firsties

Man, fuck a blank page.  I haven't sat down to write anything expositional in months and this is how I have to start?

Okay, fine, fine, I can handle this.  It's a new blog, so let's do a little introduction thing on who I am, right?  That's how you're supposed to do a first post.

First: I'm not actually that #oldasfukk, I'm only 32.  But in Internet years, that's definitely old.  And I have two kids?  Yeah, I'm old all right.  I mean, one kid you can write off as a broken condom but two?  And with your wife?  Wait, you even have a wife?  Undeniably old.  I did the math.  I lost my virginity over a decade ago?  Crap.  O-L-D, old.  Not elderly, but definitely old.  And I'm okay with that, really--I can handle being on the old end of things, shaking my cane at kids who won't stay off my digital lawn.

I'm interested in a lot of stuff.  I sat here thinking about doing an entry with bullet points about all of the things I'm interested in but I figure you'll learn more about the things that define me as I actually write entries.  That's all I'm willing to commit to at this point--that I'm going to actually write.

I'm starting this blog... ugh.  I hate that word, "blog".  Anyway--I'm starting this blog because I really want to spend more time producing content and less time consuming it.  I almost said "need to", but the difference between needs and wants is important to remember.  Many people live lives rich in consumption and light in production.  I don't want to be one of those guys.  Part of aging means thinking about your legacy, and I think a hefty sheaf of writing seems like a start.

I guess I'm primarily doing this because I'd like for my daughters to be able to go back and read up about their dad when they get a little more grown up.  That this blog is public is really more so that it'll be harder for me to get lazy (I hope).  It's really important that my kids get the chance to know me when I was... well, not "before I was old", because it's probably too late for that.  But "when I was less old"?  Sure, that'll do.