I tell ya, fighting off brain-eating zombies is hard work, and messy! Alas, I am victorious. I think I have rescued most of my gray matter from between the crackling jaws of the zombie who was determined to eat it. There is a small chance I might have stuffed a few odd bits of other people's gray matter into the space between my ears because I was picking a bunch of it from between the zombie's teeth and there's no telling the last time he brushed or flossed. That would probably explain the random thoughts about yodeling and Lederhosen.
My point in this ramble is not to tell you that I've taken up yodeling so much as it is to say, hey...please don't go anywhere. I'm still getting my proverbial "shit" together and sorting through all this stuff in my head that I want to write about. The words are finally, blessedly, there! It's just taking me time to figure out which pot I want to stir first. And oh boy, do I ever want to stir the pot. I've realized lately that I have things I want to say and it's disingenuous to myself and to you, to not say them all because I am afraid of how I might be seen after saying them.
I've also come to the conclusion that I no longer want to play the game of blogging by the rules that other people tell me I should be playing by. This is my ball field, and my game, so naturally it should be my rules...No? YES! I don't want to be bound by the constrains of what the "community at large" says I need to do in order to have a successful blog because those of you that read me regularly, I think, could really care less if I have a "brand" or what my Technorati or Alexa rankings are. Seriously folks, I don't give a blue shit what those numbers are because at the end of the day, they do not define me or this blog. I am unique and so is my voice and I don't know that that can be branded. Besides, at the end of the day, do you want to read someone who is fresh and original or just another Dooce-wannabe?
I'm going to continue to blog from my own heart...the one that resides within my soul and the one that I think you all have come to know. Writing is what I do best and whilst I might not be the best at it, it is where my true passion lies. I enjoy sharing my life, the ups, the downs, the dark and the light with you guys and I am so truly grateful for the friendships and bonds I have formed because of this crazy crazy world here at Barking Mad! I think a lot of the "dark times" could have been a lot darker and scarier had it not been for you. Thank you!
On that note, I'm going to try and figure out what that horrid smell is (probably a piece of my brain that slipped out of the zombie's mouth and got stuck between the keys on my keyboard) and then go to bed. Tomorrow is a new day, and for once, I'm looking forward to it!
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