Day the First: And so it begins

Well hello. So glad that you've found me and decided to attempt a reading of my blog. Let's hope this goes well, now shall we?

I must confess that the time it took me to decide on a layout of this blog is a prime example of this battle I reference in my "about me section" (see right side bar). The rational me realizes that the people most likely to begin reading this blog are family and friends, who will no doubt be interested in what I have to say, how I'm saying it and the aesthetic nature of my design choices (or lack thereof, this remains to be seen). Or perhaps, they'll read out of obligation, hoping to gain some favor or perhaps a snippet of insight into what I think (really folks, this is scary...step away now, hit your browser button and stumble to a new site, please).

The fact that those who are likely reading this today are those who have already decided they like me (or tolerate me) on some level, should make me feel better about the possibility that my choices will not, in fact, be perfect. They will be nowhere near perfection as I am not an artist, nor do I have any design experience, nor, except for that lovely jaunt with livejournal at the beginning of college (God save us all), any real blogging experience.

And yet, fully aware of the unimportance of these stylistic choices, I have agonized over the font of this blog. Silly, right? And yet the one side of me argues most clearly that the title is the first thing a person sees. That, and the color scheme. The title is the personality of this blog (other me argues: "not the writing style? doesn't the writing style reflect the personality more than the font?). I don't really know. And does it really matter? Again, I'm not sure. So here we are, with the pick I have made. Be fully aware that, as a libra, I am wont to change my mind. This means I likely will. At least once. Perhaps many more times. Until I am either exhausted or cannot care any longer about the choice at hand.

So I suppose now that we've determined that my choice of font was difficult--should it be playful? No, I want people to take me seriously. Should it be flowy? Or is that too illegible? Should it be shaky, representing the deviation from perfection that I am fighting to accept? Or should it be an attempt at perfection in itself? --we must move on to other choices. The background picture.

Ah yes, another stylistic element that lends tone and personality to a blog. Well, I love blue. It calms me. Just like reorganizing a tupperware cupboard or making sure that the shoes in my entryway are lined up perfectly straight. And water is my element. Not in a new-agey sort of way. In the sense that I love to drink water, to bathe in it, to swim, to look at it, to smell it in a natural setting. I like it when it's frozen and falling from the sky, I like it when it helps my plants stay green. Water and I are close. In fact, if I had a choice to come back some other way, I'd come back as something or someone (?) that resides almost entirely if not entirely in the water.

This seems a digression. I apologize. I simply meant to stay...I like water. This was an easy choice. If only all choices were this simple.