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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Barb made me do it.
Well, actually, Lauren had a hand in it too. And honestly it just sounded like a fun idea, so here I am, doing it.
Barb wants to know why I named my blog what I did. And since there actually is a little bit of a story that goes along with that, I thought perhaps I'd tell it.
When I first started blogging (I will NEVER like that word. It's like that whole www thing. If they'd known how many times people would be saying that they would never have used w's and so made the entirety of Western civilization look like idiots going around saying doubleyou-doubleyou-doubleyou-dot before everything. Don't you think? I know, I know, World Wide Web and all -- which is actually shorter to say than www, but you look like even more of an idiot saying that instead. I think they could have come up with something that flowed better instead of 'www', and that sounded less like a bodily function in the case of 'blogging'. Is all I'm saying. In a really, really long parenthesis.), I was at diaryland. I started at Diaryland because there were a few people on an e-mail list I was on who used it, and I liked the idea of keeping a diary, and I'm an exhibitionist nerd-type and I got the idea that it would be fun to do it online.
I digress. A lot.
Anyway. That first diary was called 'blissful contentment', kind of as a rebuttal to all the angsty teenagers who seemed to make up the majority of the population at diaryland who liked to write bleak things about how much life sucks. I still like the title 'blissful contentment'. But then there came a time when I wrote this post about homeschooling, and Thicket Dweller linked to it, I think, and people came to see it, and left comments, and I went to their blogs. And I felt really convicted, because here were all these bright, intelligent, witty women with blogs where they would exegete Scripture and where their relationships with Jesus were the primary focus of what they wrote. I had been going through a bit of a spiritual re-awakening, not to sound too granola and new-agey, but it was slow, and seeing all those blogs (Kristen, I am looking at you) gave the re-awakening a bit of a kick in the pants, and like the follower I am :), I decided that I wanted my blog to focus on my spiritual life too. Initially I started it as a separate thing, and I was going to maintain the diaryland diary for the daily-life kind of posts and keep surrounded-by-treasures for the whiz-bang convicting intelligent brilliant Scriptural exegesis. (You're allowed to snort; I'm being facetious). So I titled it in accordance with the spiritual re-awakening kind of idea -- I was going to be having New Life Part II or some such thing. Except sometime not much later I merged the daily-life stuff with the not-so-frequent heavy-duty posts. In fact I haven't done a heavy duty post in a long time. Great, now I have guilt.
But now you know. If you didn't already.
Comments
Boy, I am so glad I happened upon your post that day in Diaryland. What a friendship I would have missed! (SNIFF!!)
And variety is good. You have tons of variety, wit, and wisdom in your posts. No guilt allowed.
Posted by: Kristen at August 29, 2006 12:56 PM
LOL you are too funny! This is neat...Not that I didn't already know what the title of your blog meant, but there are plenty out there I don't know about! I hope everyone does this...I think I will to. I've been trying to come up with something.
Posted by: jenn at August 29, 2006 02:21 PM
Oh my goodness. Excuse me. (sniff snort sniff, choke) OK.
I'm seriously trying to breathe here, I'm laughing so hard. Of course you're Lauren's friend. Of course.
Deeeeeep breath. Ahhh. OK then.
Well, yeah, you DO digress a lot. I'm sorry. I'm still laughing so hard I can't think. And I'm trying so HARD to leave a pithy comment here.
"Barb made me do it" should have been my first clue.
OK. I'm going to have to get back to you. I'm just laughing so hard I can't think.
I probably love your blog name. Really. But I'm going to have to check back in here to find out if I even noticed it, I'm laughing so hard.
Posted by: Barb at August 29, 2006 10:13 PM
All better. In newness of life is the perfect blog title for someone who's experiencing a spiritual reawakening. And I think lots of us started blogging with the idea we'd use a consistent approach. That never happens because I don't about you but my moods change pretty much on a daily basis. You have a very nice blog here and I really do love what the name stands for.
Posted by: Barb at August 30, 2006 06:46 AM
It finally happened. I found someone else on the internet that uses the phrase 'I digress'. On a side note, you never fail to make me chuckle. You seem to find humour in nearly every situation, and that's a real blessing. Have a wonderful holiday weekend!
Posted by: CountryGoalie at September 3, 2006 08:43 PM
Rachel,
Your blog is always refreshing, and you have such a natural sense of humor! I need to get over here to visit you more often. You're ever inspiring! ;)
Posted by: beth at September 25, 2006 03:53 PM
