Out out, Brief Candle...

Okay, so now I'm a blogger. There was a great deal of hesitancy on my part to get involved in this crowd for several reasons. First and foremost was the overabundance of blogging in general. There are so many of you out there doing this aready, spilling your guts and emoting all over the place, that I felt like I would be any one of a number of clichés that include little fish and small voices.

But after some extensive blog-reading, to the point that I'm pretty sure when I have my annual evaluation with my boss today he's going to tell me about a severe reduction in pay, I decided to give it a try. I was influenced in no small part by other bloggers I read, which only served to re-terrorize me with the fear of sooooooooo many better good writers out there.

I guess it all boils down to whether or not you feel like you're being appreciated in your real life. That's probably my main motivation here. I have (what some may call an undue) opinion of myself that makes me deserving of more attention than what I actually get. If I get it, of course, that will only serve to fuel my delusion. So if you happen across this blog and like what you read, do me a favor and don't tell me.