BROUGHT TO YOU LIVE! - From Emily's Room

Howdy.

So, my house has turned into a dormitory, for those of you who haven't heard it yet -- that is, the guys who work for my mom and live too far away to drive home every night are now housing in our guest and music rooms....Yeah. Fun to be had at Casa SW these days.

So, I had tons of ideas for a blog post tonight. Well, tons is exaggerating (that was said with David Tennant's voice in my head -- just thought I'd let you know), but I had some, which is more than usual. But I couldn't decide on any of them, so I decided to write a list, and then -- y'know, see what happens.

Lists are kind of my thing, if you know me.

So, some ideas (and the reasons for not going through with them) were:
1) Stories about my dog, Abby (terrier-mutt-mix that we got at the pound when she was small enough to fall through my legs if I sat cross-legged, looks a bit like Benji but fluffier, a blessing because she doesn't bark, and has huge, sweet, understanding brown eyes -- I love her.) --- rejected because I didn't know if it would be interesting or if I had good enough stories.

2)Favorite literary characters -- rejected because...Dunno. Felt like something I'd do a couple years ago, and what with being home again, I'm full of an angsty need to be MORE MATURE, to be a DIFFERENT PERSON than I used to be, though the contradictions are all around me, from the walls of my room to the high-school folks I used to know so well. Not like I was such a horrible person before. I just feel like there's a whole new part of me - a new facet, new E-personality, and I'd rather have them be together, all these personalities. I want the Mills-me to thrive at home. It's not so easy.

3) Books that shaped my childhood --- okay, this one may still come into being someday. I was doing some literary reminiscence today, and that's always nice. Just a little shout-out to the author who probably had the MOST impact: Tamora Pierce!!!! Thank you so much for all of your novels. :) Gave me that little girl-power flame oh-so-long ago. I won't forget it!

4) --a list of the ideas that I had for a blog post.

Yeeeeaaah....not my shining moment. If this were an essay, this would be a draft that I would throw out. But somehow, this medium of communication accepts failures without so much as a blink, so away into the ether you go, post!!!

(NOTE: I was typing so seriously, with such force in my fingers that I accidentally hit that unknown key combination that switches my keyboard into German...oh, je.)