My first post

I just started blogging! Hooray! I can't think of anything else I'd rather do! Except for writing in a real, private journal. Gee, that would be fun. Why am I wasting my time here? I have some really good books I could be reading. I just thought of a really good topic for a blog post: things I could be doing right now if I wasn't so lazy. I am in the course of rereading the Harry Potter books that have yet been published. I am so far 3 1/2 books in. There are approximately 1900 long pages left to read, but I have to do it for three principal reasons. The first reason is that the fifth HP movie will be released this summer, and I don't want to be watching the movie when I read the book, if you catch my drift (you probably don't). The second reason is the scheduled release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, for which I want to catch up on the plot. My last reason is I have gotten very interested in the illustrations by Mary Grandpre, who is an awesome artist, and am studying her technique. Since I lost my "original" paperback copy of The Chamber of Secrets, I acquired a new paperback version with minimal, wimpy cover art and none of the fun little original chapter illustrations. It was a real disappointment, but of course I'm past that one now, and onto The Goblet of Fire, of which I have the original hardcover. As you probably already have figured out, I am a nerd. What else do I have to do, you ask? I could record my memories in my physical journal for preservation, though nobody could decode my handwriting. I could waste away watching TiVoed Food Network shows. I could take part in one of the many online supercommunities of which I am a part (e.g. YouTube, Weebl and Bob, iTunes, Email, Myspace, Wikipedia, the Black Lily, Amazon, Google Earth). I could do whatever I want. And yet, here I am, blogging about it, in a blog no one else will ever read unless I glued their eyes to the screen. Yippee.