Hello, I'm new!

So I started this blog because of my friend Emily, who's had a blog for years. I've read hers and it's kind of fun, kinda like reading someone else's diary. And since I never tire of talking about myself, I thought, hey, why not! Now I can aim hundreds of useless words at cyberspace and if people get tired of listening to me talk, they can just click the "X" and shut me up!

About me then...well, I'm all about Internet fads. I'm not the first one to try things out, I'm the middle of the road, "everyone else said this was cool so I'm going to try it" type. I have a Myspace (too creepy, don't use it, too many strangers asking for sex), a Facebook (yes I get heartbroken when people disown me as their "friend" for my lack of communication with them or political viewpoints) a Twitter (celebrities are really just like the really popular people in high school, and they're weird and stupid too) and now, A BLOG! Yay me.

I am from...nowhere, really. Here's me, lacking a place to call home since 1982. Though I live there only in the summer, I can really only call Three Lakes, Wisconsin home. It's the only place I've lived my whole life. I was born in Milwaukee, lived in Sheboygan (Plymouth) WI, Eau Claire, WI, Woodbury MN, Somerset WI, and finally landed in Northeast Minneapolis. I love it there. Being five minutes from downtown is great. I'm just far enough out to escape the "bad stuff" that happens there. I love that I have Minnesota licence plates again. I tend to erase the time I lived in Somerset (just outside the Twin Cities) and tell people I'm from Woodbury. (I am from there, I graduated there and worked there for years after we moved.) So yes, I'm a spoiled Wood-hood brat (for those of you that know anything about the east suburbs) who's deeply offended that her town is getting a new high school this fall and did she still live in her old neighborhood, would have had to go there.

Currently I work at a suburban newspaper as a senior paginator (ie I layout the newspapers) but I won't get into that much because believe me I will rant about my job alot, per, I hate it. I am getting a new job soon as a studio manager at my dance studio and I am very excited. My new boss is the greatest! Not that my current immediate boss isn't awesome too, she's one of my best friends. However, it's the other people running this company that suck.

My loves: animals, dancing, Jesus, my husband, Three Lakes, waterskiing, writing (no, really??), trees, lakes, Florida, cars, fellow conservatives (warning: I may spout off my thoughts about the current administration and it's many, MANY flaws at random, so be prepared), the Twins, cooking, cleaning, driving fast, painting, weddings, designing, shopping, music...I could go on and on.

My hates: (I'm gonna be real blunt here, so prepare to be offended) bad drivers. idiots. jerks. backstabbers. people who are jealous and constantly one up you to make themselves look better. losing. being wrong. liberals. the sierra club. people who excerise eminante domain and demolish historical buildings, especially for parking lots. people who thing global warming is real. people who stir up trouble because they're bored. people who stir up trouble because they're sick. people who think owning their own company makes them God. people who think there is no God (boy are you in for a shock!) ...and I could go on and on.

You might think my list of hates are mean and not politically correct. I don't really care. You see, I've spent most of my life harnessing my beliefs so people will like me. Last week I realized, you know what? Life is too short, and I'm about to explode my unpopular conservative/religious beliefs all over the room because I've held them in too long. I have all the people in my life that I need, and I know that most of them share my feelings. So why do I care if some loser that I went to high school with and never even met doesn't like me because I think global warming is a crock of crap? I really don't. At least, not anymore.

Okay, I'm LEARNING not to care anymore. It's a process. I have to remind myself constantly not to care. If I have to be someone else for a person to be friends with me, then you know what? It's not worth it to have that person as a friend. I've watered down my life all my life (okay, since middle school) and it stops now.

That's all for now folks, I gotta get to work! If you liked it, keep reading. If you didn't like it, well, I already told you what to do with it.

:)