You Should Write.

That's what someone told me when I started writing long-winded notes on Facebook. Today was the third time I have heard that bit of advice, so I figured it was time to listen.

I have never fancied myself a writer. I've always considered myself more of a math girl, to be honest. I got consistently good grades in math in school (A's & B's). In English, I always struggled (C's). I liked the clear difinitive answers that math could bring me. English was always ambiguous and subject to interpretation. Plus, there is a kind of practicality in math that I liked. English, being a liberal art, always seemed more on the frivilous side of things, like lace or hot rollers. Sometimes they're nice, but most of the time you don't need them. Math you really need on a daily basis. I think there was a connection to my love of dance and music that drew me to math, as well. They say math is very closely related to music in the brain. Dance is very geometrical, and actually uses numbers quite a bit. If you have 10 dancers on the stage and you need to make a triangle with the star dancer at the point in the front & center, how many rows will you have? And how many dancers will be in each row? See what I mean? Math is practical when you are a dancer.

For many years I did not feel that I could define myself as "A Writer" because I got C's in English in school. I completely judged my talent and ability on my grades. Then, a few years ago I got a job working for the Juvenile Court in Utah. In this job, I had occassion to draft legal documents. This was pretty intimidating at first. I mean, a judge was going to be signing this piece of paper and making it the order of the court! This document was going to change the course of someone's life! But I found that being clear and concise, like you are in geometry proofs, was a very good example of how to write these kinds of things. Also, just using basic common sense helped a lot, too. And the judge actually signed them. It was amazing. I was actually kind of a writer! It felt like I was tricking everyone.

Then, Facebook appeared on the horizon, and now anybody and everybody expresses their opinions to the world. Why not me too? Turns out that when I get to just write whatever the hell I want, I can be pretty funny and clever. I mean, sometimes I'm funny and clever. On good days, when the stars are aligned right. You see, I have always been blessed to have at least one or two very close friends around me that are absolutely hilarious. When you surround yourself with witty, entertaining people it keeps you on your toes. Keeps you thinking fast, it's endless fun, and I think their brilliance rubs off on you a little bit.

So, here I am, ready to write. I hope you enjoy what I have to say. You undoubtedly will get to know my inner circle, The Boyfriend, Caleb and his son, Max, my good friends Christie and Kirt, and the various homeless people that live in my house here in Los Angeles.

A La Prochaine!

Kim