Blog Disclaimer...

Listen.  I don’t know how to NOT be me, especially when I’m writing.  Because of this, my blog will include subject matter that is often:  offensive, capricious, foul-mouthed, gushy, judgmental, too-much-information, self-deprecating, and occasionally all of the above.  You weren’t expecting this?  You wanted to believe I was all kindness and good?  Sorry about that.

I’ve looked at the blank Blog page many times, staring at it for long periods of time.  Usually, my mind drifts to someone that I might offend if I start writing publicly.  I promptly click away from the Blog page, delving back into the privacy of my own electronic files, with fleeting thoughts of how family members might feel if my words are suddenly revealed to them in a moment of unexpected sorrow one day after I’ve expired in a fiery death on the interstate and they are going through my things.

But, I digress.

Let’s just agree that if you are easily offended, or if you want to believe only what you know or think you know about me, you will just hit the “back” button and go visit a different page.  Or, proceed with my page. But don’t judge, ok?  Or, do judge, but don’t tell me that you did.  Or, tell me, but don’t judge my family.  This is MY blog, dammit! 

Why, you ask, would someone who feels the need to dictate a massive disclaimer at the beginning of her Blog even bother to Blog?  Well, silly, that’s like asking an extrovert why they are compelled to talk incessantly.  Or why a drug addict must do drugs.  I am compelled to write.  To share.  To communicate.  Somehow through others discovering who I am, I hope to discover who I am as well.  Yep, still trying to figure that one out.

Gina