As if I don’t already have enough going on right? But I’m getting ahead of myself here. Hi, you might remember me, my name is Andrea. You might remember me better as the Andrea behind Altoholics R Us? Or perhaps its predecessor; Altoholicmom? No? What about the Andrea who wrote for NoStockUI? Or MisplacedSanity? What about LoveatHome or waaaayyy back as a teenager when I wrote my Livejournal? What? No go? Well then, no worries. I mean, perhaps you’ve just discovered the internet after crawling out from under that rock?
I’m kidding. Seriously, I don’t expect a soul out on the interwebs to know who I am or remember a single thing I’ve ever said. (And if you do, I likely already know you on a personal level.) With that said; I honestly don’t expect a single soul to pay too much mind to what I say here either.
So what’s the goal then?
I’ve got an uncontrollable urge to talk. (I heard that collective sigh, I’m lookin’ at you, Real Life Friends!) I realize it’s like talking to a wall, I also realize that it’s actually writing… and I like that too. Generally speaking, when I write, I imagine that I’m standing somewhere in the vastness of the unknown universe speaking out loud, to the blackness, and somewhere, in a far off yet unidentifiable distance I hear a faint laugh; or a sigh, or perhaps you’re crying out of misery for me to simply walk away right now, before I butcher yet another unclear yet very driven project of mine. Regardless. It’s 3am and I am determined to get this thing out there before I am deprived of sleep for another week; thinking about blogging but never actually putting my words down.
Generally, I take on too much. Thus, I tend to fail at everything. Simply put, it’s not a great feeling. Truly, I’d like to excel at something. Writing seems to soothe me. I feel like I’ve gotten something off my chest, even if no one hears reads it. I like to think I can do anything, or perhaps I mean everything. Anytime, anyplace. I often find I prove myself wrong. I mean, I can do a lot, I just need to learn to do a lot; one thing at a time.
In the meantime, I’m going to once again be totally self-defeating and admit it right up front. For the goal this time is to take all those things I like to write about, and stick ‘em in one place. This blog should hopefully end up being that one place. Previously, I was writing Altoholics R Us, NoStockUI, and MisplacedSanity at the same time. Why? Because I started with Altoholics to write about a game I loved. Then some fellow bloggers wanted to create a community based solely on User Interface (UI) topics and asked me to tag along, and I did. Finally, I was writing MisplacedSanity to be my personal blog… however, upon reading it… I let things get a little too… personal. Go figure.
I took down Altoholics R Us after it got hacked, twice. (Curse you, Turkish Hacker!) I really became frustrated after losing two years worth of writing that I could not for the life of me restore. (Backups! Got it!) I was not in a quick hurry to write again so I kindly stopped posting to NoStockUI (Though oddly enough, my picture and author profile are still listed) and I simply let my blogging career die out. I replaced blogging with working, and you know, doing my homework I should have been doing all along. I gave up playing World of Warcraft also, and focused instead on some health issues that arose. Really, I stayed very busy.
I’m still doing all that stuff (minus working, we’ll get to that later). Now I’m gonna do all that stuff and this too, and I’m going to take all those topics that I love so much (Like my kids, WoW, Knitting, Photography and more) and put it all up on this site, as organized as I can get away with. Will this work out? I’ve got no idea, but it’s worth a shot. I mean, you missed me while you were under that rock, didn’t you?
For your sanity, I’ll try to keep some topics into their own pages; like WoW. Because I can just see that 16-year-old boy looking for a guide on how to glyph his Prot DK digging through posts about knitting and housework to find what he wants to know, just as I can hear my family members now; declaring me to be an utter dork for talking about a video game at all. My friends already know I’m out of my mind. They often leave me messages on Facebook. They’ll be right at home here.
As for the rest of you, you can leave me messages right here… and brace yourselves… the chaos that is my life is not easily sorted through. I hope you enjoy your stay here in the outskirts of my mind!
I’ve got just two rules:
1. I speak my mind. Our opinions may be different and we might not agree.This is the best part! I encourage you to speak your mind! I love discussions, however, this leads into rule two.
2. Do not hate post, needlessly insult, say cruel or unusual things, or troll in this blog. I mean, you don’t have to read it, just walk away. If you come across a troll do not feed it! If I must make an example of a troll to better serve this rule I will. Simply agree to disagree if we can’t discuss things like adults. I’m almost one, I swear it!
I’m still sighing at myself for taking on another project… but I do love doing it so much! I’m like an idiot in love or something. Speaking of idiots, I must take my leave now… I can hear my village calling me.
Until Next Time!
