Hello Blog World.

Nice to meet you as well.

Ive been debating this blog idea for a while now. I think it all stems from my xanga glory days. I loved that xanga freshman and sophomore year of college.. I just preached and preached on that thing. I don’t know what happened… I think it got uncool, heaven forbid.
Somehow I survived and got through my next two years without it. I imagine facebook filled that time, just as facebook filled most of my study time and to be completely truthful, a lot of my social time. I can borderline hunt down my ancestors on that thing.

Anyway, a few people had mentioned the blogging idea to me while I lived in Houston…mostly from the horror stories and lonesome evenings I would complain about I think. Looking back I wish I had. Even though it felt like the longest year of my life, I find that God has a way of making you forget painful times and I know that all too soon I will barely remember why I was so sure that I was being tortured in that big dirty city.
On my 23rd birthday (in July) I decided I was going to start blogging so that I could look back and remember these years… I think people call them the glory days. While Im not convinced that Im in my “prime” just yet, here I am. In true Collyn, procrastination fashion and against my “cool factor” judgement, here I am.

Ive always thought that these things were for married couples and families that have really cute moms. Seeing as how I am um…not dating and um….without child, I don’t know that Im following the blog world rules. I do have a plant…though as I sit here and think about it he is sitting out in the 40 degree rain on my front porch probably cursing my name. May not have a plant anymore.

I will probably use this thing as venting/self exploration/idea generating device. I am typically pretty private but for some reason typing out my feelings feels less invasive than actually using my words. That sounds pretty silly now that I type it out loud. Plus, Im not sure I will broadcast this little corner of the blog world too publicly. Haha listen to me, acting like I’m going to have to keep this jewel under wraps… I once read a quote…okay fine Dr. Phil once said on his show, “you’d probably worry a lot less about what people thought of you if you realized how little they did.” Now I wont say he is the wisest of men, but that’s pretty darn accurate if you think about it for 2 seconds.

Okay. My brother says it’s not officially fall until you make your first batch of chili and crack your first *hunter’s edition* Busch (heavy) open. Well. Tonight’s the night fall begins in the Collyn Cody household. Such a lady.