Peanuts

In my first post, I mentioned how I think it's weird that nobody seems to know whether a "peanut" is the whole shell plus the two nuts or one of the two nuts themselves. Well, that's actually not what I meant, since most people I know will say "it's both!"

What I think is weird is that if you're holding the whole shell plus the two nuts, you're holding one peanut, but you're also holding two peanuts at the same time. What's with that?

A fresh start

Well, I've never been great at writing in journals. As a matter of fact, my current journal is not more than 3 inches away from my elbow at this very moment... yet despite the fact that I see it every day, I hardly ever touch it, let alone open it and write in it. I find that whenever I even consider writing in it, I almost immediately give up for one of two reasons: 1) I still haven't written about that other thing I wanted to write about and my perfectionist side won't let me write out of chronological order, or 2) the particular thought I want to write about is too deep, confusing and/or depressing for me to possibly want to spend that much time articulating it into words, much less come back and read it later.

I've also never been great at writing in blogs. There's always that pressure of finding something to write about that won't bore people to tears--you know, not like the typical "I saw so-and-so today, and I ate such-and-such for lunch, and I just can't BELIEVE that ..." And I realize that that's just how most people's lives are, mine being no exception. Earthshaking, life-changing events just don't happen to the average human being on a regular basis. Certainly not often enough to keep a consistent record of them, anyway.

Or maybe I'm just the odd one out?

In any case, there have been plenty of times when I would gladly sit down and articulate some random thought that I had on some particular day, but haven't in order to spare the attention span of my fellow human beings. And it's really too bad, because even if there isn't a single other person in the entire world who cares that I think it's weird that nobody seems to know whether a "peanut" is the whole shell plus the two nuts or one of the two nuts themselves... well, it is!

So, this blog is for me. And, I guess, for anyone else who is the slightest bit curious about what actually goes on inside my head. I claim no responsibility for those who drive themselves to boredom, madness, depression, or endless cycles of confusion upon reading anything I decide to write here. I predict that there will be a severe lack both of earthshaking events and of relevance to life.

That said, I think I'll go to the bathroom now. My bladder's about to explode.