WrAbCrThFo

So, last November there was all that 'thankfulness' stuff going around on Facebook and Twitter and I pretty much ignored it...and vowed to never participate in it because it all felt so trite and honestly? Pretty fake. Most people are thankful for their family, friends, animals, car, home, etc...is it necessary to post it in a public forum? Are you looking for gold stars or an award for all the unicorns, glitter and rainbows you find in your life?

However, I'm feeling more optimistic (as well as grateful and thankful) this year, so, why not? While I won't post stuff like that on FB or Twitter (FB is for mostly for my rants and stupid things I end up doing and twitter is mostly...running and rants...but it's hard to remember because I haven't been on twitter much lately...but you can read all the blow-by-blow action at @lizzieruns) But my new little blog might be just the place. It may also help me get back into the swing of writing and just generally make me pay more attention to the things going on in my life (if I had more time I would totally do NaNoWriMo, but I can tell you right now that it's not going to happen...but hopefully one day, because somehow geting something I wrote classified in the Library of Congress is on the bucket list...I have a few papers published on open-source websites from grad school, but that doesn't really count.)

Anyway, I'd like to blog about things I'm thankful for in November...but that may be tricky. You see, there are many people/things in my life that I'm so thankful for and I couldn't picture my life without them (many times, they have been the saving grace in the story of my life) but I'm not sure I'm super-comfortable blogging about it/them and I'm also not sure they want to be blogged about. Also, while there is so much beauty in life, I tend to be on the 'the glass is obviously half-empty you douche' side things and sometimes have trouble expressing honest, real feelings without using sarcasm as a defense mechanism of sorts.

So, who knows what will come of this. Don't be surprised if you see a post about how I'm thankful for gummy bears and/or yoga pants. But don't be surprised if I somehow randomly spill my guts on the interwebs (but hopefully not too much...)

November - the month I'm Writing About Crap I'm Thankful For (or, WrAbCrThFo)

Even though I have three hours until I have to write about being thankful for stuff, I am really thankful that a few people are brave enough to keep reading this thing. It isn't the deepest, most profound blog, but I'm having fun with it (even if it is a little 'dear diary') and it helps me get out of my own head a bit...and that's good enough for me right now.