Opening Day

I wanted to be sure that I wasn't the very last person in the world who has a blog, so here we are. The purpose of this blog is not to inform and it is not to amuse. Instead, this blog is all for me. This past weekend, I attended a technical writing course that was given at my company. One of the first things we did at the beginning of each of the sessions was type as many words as we could in a ten minute period of time. The point, as the instructor informed us, was to write. Each and every day. It didn't matter what we wrote about or what quality the work was. Instead, it was just to get as much "stuff" as we could down on paper (or computer screen as it was). So, this is what lead me to create this. This blog will serve as my daily writing template. Chances are it will only last a week or two. But still, knowing that it exists may give me an extra incentive to actually go to it. Who knows, maybe my writing will improve along the way. That is the main point after all...

In the spirit of free form writing, I will not necessarily be coherent in my entries. Instead, I will try to stay true to the format of stream of consciousness. That doesn't mean, however, that I will be writing about whatever is on my mind. One of the first rules of this blog will be, no writing about, or more specifically, complaining about, my job. I work in (or rather outside) D.C. and I have zero interest in losing my job or my status, clearance, etc. at my company and therefore I will explicitly not be writing about anything that may jeopardize that. Second, I will probably not be writing about anything "too" personal. I admire those folks who can write about their very personal lives, giving perfect strangers access to regions of their hearts and minds, that in the past were open to only those they trusted or a closely held diary. I, however, will not be extremely forthcoming with very personal information for a couple reasons. Primarily this is out of respect for my family. In order to reveal my own secrets, I would be giving away pieces of them, and I have not requested, nor desire to request, that permission. Secondarily, I want to remain completely anonymous, to all but a select few. Giving out the intimate details of my life would in effect, give readers access to my life. Although, I suppose that is the point of most blogs, again, the point of this one is for me to practice my writing. If you get anything out of it, well, that's just a bonus. And finally, those who hear my most personal "secrets" are special to me and I want them to remain the only ones in this exclusive club.

Well, my fifteen minutes of writing is complete for now. I will add more as conditions warrant.