Hard things thus far about a blog:

1. actually deciding to start one
2. picking a decent name
3. picking a layout
4. having things to say

I think that 1 and 4 are related. I was hesitant to start because I wasn't sure I would actually find brilliant things to say. And to paraphrase Elizabeth Bennett/Jane Austen/the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice: "Neither of us wishes to speak unless we say something that will amaze the whole room" This applies to me. I would much rather remain silent or say something that will amaze everybody. Something clever and smart-sounding. Like I should be reading some intense sort of literature or watching fox news on a regular basis. Or I should be super hilarious so as to leave my readers in stitches.

Picking a name was really hard. It took me a couple of days. When I graduated, my parents got me the book "Oh the Places You'll Go" by Dr. Seuss and I really wanted that to be my title, because lets be real, I'm going places. And apparently I am letting you go with me via this blog. However horror upon horrors that name was already taken. So I turned to Winnie-the-Pooh. He has never let me down. He gave me a song about about rain clouds, a phrase to say when it looks like rain and he taught me that spelling Tuesday isn't always what matters in life. And really, how can you be uncheered by a balloon?

Next came the layout. Talk about hard! Obviously I wanted one with the happiest sort of balloons. But that was not to be. So I had to go with polka-dots. Close enough for now I suppose.

[and heather: i totally understand the brainfreeze of the mind [maybe its a brain cloud?]...but its happening to me too]