Metadigressions

Hi everyone (anybody out there??!!),
Life is not a McDonald's or a five-steps-to-success method (background music here is "this is how it ends" by DeVotchka, same as the beginning of Little Miss Sunshine). Life is messy and it changes, and it disappoints you —if your expectations are too high—, or it surprises you for the better —if you keep an open mind to learning and you look at things from a variety of standpoints. Of course, you could also feel completely indifferent towards the whole thing, but then what would be the point.
Anyhow, the point of all this is that I have decided to change the use of this blog, and just write in it what comes to mind. Preferably I'll be writing interesting nerdy things, but I bet some bitching and venting off will slip in underneath (yeayh!).
The object of this is to make me realize life is not so bad... at least if I am willing to walk the extra mile and change my currently uber-negative attitude towards (every)thing-s. Actually, I'm hoping here that writing helps me reason in a more constructive fashion, as a therapeutic means.
And so, good luck to me!
Alex