This new class I’m taking online at IUPUI is supposed to help me “find my e-voice”. Honestly, I took it because I needed a 300 level class outside of my major to help fulfill my graduation requirements. I've been active online for a long time in various forums and of course on Facebook. Who isn't on Facebook these days? I suppose I follow more than I lead in most cases. I enjoy stalking my friends and some celebrities including Neil Gaiman, Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day.
While I post a lot about myself in one particular forum (which I’m keeping a secret) and on Facebook (where I can control, to a certain extent, who reads what), I’ve never wanted to blog. I’ve always had a, “don’t put anything in writing” attitude since my first husband read my middle school journal after finding it a box he was unpacking. He mocked me for the next four years.
That being said, I still feel like I can improve the way I present myself online. Other than my journaling aversion, I’m an open book. If you know me in person, you really know me. You probably know more than you care to, in fact. I guess I just need to take the leap into blogging with less trepidation. To, “suck it up” and write something. Still, if it’s going to be at all interesting, I need to find a subject. Maybe that way I can protect my online self from the world and still offer something fun to read. So far, I’m trying out a somewhat casual voice, in the hopes you’ll find the posts light and easy to read.
Most of the posts here for the next few months will be school related. I make no promises to write anything else you might enjoy or find interesting, but I’ll give it the old college-try.
