Intro

I spend a lot of time ruminating and proselytizing in my head (and sometimes to my exasperated partner), but I don't do much (ok...any) creative writing. So this'll be an interesting endeavor. I imagine most posts will result from some issue that has me suitably disturbed or excited...rants, tirades, blitherings, etc. Should be lots o' fun.

My therapist asked me to start writing. Her stated goal is to aid the integration of my cerebral hemispheres. Hmmm..."aid the integration of my cerebral hemispheres" - really? I'm feelin' pretty integrated as it turns out...but then who could really say what discontinuity feels like. The gist as I understand it is that the two hemispheres sort of have their own domain of functions, but they don't work well together. I'm not entirely convinced that's true in my case, but I figure a good blog or two couldn't hurt me. Naturally I'm suspicious that my therapist (to whom I'll heretofore refer to as Eta Smith Pry...or just Eta) has other motives as well. Maybe Eta can get some juicy stuff outta me this way that doesn't tend to come out in session. I don't know this for a fact, but I'm just sayin'. Or maybe Eta is hoping to find some tidbit she could use to forge a "deeper connection" between therapist and client. Again...dunno for sure, but could be. Well...if so, Eta just might be on to something. That's exactly the sort of thing I may think in session and wouldn't say.

I have to say, this whole thing seems rather self-involved...blogging, that is. Feels a little gross...like certainly there are more profound and important things to be writing about than myself or my perspective on things. But then I guess if you can't do that, you can't really write.

I should be working. But...alas, work bores me to pain. The kind of pain that involves driving nails through my eye sockets. I suppose I chose the wrong profession. Computers are dull, tediously subservient little things that should require very little of time from anyone. I should be out inspecting volcanoes, ocean vents or large rock formations for the last great meteor impact. Or the rockstar thing would work well for me, I think. Lots of travel and meeting interesting people. Good music could be involved.

Well...I must be off. Time to get a little work done before I leave...apparently I'm being paid or some such thing.

-S