Following the Crowd

I avoid trends. If everyone is raving about something, I generally avoid it. Back when a certain movie about missionaries was released nationwide and everyone in the BYU Theatre and Media Arts Department was raving about how wonderful it was going to be, I decided to boycott it. My mom discovered the Harry Potter books early on and kept saying how they were great and I should read them. I put it off for four years, because they were suddenly so popular. I still haven't read the Twilight books because so many people seem to be addicted to them. And, following in that vein, I have been wary about starting a blog.

Over the past few months I've discovered more and more of my friends that have blogs, and I've really enjoyed reading about what they're all up to. I've actually been thinking in blog post for the last several months. Whenever Peter would do something funny my internal monologue would begin a rough draft of how I would report it. But then I would ask myself, "Do I really have time to do that? Peter, and now Cooper, take a great deal of time and energy. Should I really stretch myself even thinner for something that everybody seems to be doing? Doesn't that make it a little too trendy for me to be ok with?" Well, I continued to go back and forth on the issue until a few days ago. I was writing an email and kept misspelling words. My thoughts were all jumbled and I was having difficulty saying what I wanted to say. It was then that the following thought floated through my brain: If you were keeping a blog, you would have regular opportunities to sharpen your writing skills and keep yourself mentally acute. To which I responded, "Hmmm... that's true."

And so, I am jumping on the blogging bandwagon. I can't promise that I will always be witty or clever, but I do hang-out with a pretty witty and clever two-year-old on a daily basis, so I've got good material.