I guess I'll give this a try...

Well isn't life interesting? I have resisted for so long the opportunities to expand in knowledge and skill in the technology and computer arenas. I'm not entirely sure why, though I think it probably has something to do with time constraints in my day and possibly an exhaustion of learning anything new-since it seems that learning and I are continuing to walk hand in hand. What I mean is that since I usually end up learning through mistakes and life lessons, sometimes I just want to take a break from it all and rest my weary mind and heart.

I'd like to say that the reason I haven't gotten into learning about new waves in technology (like MySpace, blogging, html, web design, or how to turn on a computer in the first place), is because of some deep honor and belief that life is better left simple and raw, untainted from the effects of the virtual and better lived in the world of face to face. I'm not sure that is so much the case as the reality that I am simply and always, at least two years behind the status quo and up-to-datedness of the world around me. I.E. my friends all had jean jackets in 5th grade. I got my first jacket in 7th, and everyone looked at me weird because they'd been out of style for so long. It just took me that long to realize that they were pretty cool back in the beginning. I guess the final explanation for my resistance to all this culture stuff is that I'm pretty slow, and it does take me a long time to learn things that are outside of my natural affinities. I can start up a conversation or interact with just about anybody, but put me in front of a computer and I become illiterate, distracted, and interested in almost anything other than that which is supposed to be taking my time and focus.

And so it is with these initial thoughts that I timidly begin putting my toe into the waters of technology and this new culture and generation of communication. Be patient with me as I post and learn. But know that if you are reading these thougths, you most likely are one who holds a very dear place in my heart.

I do owe some thanks to people for motivating me to the point of actually testing the waters. It started with a friend, Dave Stalsbroten who set me up with the account and entered my very first post: king kong. You'd have had to have been there to understand, but seriously, Dave, Nate and I laughed very hard and very long in the corner table at Gere-a-Delis; the best sandwhich shop in the town of Anacortes, WA. (Plus they have free wireless internet-which is one area of technology I really do love... mainly so I can keep up with my fantasy football teams!)
Simply Youth Ministry out of Saddleback Church is another reason I am beginning a journey down this road. I listen to their podcasts (another tech piece i've learned over time) each week and many of their peeps enjoy the art of blogging. They faithfully preach that everyone should blog, so to them I owe a special thanks.
And finally, and mostly, and must thank my GOOD FRIEND Eric Langais. I just got off of gmail chat with him and he shared his blog site with me. Just seeing pictures of him with a hangover and an IV pumping into his arm was motivation enough. Eric-thankyou and I do hope we can hang out very soon, considering the fact that we live only 82 miles apart. (or something like that anyways).

Thanks for sticking with me this long, all of my friends, know that I love you. And it is with that thougth that I sign off and truly undertake the beginning of submerging not just my toe, but my leg as well, into these waters of the blogging community!