The Urge

Every once in a while, I get this urge to write and put my thoughts down.  Not that I'm particularly good at it.  I realize that time is fleeting and I recognize the unique opportunity that blogging provides.

Way back in my early high school days, I remember maintaining a diary.  Come to think of it, I wonder where this is right now.  I remember writing a lot of stuff in this little spiral notebook.  I remember drafting all of my love letters in this notebook before finalizing the letter on stationary that I had on hand.  And yes,  I recall putting down my feelings of pain, anger and emptiness when I broke up with her.

Unfortunately, I've never been able to recover that diary.  It would have been great to read these things again and perhaps be able to smile this time around.

And so I've decided to take up blogging in order to preserve my thoughts.  I figured the electronic/digital version of what was once my spiral notebook, would be a better way to store and recover those moments in the past.

True to my being a gemini, I do have a wide range of interests - some of them seemingly contradicting each other.  For instance, I used to collect stuffed toys.  I also like collecting knives.  This blog will be an opportunity to draft my thoughts on these different interests and hopefully be able to get responses from the readers out there.

This entry is the first step that I'm taking to answer "the urge." Perhaps, down the road, you and I will look back at these preserved thoughts, and smile.