By Way of Explanation...

There is nothing I hate more than shopping alone. Don’t get me wrong. I do love to shop. I just hate doing it by myself. My mother, of course, just plain hates leaving the house in general. The result? I end up doing not only my shopping, but also her shopping, all by myself. My remedy? Talk on my cellular phone. A lot. All through Wal-Mart. I am probably by far and large the most obnoxious person the Streetsboro Super Wal-Mart has ever had the displeasure of serving. People actually stare at me, as I laugh at seemingly nothing and rant about how Mom sent me to buy her Christmas cards. (Which, by the way, Mom, how am I supposed to know what you want to say to these people? I can barely pick out my own Christmas greetings!).


It was during one of these many shopping excursions (the Christmas card one, actually) that a very good friend of mine said “you should totally start a blog about your relationship with your mother. You’re hilarious. You could call it ‘My Mother Sent Me.’” And so the blog was born!

Now, while my relationship with my mother is indeed a very complex and often frustrating aspect of my life (and an amusing one) I didn’t feel that it was sufficient material for a blog. Even a bi-weekly one. So, I have decided that once every couple of weeks I will do a “My Mother Sent Me” as one of my regular… uh… segments, I guess. Yes, this is for you, oh best friend of mine. I just hope my mother never reads it…

Another frequent topic will likely be the various frustrations that come with being on, near, around, with-in-a-hundred-miles of a university. In this particular case, I will be show-casing student life on two different campus. I’m not going to name any names yet. For now they are Campus #1 and Campus #2. Some time in the future I’ll see if any of my readers (wait, what readers?) can guess which two fine *choke* institutions of higher learning I am referring to. Hint: they are both in Ohio, so don’t go guessing something four of five states away, kay?

Politics, current events, and history are three unavoidable subjects for me. Fair warning, I am a conservative, and don’t apologize for it. However, I maintain a certain code of respect. I do not use derogatory terms for any politician or public figure (with the very possible exception of fool). If and when I do receive comments on my posts, I ask for the same respectful disagreement. Anything else will be deleted.

That said, I’m going to finish this first informational little posting. Starting tomorrow I’ll come up with something much more interesting and insightful to blog about. I’ve been hitting the history books, what musty old fact have I dug up?