Logical falacies

1) Its a good idea to put my cloths that need to be dry cleaned at the bottom of my dirty clothes hamper because it takes up less space and it will remind me that they need to be taken to the cleaners.

FALSE: Because sometimes you don't remember that you have added a dress to the pile so and in your haste you throw it into the washer. And you don't even know that you have done anything wrong because you still have the two dresses you have been looking at for a month (fine, its been more than a month and when you spell month it should actually look like this: m-o-n-t-h-s, with an emphasis on the s) in the bottom of the basket and that looks about right. (At the same time you are thinking those two dresses might just become permanent accessories to the basket because the reminder isn't actually pushing you into any sort of action; except maybe taking note of the cheap dry cleaner you just discovered on your commute to work.) Your ignorant and therefore blissful state will soon be TAKEN from you as you are putting your clothes in the dryer and you come across a now shrunken and very beat-up looking, not cheap and once very cute brides maid dress that you could have worn again but now CAN'T because it is RUINED. And then you will realize: my system was not very well thought out, AT ALL.

2) You can eat whatever you want in celebration of some accomplishment.

FALSE: You should NEVER eat frozen custard and THEN two cupcakes from some fancy cupcake place in one night, EVER. Not acceptable (but so delish) but not acceptable.

The why behind it all

First of all, I am not really sure what sparked my desire to start a blog. But as I say that, I know that's a lie. I am starting a blog because I always want to talk (hence the can't stop part of the title), but it can be a little daunting to listen to me and converse with me, I am sure. Out of consideration to others and the desire to not be an over-sharer of my general thoughts (not of awkward personal things that NO one wants to know, I know what lines I shouldn't cross), I try to curb my talking. But sometimes when I have a thought, I want to share it. I could keep it to myself, but I think there is something about articulating a thought that allows that thought or idea to become more concrete and well thought out.

So one day as I was without anyone to talk to but was wanting to chatter away to someone about something, I realized that I could use the Internet as my audience. That way no one has to be burdened with listening if they don't want to be, but I could be "talking" to some audience like I wanted to. That's right, I won't the lack of a physical person stop me from chattering away (now the won't stop is explained).

That being said, I do find it a little awkward expressing myself to an audience that 1) may not even (or ever) exist and/or 2) may exist and judge me because of what I say. They may even judge me for assuming that I have an audience that will read/"listen". (I know, my insecurity about what others think is just BLINDING right now....and the confession of that insecurity is over-share. Whatever, it's my blog, I'll do what I want.) So, to avoid as much judgement as possible, its disclaimer time:

1) My grammar and use of punctuation stinks. I already know that. I like to blame that on both having moved around a lot and learning/speaking two languages as I was growing up. Because I moved so much, I have gaps in my grammar education. Because I speak to languages, its hard to keep the different grammar rules straight. Translating back and forth can be confusing. I do have reading a book about grammar and becoming somewhat decent at it is on my list of things to do, though. That being said, my to do list is a long one and becoming a grammar guru is not that close to the top. It keeps getting austed from the top spots by more interesting/exciting/fun/non sleep-inducing activities.

2) I ramble and I have a lot of asside comments (i.e. I cannot get enough of parentahsies). I also like to type and insert punctuation to make what I write sound the way I would say it. That goes back to disclaimer one. If the first two excuses for terrible punctuation and grammar weren't enough, then here is a third. That being said, If eel like this third one sereves as less of an excuse and more as a dispeller of untruths like "I had gaps in my education". The root of the problem may actually be that I rather throw grammatical conventions out the window and sound as crazy in writing as I do while speaking than be a proper writer.

3) I make no promises for this blog. I am pretty much a loose cannon when it comes to this, so good luck reading!