As a female high school graduate, I've been a successful hunter by most standards in the deadly jungle that is today's social networking fads. Teeny-bobber trends. Must-haves. Whatever you call them. I've done Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pintrest, Tumblr, etc. It wasn't easy keeping up, especially when you have a knack for awkward behavior every time you have a conversation with someone. Put that kind of person onto a site where what she says is published and accessible to anyone and it's going to be difficult for her to merely keep her head above water. That's how I felt. After I moved my tassel on that fateful Sunday, I decided to throw the ridiculous game of keeping up with other teenagers' social networking right up in the air with my cap. Except I wouldn't try to catch it when it came down. I would run far, far away.
And run I did. Right into the arms of a nagging presence called blogging. It caught me and didn't let go. I squirmed and wiggled and protested. I'm not interesting enough. I wouldn't keep up with it. I don't have time. But it didn't listen. I'm a wanna be writer who could use the experience and the outlet. So, ladies and gentlemen, here I am.
Don't expect to see some profound wisdom in this blog. Don't look for remarkable wit or exceptional writing ability when you scroll through the posts to follow. If anything, find some sort of comic relief from the up-and-coming English Education major who is still in her awkward stage and who thinks that she might have what it takes to blog. That is why I named this blog Doodles. These posts are my doodles on the large text book of life (don't get used to those kind of deep metaphors). They are not my essays, my portraits, or my published commentary. They are doodles. Thoughts, memories, and opinions written in an informal and an imperfect way.
So, here goes nothing. I'm sure that some of you after reading that train wreck of an introduction and getting a glimpse into my future posts will pray that I mean that phrase in the literal sense. Sorry to disappoint. I guess I should say that, for now, here goes something.
