Moi

      Having never done a blog, this very post thrusts me into the obscure world of the blogger. My stereotypical image of one sitting on a park bench, laptop in hand and latte in the other comes into mind as I ponder what I will write about. Fingers flying across the keyboard, a calm wind blowing through the hair of my image of the blogger.

       In a somewhat less idealistic way, here I am now in a computer lab in the basement of my school. Asked to write all about me (hurray); all of my likes all of my dislikes, the ins and outs of my life as much as I can put onto a blog. OK, maybe not quite all of that, but still I'm lost as to how to fill the assignment with words. As if the idea
came from some sort of revelation, I decided to fill space with an unnecessary 8 sentence introduction. So here goes nothing.

       How should I go about describing myself in a way that won't make readers' heads fall and their noses begin to snore? I think I ought to make it somewhat jovial and self-satiricle. As if I'm Mark Twain writing about myself, if I could do such a thing. He, who just so happens to be one of my favorite authors, portrays countless admirable qualities, many of which I have (and many more I wish I had). His recognition of both truths and injustices in the society in which he lived is some thing I admire, and more importantly, strive to do as well. I, too, try to be enlightened by the world around me.
       Oh! But of course the reader wants to know about me and what I look like! As far as whoever is reading this is concerned, I might as well be the woman in the picture at the top of my post. Here are some much needed facts about myself.

• Height- 6'0" (Tall enough where it's disappointing to people when they see I cannot dunk)
• Weight- Somewhere above 100, I think?
• Hairstyle- Became popular with the Beatles, but went out of style in 1978

      Speaking of the Beatles... Although their inherent use of mind altering drugs is not exactly acceptable, they still made some of the greatest music ever recorded. That would be awesome to be able to play like they did. I can play the piano, but probably not to the level of John Lennon. Instead, I focus more on sports. I suppose I'm the only cross country runner at the school who loathes racing. Yet I guess I do it because I ended up being fairly good at it and it gets me into shape for baseball season. Unlike cross country, I do enjoy competing in baseball. It has proven to reduce my allotted homework time in the spring and hinder my social life in the summer, but there's not many things that are more fun (skiing excluded). As my school notebooks stand as evidence, I enjoy art, and specifically, drawing. In no way am I Da Vinci, but I do find it fun to sit down for a bit and draw something cool.
      So as I assume I will be required to write one many times throughout the remainder of the semester, I will become this sort of "blogger." Now the reader has their first immersion into the ButlerBlog. If nothing else, this gives the reader at least some notion of who the author is. Probably.