Coincidentally Interesting

In the interest of disproving a few people's theory that I do indeed have multiple personality disorder, I decided on a little change. Or at least trying it on for size. Which I like. Even though it doesn't really matter. But it kind of does. We'll see. All of us. My preciousssssss.

Henceforth, forthwith and a little dippety do, I've started an "addendum blog" to this one called "Coincidentally Interesting."

One of the reasons I started to blog was that I recognized that laughter was a little lacking in my life. I took the good, the bad and the ugly way too seriously to actually enjoy all the great things that have been and are happening. I was getting hung up and aggravated at the little things that really shouldn't matter. And it was taking up more of my psychic energy than it should have. So I started blogging as a way to take a step back and laugh at what needed to be laughed at and learn from what needed to be learned from.

My goal in What Hurts was, and still is, an outlet for the child in me.

The one who, in Art Education for Elementary Teachers, built a clay koala holding onto a tree/pencil holder in the shape of a bong and declared to his older, stuffy professor that it was an homage to Ginsberg in Australia.

The one who declared, for his final assignment in Music for Elementary Teachers, that he required a high-powered fan, a smoke machine and a reenactment of the drowning scene in Titanic "to create the mood," before he would play "My Heart Will Go On" on his recorder.

The one who, at his team's pleadings, gave 110% lip synching to "Barbie Girl" at a volleyball camp talent show, thereby ensuring that it would be the last time said volleyball camp had a talent show.

The one who tried to transform ruralish Michigan's O'Malley's Irish Pub into Ye Old Gay Irish Pub Next To Big Dick's simply by word of mouth.

The one who tried to lead an a capella sing-a-long to "Ass and Titties" at a gay bar's karaoke night.

I'm a big fan of the child in me. And blogging was a way to acknowledge his contributions to humanity. I wanted this blog to be all about the funny.

But, I've also been seriously itching to write again. There have been a number of posts in the last month or so that have taken on a serious and more academic tone. There've also been nearly a dozen unpublished posts that read more like a thesis than a blog entry.

So the addendum to What Hurts, "Coincidentally Interesting," will allow my inner dork to blab all he wants. If it's interesting to anyone but me, I'll be shocked out of my gourd. And probably want to start dating you immediately.