Jenny, I've got your number

This past weekend, my friend Mike made a comment about my blog to which his brother Adam said something along the lines of "You have a blog? Ugh. I'm against blogs." His reasoning had something to do with sharing information that could be potentially viewed by anyone and everyone. It brings up an interesting point, of course - what and how much to share about oneself online. I also started a MySpace page a few months back because some of my friends were doing it (ahem, Adam included, but he reasoned that he doesn't blog on it, which is true), and when it came up the last time I was home my parents gave a fleeting look like "Oooh, MySpace? Where stalkers prey on innocent young kids and stuff like that?"

The point is you just have to take care with what you post. I'm not on here to say "for a good time call 867-5309." This is just my way of sharing a few thoughts for my friends to read. I don't particularly like to talk on the phone - I don't generally have a lot to say, so I don't often call people just to chat, because then it just gets awkward after 5 minutes, and nobody enjoys that. And when I have a completely random thought, it certainly isn't worthy of calling someone up to say "Hmm, do you ever think about what word you've said the most over the course of your life?" but if I post it and you read it, you might get a little humor value out of it. I can keep my close friends up to date with some of my thoughts and things going on in my life that I may not spend a lot of time discussing otherwise.

For the record, the 40% post rate about Elton John will not continue. Just special circumstances coinciding with the beginning of my blog.

I have also re-enabled the ability to post comments, if you wish. I didn't think it would get much use anyways, but apparently Alex has something to say. It probably isn't very interesting, but let's throw her a bone and keep her happy.

I've come to the conclusion that 2 liter bottles of soda are only useful for larger gatherings of people (greater than 3). Party, sports get together, that kind of thing. It isn't humanly possible for one or two people to drink the bottle of soda before it goes flat. Realistically, it has to be consumed in one sitting for maximum taste effectiveness. Absolute max of two days and a few openings, and then it's done. I usually stay away from these, but the store suckered me in with a sale and I had to dump the left over. Never again.

Guiness Book of World Record watch: I got pulled over THREE times in one hour-long trip from Poughkeepsie to Greenwood Lake for a busted headlight. Once at the 87 Exit 18 entrance toll booth, once halfway down 87 to the Harriman exit, once in Monroe. No tickets, luckily, they were all nice and understanding. Almost shocking to get both all three times considering the sample size. The lesson, as always: cops in rural NY have nothing better to do, so if you have anything wrong with your car or you are going too fast, there is approximately a 100% chance you are going to get pulled over. I learned this lesson at Colgate. It's unbelievable.

Until next time...