Influences

I have a lot of them that have helped shape the way I want to write this blog.

Penelope Trunk

Source: http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/


Seriously. I was incredibly bored with work and wanting to make a change (and deeply conflicted about making said change, but that’s another blog). I Googled and Googled and Googled (and love that Google has become a verb) “How to leave your job”, “How to give notice”, “How much notice to give”, “How to survive your notice period”, and every other variation I could think of all day at work. 

Source: http://memoirsofria.blogspot.com/2010/08/bored-at-work.html

Somehow I landed on her blog and was immediately sucked in. I read all the posts. I devoured them.

Source: http://www.fanpop.com/spots/zombies/images/2089100/title/prison-inmate-devoured-fellow-zombie-inmates-photo

Something about the way she wrote unabashedly about her life mixing in career advice, parenting advice, sex advice, don’t do like I did advice struck a chord with me that I loved. 

Source:http://vinteeage.com/don-t-try-this-at-home-t-shirt-vintage-t-shirt-review-snorg-tees-snorg-tees/

I started toying with the idea of writing my own blog. What would I write about? What do I know? What am I good at? What could I actually write about and post? Well, Penelope helped with a very handy “The easiest instructions for how to start a blog”.  What more could I ask for?

Source: http://webberwannabe.blogspot.com/2011/08/origami-instructions-strawberry.html



I still didn’t get started. Well, kinda...I started Tales from Tails about the dog rescue work I do. I still want to do that, but it was hardly a blog for some of the ides that run through my head. Yes, i love dogs, and yes, I love the rescue work I am fortunate enough to be a part of, but do I want to write about that all the time? No. So back to the drawing board. 

I forgot about wanting to start my own blog for a while. Just let that idea sit in the back of my brain for a while and I went to reading more blogs.

Source: http://cheezburger.com/View/3166962176



I explored the Internet, clicked on links, Googled thinks and followed links out from there, clicked on commenter's links if I liked what they said.

Source: http://www.ticketdepo.com/theater/dora-theexplorer-tickets.php



Effing Dykes



Then I ended up at Effing Dykes. I love the way Krista Burton writes. I loved all the pictures and short blurbs of text. She is incredibly funny and made me laugh out loud. 

Source:http://www.dailybrink.com/?p=310Krista%20Burton



I threw myself into that blog and started reading from the top all the way back. (In case you hadn’t noticed I’m a voracious reader and when I find something I like I can’t get enough.)

Source: http://www.zoni.com/studentlife/2010/some-fun-ways-to-practice-reading-english/



I got back to thinking about my own blog (the one still in my head). I wanted to write something that was entertaining to read (pictures!) and let me explore whatever I was interested in (a bit of everything). 

Source: http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/2707/p/salsa/web/blog/public/?blog_KEY=460



So here we are. It might be just for me. Just for the therapy of writing whatever I want. It might be for you. In fact I hope it is. (In my secretest of secret thoughts I would love to have followers and commenters to interact with.) 

Source: http://westernthm.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/the-messianic-secret-early-fabrication-or-historical-reality/



But ultimately this blog is about A Little Bit of Everything. 

Source:http://youmeandreality.blogspot.com/2011/02/sceptical.html



And, if you haven’t checked out these two ladies and their awesome blogs...do so right now. 

Effing Dykes: http://effingdykes.blogspot.com/
Penelope Trunk: http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/


**By the way I am in no way connected, affiliated, etc by Penelope Trunk or Effing Dykes. :)**