I'm giving this blogging thing a go

I’m a recovering reporter, so I don’t write as much as I used to. I feel like all my one-liners, descriptive vocabulary words, and general creativity are fleeing from my brain faster than…hmmm…need an analogy… See? I got nothing.

So I decided to write again. Everyday. Just for fun and just for me.

But then I remembered one of my favorite parts of being a reporter: seeing my byline.

‘Cause after all, what’s the point of writing if no one can read it and tell you how good you are?

I’m kidding. Kinda. I do occasionally love to be the center of attention. When I was in college I used to joke that the world should be Erica-centric and revolve exclusively around me. The world didn’t take my suggestion, so I’m creating my own revolution.

Hence, my new blog: Ericacentric. It’s all Erica, all the time. Or rather, it’s all my random thoughts, wonderings, and opinions. And if you know me (which you would have to if you’re humoring me enough to read this) then you know that I have lots of those. I only hope they’re funny enough to keep you entertained.

Before you commit to reading what I have to say, I feel it’s my duty to at least let you know what kind of writer I am.

• I have a tendency to start every other sentence with the word “so”. So don’t say I didn’t warn you.

• When I took a creative writing class in college, my secret dream was to have at least one of my classmates deem my writing “wickedly funny”. Never happened. Jerks.

• I occasionally look up big words after I write them just to make sure I used them correctly in a sentence.

• I change names to protect the innocent, or the not so innocent as the case is more likely to be.

I told myself going into this that I would blog something, even if it’s just a fleeting thought, everyday. At least that way, even if no one reads it, I would have a daily diary of my life that I can look back on when I’m old and gray and remember “that one time when”… But then I realized that I’m pretty good at starting strong and fading fast (insert your own ‘that’s what she said’ joke here), so I make no promises of how often this will be updated.

So that’s it. Start revolving around me.

Or at least read a couple entries before you get bored and move on. Then lie to me and tell me you read it everyday. I’ll take that, too.