I once read on a friend’s blog (thank you Sarah Kinas) that the most intimidating thing in the world is a blank sheet of paper.  I thought that was a fairly profound thought.  What has more potential than blank paper?  It could transform from an empty void to a swirling mass of ideas and concepts in mere moments.  It can create and destroy, heal and harm.  In fact, words can provoke people to change the world.  I never like when people say that communication is 90% non-verbal.  Sure, that sounds nice, but really, it is a load of crap, and we all know it.  Most of us are pretty oblivious to people’s body language.  I know a lot of poker players who claim to be able to read people by their mannerisms, and they lose a lot of money.

         So this all leads me to answer the inevitable question: why should I have a blog.  The very idea of a blog smacks of arrogance.  It insinuates that you are important, that you have something important and insightful to say, that you are different than the 99% of the drones out there, that you have meaning.  With Twitter and Facebook, everyone is trying to convince everyone that their life is important, that the fact that they ate toast this morning or that they are sleepy at work has validity and substance.  The person we are trying to convince most is ourselves.  We want to know that someone cares about the moments of our lives when we are alone.  

         So, maybe that is what I am doing.  And to be honest, I don’t really know what I am doing.  The reason I am starting a new blog and not transferring over my old posts is because I need a new start.  I am an ever evolving human being, and I need a new foundation to state my ideas from.  Maybe this is really just a way for me to talk to myself without being schizophrenic.  I think, and would hope, that since I have been through considerable change the last three years, that I am trying to verbalize what I have learned and gain some more self-consiousness.  Sometimes, writing something down gives it more validity.  Who knows.  But I would love for people to interact, because dang it, I am better than 99% of you, and my ideas are important (actually, I’m not, and your guys thoughts are important too)!