time is on my side

My blog is on my mind a lot.  I think about throughout the day when something happens that I think I should write about, or when I am around in the evening watching smut tv and thinking about why I am not writing on here, or when I find out that people are making $ writing blogs.  This evening I was driving home from my favorite place (the liquor store) and was flipping through my satellite radio channels (yes I sell radio but still subscribe to satellite radio, I love the 80's and 90's channels, I cannot help myself) and a song came on the 90's channel which prompted me to think about you, dear blog.

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Under the Bridge
(91)

Pardon me?  1991? WTF!  I nearly drove off the road.  I cannot believe that came out 21 years ago.  I remember dancing to that song at elementary school dances.  Was it a slow song or a fast song?  No one ever seemed to know, but kids would find any reason to dance up next to each other.  I went with it!  This made me think.  I was 9 years old when that song came out, but I remembered it from elementary school.  I can't figure out if it is depressing or amazing.  One way to look at it is that I still remember life from elementary school, but on the other side that was 21 YEARS AGO!!  I have turned into my parents.  They always said that time flies when you get older and holy hell it sure does!  Did I really start University 10 whole years ago?  Have I really been living in Newfoundland for 4 plus years? 

They do say time flies when you're having fun.  Maybe that's the way to look at it.  University was 6 years ago, but the life past that has gone just as fast.  Remember in school when summer vacation went so fast, but the school year went so slow?  Whatever happened to those days?  I guess I can think about it like this.  Time goes so fast when you're drinking a bottle of wine, but it goes so slow the next day when you're battling the hangover.  Summer vacation for adults. 

Here's a little story:  The first day I walked in Dave's house I made a loud "meow" noise to his cat, Jetta.  We both immediately decided that we hated each other.  I didn't grow up with cats and in my first blog entry I promised that I would write about living with a cat.  I used to think that cats were out to kill people.  Jetta would climb on my chest when I first slept over because he was clearly trying to suck the breath out of me to kill me.  2 years later this is what happens.  I have turned into a softie and the cat has grown to love me (more than he loves Dave I say).  On the weekend I came in to take a snooze and Jetta came with me, hence the photo below.  For you cat lovers out there, you'll love this.  For all others, just when you least expect it a cat may come into your life and like you more than you like him, which makes you like him!

Great Words of Wisdom

Every week I get a great idea.  A few weeks ago I thought it would be a good idea to sign up for "The Twitter" (yes I realize it is just twitter, but I think adding the "the" before words such as google, twitter, internet adds a big of a laugh.  People don't know how to respond typically).  I am constantly seeing people post scrambles of words with # and @ and wondered if there was a new language that I had not learned.  I thought I had the world conquered.  I was poole_nikki and was ready to add people.  Then I spoke with my friend Scotty and he caused some anxiety for me.  He asked me, so nikki is this for work or for personal?  What is the purpose of your twitter account?  Why is your name so terrible? Are you going to be a follower or tweeter?  I secretly went home and cried after this.  I didn't know there was so much to getting a twitter account.  I have not logged in to my account since that day.  It is thinking about what it has done...

So what does this all have to do with my blog?  Well my sister asked me today if I was on the twitter.  I told her I signed up but hadn't done much with it.  I also told her that I signed up for a social marketing course and am going to learn more about social media and marketing.  I love learning and this is going to benefit my current sales role.  Then I happen to mention to her that I started this blog and I was hesitant to give her the address.  I wrote my first blog about a month ago and although sweet blog you are on my mind everyday, I have neglected you.  I told her that I need to work on it.  My sister read my first and only post then texted me "I like your first post!" then a second text came through "haha procrastinating on working on your blog".  Well I'll be damned!  I created this blog as a source to escape working on other things, and after 1 blog entry I am working on other things rather than my blog.

I still don't have my direction of twitter figured out.  That should take about a month and a few sleepless nights fretting.  I want it to be clever and quirky yet informative.