I am also still trying to figure out how to get myself more into writing on this thing without making it a mechanical task, something I just try to get out of the way. It's not like I'm not constantly walking around thinking, "I should blog that" (because sad as it sounds, I actually am) it's just that usually once I sit down to write my mind goes blank and I end up typing out something that sounds mildly retarded...and then I delete it. And nothing gets posted.

There are several reasons this blog is somewhat important to me. For one, it has led to good things happening in my life. I never thought it would, but, in fact, it has. Like being where I am now (in grad school). Another reason is because it's like a record of my life. I like being able to browse through my old archives and remember things that I had totally forgotten. And then of course there's the fact that writing on a regular basis should improve my writing skills. Which I feel have tanked as of late. I'm out of practice.

See? I've lost my train of thought. I need to fix this.