Blog Relaunch

I've been kicking around the idea of returning to blogging (regularly) for several weeks now. And, like I've experienced during other periods of indecision, I feel the universe is nudging me in a certain direction. While pondering how I might relaunch The Lint Trap, I came across Time magazine's Best Blogs of 2009 and became giddily excited about all the creative possibilities. A few days later, while coworkers were mocking my aversion to pulling socks too tightly (ahhhh... like fingernails on a chalkboard for me!), one suggested I start a blog to catalog all of my weird quirks. Finally getting up the courage to log into Blogger and spruce up the old site, someone referred to blogging as my "little hobby." This person didn't mean it and apologized immediately, but that comment aroused in me a great determination to prove that this is a worthwhile endeavor.

This blog won't change drastically. I will keep most of the old posts on here (though I couldn't resist deleting the most sophomoric). I will continue to write about my life and the things that interest me. But I hope that with some slight adjustments, the experience will change in a big way for readers. You see, I'm not that interesting. My day to day life is not compelling. That's the reason I kept giving up on blogging. There are far better writers, thinkers, artists, adventurers, you name it. But all of you are interesting. What makes you tick; how you're similar to me; how you're different; what experiences and insights you offer; how I might learn from you. I'll be asking for a lot more feedback and encouraging conversation through comments, and I hope everyone will take me up on this offer. It's the interaction that gives a blog life. Otherwise, it's no better than my third-grade diary.

Soooooo, the Princess of Dryer Lint is back! And so is the crazy blog buffet I affectionately call The Lint Trap.