That was close...made a post before an entire year passed! GO ME!

Hi Again Blog.

Remember me? I remember you. Sort of. I mean I forgot about you for a while. I'm not going to lie. I had an itch recently...shut up blog, not like that...seriously, you're gross. So I had this desire to start writing regularly again. This desire is much like my desire to lose weight or "get healthy". Looks good on paper, takes dedication...so...meh?

Anyway -- I still feel like I don't have much to say these days. I have a strong desire to write, but just sit there listening to wind whistle through my ears and watch the tumbleweeds that seem to inhabit my mind. Which according to some people would be great imagery for a basis of writing. Meh. I don't like tumbleweeds and have always chaffed at the idea of, "just write, even if it's nothing, let it flow out of you." However, what I'm doing isn't working for me either. So I guess I should put on a kaftan, fire up some incense at let the universe use me as a vessel to write...blegh. When did writers become so new-agey anyway? Where is my Hemingway with his shotgun binoculars?

I bought this book. I bought it a year ago when this itch first started. Except that it wasn't a year ago. The receipt is still inside. I bought this 5/12/2009. From Ann M. At the Edina Barnes and Nobel. (What the hell was I doing in Edina?) So I guess I have had this itch a lot longer than a year. I started with chapter one. She wants me to draw a mandala. Remember the new-agey crap I mentioned earlier? Yeah. The first chapter is all about journaling. I don't wanna. It takes me back to middle school English, and then I get flashback to my diaries from that time period. Oh god, the anguish and the acne. I can't take it.

I set my alarm today for 6 am, for the express purpose of writing.

I opened my mandala book again. Oh god. I can't face that either. So I googled writing prompts. There are so many...and most of them are so...bad. But I actually found one from Laurie Halse Anderson, who wrote a book I really loved. She has a 30 day challenge to write everyday for 15 minutes. By the time I found her page it was an hour after when I was supposed to have started writing for 15 minutes. oops.

But at this point I needed to get ready for work. So I quit fighting and I wrote for 15 minutes.

And then I remembered you blog. You're still here and so am I. I don't expect any of these sessions to end up here...but...two goals. One, make it to week 2, because I usually flame out after 3-5 days of any challenge I give myself. And two, maybe make it a habit to write more. Who knows blog, you and I might start seeing each other more often.