The End Of The Year As We Know It

Like all good journalists, at the end of the year, I'm too busy to come up with anything original, so I will follow others and do a year end perspective.

I started this blog because I was looking for an outlet to vent my hurt, sorrow and frustration over a just ending relationship.

I invited comments and boy did I get them. I never responded to anyone's comment because they were just that - comments. No one (except one, for your info "una mas cerveza" means another beer and "done esta los banos" where is the bathroom?) actually asked me a question or wanted a response.

If you only read the blog and not the comments you are missing more than 90% of the entertainment.

In preparation for the year-end blog I went back and reread all the entries and comments. I found that my editing and grammer has improved. I'm getting better at not mixing up tenses. I start in the present tense and moved to the past and back to present. See that sentence proves my point. LOL.

More importantly I discovered that the topics changed. From my crying about my life to real issues. We discussed (I call it a discussion when I blog and you comment) everything from my ridiculous and non-existent dating life to politics, religion, poverty and death. Heavy stuff - and here you thought I was just another pretty face. OK, maybe not pretty, but let's say passable and move on.

After rereading everything I discovered that life just isn't selfish stuff. I'm not 100% totally consumed with getting a date, even though some readers might not believe this. I still have to work and life happens around me. Everything is connected. Trying to get a date is still important, but so is the upcoming election, my family and friends.

I find that the blog is still an outlet to vent my hurt, sorrow and frustrations. But not just about an ending relationship anymore. It's evolved (as I have I hope) into a commentary on life in general.

For next year, I'd wish for more comments on the blog. It would be nice to get some dialoug going on the important things in all our lives.

I won't be posting to this blog as regular for a few months. As some of you know I also write a blog about American Idol. I don't promote the show and if you don't watch, for gods sake don't start now. Half the time I make fun of the people who do watch the show. When AI gets down to the last 10 or so, I start writing a weekly blog. With the writers on strike it will be interesting to see how witty and funny both Paula and Simon really are. You can read last year's blogs by going to http://wisewordsfromseattle.blogspot.com
This will be the url for this year's blog also. If you didn't read the blog last year and would like to be included in the weekly email reminder, send me an email. wiserick@gmail.com

But as weird things happen and world events scream to me to comment I will post blogs. After American Idol is over I will return to posting regular blogs here.

Thank you everyone for your encouragement and being my support group.

Have a Happy Hannakuh,
Merry Christmas,
Happy New Year and
Exciting Kwanza.

Until Next Year - Wise OUT