Saturday 5 January 2013

Hello!

This is my blog introduction. I think you're supposed to do this FIRST, but I have never followed rules.


This is me and the old man. We've been together since 1979, so I think we're in it for the long haul. 

A couple of days ago a friend posted an intriguing thought about how when we introduce ourselves we tend to offer our profession as our identity, and how in other cultures they offer their passions and pastimes instead. I am one of those jammy people for whom there is no real distinction between profession, passion, and pastimes. The things I do are all of the above, and then some. 

In my blog I write about anything that comes into my head. It's not planned, and tends to be written all in one go, without any editing (if you read it quickly after publication you even get to see the typos, as I fix those afterwards), in fact it's delivered as if I was sitting talking to you. Or possibly at you. Hence the title.

I have a brain that works constantly and frequently tangenitally* (why does that word suddenly look dirty? Sunburned.....never mind), and which has also been collecting observations and stories for a long time, so I tend to flit from new ideas to memories as frequently as I veer from serious to extremely silly. This is the unexpurgated Melanie, with the one proviso that (for the first time) as I am on a wholly public blog, open to search engines and every Tom, Dick, and Harry, I will not name names or insult anyone without their prior permission. I'm also on hiatus from religion and politics for much the same reason. Family stuff will remain on Facebook where I have control over who reads it. 

I welcome new readers, and have no problem with being "shared", I welcome all comments, even disagreement. I don't tolerate uncivil behaviour, however, and anything deemed inappropriate in comments will be removed. My blog, my rules, my decisions. But having left the trolls of Blogster behind, I don't foresee any of that malarkey here.

*I figured out why. There's no such word. How very Freudian

20 comments:

  1. Hello! I have nothing to add. Just since you made it so easy to comment here I thought I should actually comment.

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  2. Well, didn't seem right to only have one comment on a blog introduction so I decided to also comment.:-)

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  3. I'm still a wee bit leary of having a completely open blog.. so mine is set a little more private.. but still not set the way I want it.. I have to figure more of the settings out I guess. I promise to behave here, unless misbehaviour is called for... got any wine?

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    1. I just decided that If I have something to share with our little group that I want you ladies to know ...but no one else that I will just personal message you.

      Otherwise I have it in my mind that I truly am tired of being closed off for fear of gossip. If someone doesn't like me that is their right, their opinion, but it really doesn't matter to me anymore. I have friends, loved ones..that know me and accept me for who I am and quite honestly that is all I need.

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  4. by the way..I love that picture of you and Martin.

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    1. Me too, we were both behaving at once. Photos like that are rare.

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  5. "tangenitally" looks dirty because you have added an "i" to "tangentially", thereby including the word"genital" in your version. Oops!

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    1. bwaaaaahaaahaa, that made me laugh outloud!!!

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    2. I think I like it this way. I'm leaving it.

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  6. Nice to meet you Boxall, I see you have been blogging up a storm. I am so glad!

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    1. Brain just won't stop. Have to empty it.

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    2. Agreed; my brain gets that way too, and I lovingly call it a "data dump." One does what one must. ;)

      Nice intro, by the way--can't say as I've ever done one myself. They ASK for info on the profile/account part, and that's usually been enough of a hassle for me to do. (Oh, lord, they want me to describe myself--again?! *heavy sigh*) ~ Blessings!

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    3. There's this bizarre thing called a "bio". Some people even write it (themselves) in the 3rd person. if you ever catch me doing that SHOOT ME.

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  7. So pleased to see you here and love the photo of you and Martin. The genitals gave me a laugh.

    Do you know you can change the settings here to make things a bit more private? You can lock it right down if you want.

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  8. this is good.. life has it's own ebb and flow.. keep it up!

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