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Gah.  This theme makes everything in bold!  I changed the font so it's not SO bold, but it's still bold.  At least I was able to change the background color of the text box so it's not that bright, bright pink... no one would read this if they had to be blinded every time they did so.     But I like the pinkness.  I love the way nailpolish looks.  Ironically, I can't wear it because it just KILLS my nails.

I really don’t know why I’m writing this blog. I’m just doing it for the heck of it. Seriously though, I hate writing. I was reading an article entitled “The Empathy Workout,” and my mind just wandered. I am really not the type to pick up a pen and write in a diary, even if I’m feeling pain. However, I do remember one time I was feeling so hurt that I picked up a writing pad and wrote my feelings down. It did make me feel a little better though. One of the reasons why I don’t write in a diary is because of the stories I’ve heard on the invasion of someone else private thoughts. One day, when I was in H.S., I decided to perform an experiment. My eldest sister bought me a small red diary, so I decided to write something in it. It wasn’t anything truthful. It was just a trap I wanted to set. Guess what? My father read it, and he was livid. Why was he so upset you ask? Well, I made up a story, and it was juicy enough to get my father’s knickers in a bunch. Ok, enough with the suspense already. I wrote in my diary that I was dating two men, and I didn’t know what to do. I wrote that if I had chosen gentleman A, he would have been loads of fun, and gentleman B would wear me out. What to do, what to do? I tell ya…my imagination was running wild because none of it was true. I was put on punishment for something that never happened. I never told my father that it was an experiment because he wouldn’t have believed me. That’s my reason in a nutshell for not keeping a diary. People are too bloody nosy. I keep my private thoughts in my head, or I may share it with a very close male friend of mine. I don’t share everything of course. Only a fool would spill all his/her secrets. I like to keep an air of mystery. It keeps the person guessing.

Speaking of making up stories, I had a vivid imagination while in college. In one of my writing classes, my professor told us that we do our best work when we write from personal experiences. The thing is I never had anything exciting to tell at that age, so I made up stories. I was so convincing that one of my professors pulled me aside and asked me a series of questions. I wasn’t aware of her motive at the time. At one point, I told her that I get distracted from studying because I get caught up in watching too much TV and studying all at the same time. The part about the TV and studying was true at the time. It was short-lived though. That happened in my freshman year. The professor literally asked me the following questions: “You are not really distracted from studying are you? Are you alone when you watch TV? Is your brother there too? How about your father?” I said to myself, “why is she asking me all these bloody inane questions?”  It didn’t dawn on me until I left her office to reflect on her line of questioning. As soon as I figured it out, I was laughing hysterically. I think I had written a short story for my Creative Writing class, and I guess my thoughts were way too put together for anyone to believe that my stories were fiction. I had also asked one of my classmates to read one of my stories, and he actually asked me, “did this really happen?” It never occurred to me that my stories seemed so real. As I have mentioned before, I hate writing. I only write if I’m doing a project, or if I participate in a forum with open discussions. I also have to be in the mood to write, or else I won’t put my heart into it, or my imagination won’t run wild.

In conclusion, I never thought that I could come up with this much stuff for someone who hates to write. I guess something moved me. I don’t know what it is, but when I find out, I’ll let you know. Until next time…

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This is a start for me... I have never had an online blog before. So this is exciting for me, in the respect that I get to check things out. I'll take this moment to quickly introduce myself. I am new to the forums, I post mainly in the All My Children and As the World Turns sections. These are the two soaps I am a huge fan of, and I follow both on a regular basis.

What's there to know about me? Well I'm a Northern Cali boy. I just turned 21. I work in the skincare industry, and while it's not the best job- it pays the bills while I am in college and everything. I like dancing, and I admit I tend to go clubbing a lot. I work for a nightclub sometimes in my hometown- it's a lot of fun. I LOVE working out. I try to go to the gym at least 4-5 times a week. Call it habit.

I'm mostly just a chill and kick back guy I guess you could say. I grew up in a little hometown right on the beach, so I have always had a passion for swimming and surfing (go figure... it's California haha). Anyways, when I moved inland, I took up skateboarding... and I love that to. I have a lot of hobbies I guess. I love reading, writing, animals. I am a vegetarian! Lol. Random fun fact.

Anyways, I want to meet people on this service... hear your thoughts and check everything out. Feel free to add and comment me, I'll return the favor! :)

Stay tuned for all my sordid thoughts (haha j/k) regarding All My Children, As the World Turns, and my life in general.

So after stumbling around I figured this thing out.  Can't believe while I was working so hard and getting so frustrated about creating this, the password and everything was right there all the time. Obviously, not the brightest when it comes to blogging.

 

I'm Nickie a jr mod @ the Days forum. Right now, Days is my favorite soap and the only one I actually make time to watch "live."  I also watch AMC, Y&R, and occassionally Passions.

 

A little about me; I am married with 2 children, my daughter is 5 and my son is 3. Other than being a wife and mother I am continuing my education and working on my masters degree now.

 

That's all for tonight, Glad I figured this out.

Until next time.

Hi everyone. This is great, a chance to chat and get to know the people you love to post with.

 

I'm crenclan/j/jacques......I'm from a little town outside of Atlanta. We have many animals, many kids and many grands.

 

I'm hoping everyone finds this..

 

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