO NOT play basketball, thanks. I can endure hiking, which seems to be Utah's national sport, but I do not enjoy it very much. I absolutely hate being rushed. I am cautious by nature, but you can probably already tell that. I don't like killing little spiders. I have a rather awesome family consisting of parents, four younger siblings, and a cat. My younger sister is actually my best friend, even though I have other friends who are wonderful also, such as my five blessedly amazing roommates. I also have a whole slew of extended family that I can't keep straight, but it's nice to know that I'm related to a lot of people. All these folks will probably pop up later. I occasionally talk to inanimate objects and even give them names. I like eating more than cooking. I am a hopeless Star Wars fan. I always have a plan, and I like it when I can stick to my plan. My favorite colors are yellow and blue. I have lived in the country of Japan twice. I enjoy it when people are witty, clever and creative. I love kids, mostly because I can't get away from them and you HAVE to love 'em. I enjoy dressing up, probably a by-product of my extensive drama experience. This is probably why I also love Halloween just as much as Christmas. Pie is my favorite food, hands down. My eyes are blue, but my hair can't decide what color it wants to be anymore. Let's go with dark blonde. I am decidedly single and don't think it's a disease that needs to be cured immediately. I'm going to school on a PELL grant, which gives me one reason to like our government. I think that people are mostly good, and when they're not good it's usually closely linked with stupidity, bless their hearts. I believe I have a great and grand purpose in life, even though what I've mostly got to recommend me is potential and nothing more. I have a geranium companion named Naomi. I don't date fish. I appreciate wise sayings. I play no musical instruments, much to my regret, but I do sing a lot, and I'm not even tone deaf. I often impulsively wish I had wings, or white hair. Or both. I like my orange juice with pulp in it because it's more substantial. I can quote movies after only seeing them once. I create elaborate imaginary games which I play with my sister. I like it when doors are opened for me. I'm a homebody through and through. I like the LEGO video games best of all. I find the concept of money extremely odd, but enjoy payday anyway. I also wonder why time goes faster as you get older, and wish it would stop doing that. Time should be adjustable, that's what I think. I hate whining, although complaining is sometimes acceptable. If I don't know very much about something, I reserve judgement. If I do know about something, though, I can be very long-winded. Kind of like this.
That is me, in a not-so-tiny nutshell. And this, as previously stated, is my social experiment of a blog. It is called "Divine Chaos" after a saying used by my grandmother to describe the conditions surrounding a family reunion. It is an oxymoron that, I think, describes life pretty well. So I stole it for titular purposes, although it should be copyrighted. Grandma probably won't mind, though.
