A Meme-Dealie

So, JMC has tagged me for one of those meme thingees (fun fact: until recently, I thought "meme" was pronounced "may-may"-you know, like "bebe". Um, it's not. Oops. I still kind of want it to be, though).

ANYHOO, the subject of the meme is 5 Reasons I Blog. I feel a little weird going on about this when I am rocking what, like, WEEK THREE of blogging? I guess I can frame it in terms of the reasons I started blogging, and continue to persevere well into WEEK THREE.

1) I am a reforming pathological lurker. Many of my friends have blogs, and I have been reading blogs for years. Seriously, do you have a blog that is in any way funny or interesting or covers the topics of TV, books, pop culture, and/or motherhood? I read it. BUT, I never left comments because I thought it was considered vaguely creepy to get a comment from someone who didn't have a website link the author could visit. In fact, when I did start to venture out with the occasional comment, I would often email the blogger to let her I know I enjoyed her site, and also that I was a REAL LIVE PERSON and not some creepy troll. So, reason 1 basically boils down to: makes it easier and less creepy to comment on the blogs I read.

2) I am a terrible correspondant. Basically, I suck at keeping up with people. I cannot stand talking on the phone (one of the reasons BR and I went to cell phones instead of a home phone is so that I would never have to answer a call that wasn't for me-and those of you who know me know I don't even answer those most of the time). So isn't it awesome, then, that I live over 1000 miles from my family and many of my friends? Blogging is one way for them to check in with me. If only everyone I knew had blogs, I would never have to talk to anyone ever again!

3) I'm also a sucky memory-keeper. I don't scrapbook or journal or any of that other happy crap. Basically, I'm lazy, OK? This is a way to have a written record of AD's growth and of my thoughts that doesn't feel like a total beatdown to me.

4) Unlike JMC, my brain-to-mouth censor guy is OVERactive. I would say that about 75% of my thoughts never come out of my mouth. Blogging is a way to let a few more out there.

5) Finally, writing this blog is totally different from my daily work as a CPA. It's fun and a nice break. I'm not one of those bloggers who considers herself a writer at heart. I write pretty much like I talk, which is to say, not all that well. I have my moments, but as they say on The Office, "you are an accountant so I know you can't deal with people". That pretty much sums it up for me.

Damn, this is LONG. Maybe I am a writer at heart! Who would like to publish my recipes and lamely captioned photos of my kid?

I will tag (on a purely optional basis, of course):
Erin and
Loni and
Lori