Who wants to hear about my cat?!

So once again, I'm trying a new blog design. I think it's looking more or less okay for now. My technological ability is fairly limited so unfortunately none of my blog visitors will be treated to any fancy-shmancy layouts or gadgets here. My one concern is this font I'm using for my posts. I feel like it looks far more serious than anything I'll actually ever be saying.

I have been pondering ways to spice up my blog a lot lately. Probably the best way to start would be to actually write posts on more than a monthly basis... I hear that really helps bring in the crowds.

I've been considering whether I'd be able to pull off a "themed" sort of a blog, but that poses a couple of problems. First, I have to come up with a theme. That would involve me knowing a fair amount about a certain topic, or having a hobby I can showcase on here. That really narrows down my list of options. Let's see... I could write about my cat, who I spend quite a bit of time with but doesn't really do much that anyone other than me, my boyfriend, and my mom would be interested in hearing about. Then there's women's rights, but I don't know what kind of an audience that would bring in, and my current readers (AKA my family and friends) already get stuck listening to me preach about that topic quite a bit in real life. So that leaves... books. I know a lot of books and I spend a lot of time reading. But there's still the problem of my thinking of things I can write about related to that topic. It's bad enough that I can't think of things to write about for my hodge-podge of a blog that I'm running right now. Looks like maybe a theme wouldn't work out so well for me. The title of the post alone will probably mean I only get 5 hits on this post tops.

You know what I should probably write about? Crop shirts. I did a post about them a while ago and it's still the number one google search that brings people to my blog. Those poor suckers. They are probably some young fashionistas looking for some stylish crop t-shirts online and instead their search brings them to my blog post where I basically rip up the whole idea of the things.

Well, looks like I'll have to ponder this some more and try to ramp up the interest level of my little blog somehow. Maybe I should just write about my daily life and hope that people actually find it more entertaining than it actually is. That's what everyone does on Facebook, at least.

No glitter allowed.

Overall, today was a good day.

Successful completion of facilitating another day 1 of day camp... Check!
Successful completion of providing myself and my male counterpart with proper nourishment... Check!
Successful impulse purchase of two enticing summertime novels... Check!
Successful completion of necessary household chores... Whatever; who wants to be an over achiever anyway?

Yeah, so basically you can see that today was a pretty productive day. Now it's time to sit back, blog about things that won't make my blog popular with the internet world, and get tense watching people cook their brains out on Masterchef. And maybe eat some Cheesies with a fork. Cause that's the best way to do it... don't even try to tell me it's not. Test it out just once and you'll be on board with the J Hodd OCD Train. Wooooot wooooot... keep your hands to yourselves and no glitter allowed aboard (that shit gets everywhere). Please store your belongings alphabetically in the colour coded totes provided for you. Thank you and enjoy the rideeeeee!

Fadder's Day

I fear the worst, faithful followers. My interest in blogging is dwindling this week. Lets hope it picks back up soon! Moving on for now... as I'm sure everyone is aware, today is Fadder's Day, so I thought it would be fitting to write a post about my very own daddy-o.

See, the thing about great dads is that they are giving, dependable, and embarrassing all at the best of times. Or at least that's what makes my dad great. He gives me space to make my own chocies, even when he doesn't always agree with them; he's okay with me mooching off him and bumming food, money, etc; he gives good advice; he made me strong, independant, and intelligent because I learned by example; he taught me to have a good sense of humor and to take jokes and teasing with ease; and most of all, I know he loves me a whole big bunch. I know not everyone has this kind of relationship in their life, and that's unfortunate, but it also makes me appreciate how lucky I am because I DO have that in my own life. For anyone who doesn't have their father as a strong figure to look up to and depend on, I hope they have someone else to play that role, because it is really an important one. So here's to you, Faja... Happy Father's Day!



It's uncanny, really...



A new adventure! Or a temporary hobby...

Well, it looks like I'm taking on a new learning experience... AKA blogging. I always thought blogs seemed pretty dull and pointless for the most part, but I have to say that my cousin Yvonne & my aunt Allison have inspired me!

To be honest, I'll probably lose interest and forget about the whole thing within a month or two, as tends to often happen with me and electronic things... but until then I'm looking forward to posting some of my thoughts and (hopefully) interesting daily experiences. Or it'll just be me venting about my general dislike for the public... could go either way, really!

So that wraps up my very first blog post, stay tuned for the next installment of J Hodda's everyday life...