sleep- sleeeeeep-

do you remember that line from Wizard of Oz??? i do. the wicked witch put a spell in the poppies. (incidentally, i went to HS w/ a girl named poppy, & my friend and i used to use the wicked witch voice if ever we needed to speak about her)
i digress....

i have been a longtime sufferer of a scientific* abnormality called:
Summer Insomnia Syndrome (or SIS).
no scientists have been consulted with this made up syndrome. but you know, i have to be worthy of your readership with some intelligence, yes?

i'm not entirely sure the year it began, but i remember it vividly even in high school. I'm not sure exactly how rare SIS is. so, i have not begun any support groups (yet). maybe this blog will be as close as i get.

i remember being amazed- AMAZED- at my sister's talent for going to sleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. we would talk & chat for a minute, 3, sometimes 30. but whenever she was done talking (or whacking me with the curtain rod**), it was without question the most amazing (and annoying) talent.
she would just GO TO SLEEP.
g'nite, laur. g'nite. zzzzzz

ummmmmm. i think that was when i understood what jealousy was all about. i mean, how could she do that? just say goodnight, and there you have it. it was indeed a good night, for she was asleep. **probably tired from all the whacking... a story for another time.

all this began BEFORE i contracted this SIS. she left for college when i was in the 8th grade. it very well could've been the summer before 9th that i came in contact w/ this affliction. lucky me, SIS is seasonal. when school was in session, i generally didn't have much trouble sleeping. but about a week or so into it, the beauty of having freedom bled into the boringness of being bored. around the same time, SIS kicks in.

well, since these days, i'm on perpetual summer......
my sleeping habits have been less than desirable. The Mr. & i are excited if i can just go to bed when he does and actually fall asleep w/in 30 minutes. lately, i've just been staying up whiling away the time on this wide world of webs.

i am once again reminded of my sister as The Mr. so easily falls into a comfortable sleeping pattern.

I now have 2 questions for anyone out there:

1. any wonder why this problem is named SIS
2. does anyone have any poppies??????

next post: symptoms to watch out for when diagnosing SIS.

Tabula Rasa

One thing I remember from my Sociology 201 class is the title of this blog. For some reason, it (and the lecture) somehow stuck with me.
It means: Blank Slate.

That's a great title for my first official post on this blog that likely nobody will find. However, if you did find this blog, I want to say Thank you for coming this far.

My experience with blogging is indeed blank.
I know I have the power to do lots of things with this blog:

Be thought-provoking, share humor, discuss current isssues, discuss future issues, create harmony in the blog world, blahblahblah...

I doubt I have any power to do any of those things.
What I think will happen instead, is that I get some thoughts out of my head & into the great wide world of webs.

I tend to write like I talk... which I have been criticized for a little too often during my years in college.

I will try not to ramble, and be somewhat coherant.

I hope I will learn to become observant (and therefore more interesting),
and I hope that whatever humor I can infuse will be understood by the masses that will eventually read this blog. (You know, because you'll tell a friend, and they'll tell a friend, and they'll tell.......)

Blank Slate-
Everyone is one, until their own experiences begin to shape them.
Much as my blogging experiences will help to shape me.

Wish me luck...

One more thing: I'm not sure if I am breaking some kind of blogging etiquette, but another way I write like I talk- i absolutely hate using caps unless for EMPHASIS. as i said in my first post: "I am NOT a writer".

If this is annoying, or breaking rules- feel free to let me know.
I promise, I can change!

I'm on the in-ter-net!

I doubt anyone will be reading this, since I'm not sure yet if I will be sharing.

However, if you found me, I hope to not disappoint.
You must know, though: I am NOT a writer.

fair warning.........