Welcome to the Blogosphere, bitch!

Hello....  this is weird for me.  I have never been an internet person.  I don't "Myspace" or "Facebook" and I also think it's strange that those are usable verbs in the English Language. 

I overheard this at the Sterbs not long ago:  

Waitress to bartender - "Do you myspace?"

Bartender - "No, but I facebook."

Waitress - "Cool, but I can't believe you don't Myspace."

As this was going on, one of our 60 year old regulars was looking at them like they were both from Melmac and they were about to dig into a nice meal of cats.  (sorry for the obscure Alf joke)  Although, I followed the conversation it was a bit irregular. 

Anyways, back to the point, I am not very internet savvy, but I do dabble in the blogosphere.  I have several close friends who write frequent blogs and I really enjoy reading them.  (links available) One of my many New Years resolutions is to keep a journal so that I can remember my life in a few years.  I have a good short term memory but not a great long term one.  I always get frustrated when my friends talk about grade school like they are still being yelled at by the playground lady to "GETUP AGAINST THE WALL!" and I can't remember half of how the stories go, even though I lived them.  I figured a journal will fix this, and I figured a blog is a good way to share my journal with my friends and whomever wants to read.  As a side note, like my friend JB, I still hang out with a lot of my high school friends so this will be laden with inside jokes.  

So, I feel ok, that I almost have my first blog in the books.   Since I am new to this world, please give me some tips on how to not suck it up in the future.  Thanks for reading and now I feel vulnerable.

-JZ

I will end every blog with a joke from my favorite comedian, Mitch Hedberg, who died recently.  Not only to spread the genius, but also to keep his memories alive.  So, as promised:

"As a comedian, you have to start strong and end strong.  You can't be like pancakes; when you start eating, they are great, but by the end you're fuckin sick of them."