This is not my first attempt at writing a blog.  Nor is it my second.  What I am embarking upon is my third attempt to kick-start my blogging career.  My first attempt lasted about fifteen minutes I spent the bulk of the time trying to decide upon which blogging site to use.  “Well, Wordpress is free and it has a nice app but people are always complaining about plugins not working …and Blogger or is it Blogspot? I don’t know, I don’t really care, but it’s owned by Google that’s good right?... Wait, you’re telling me that there are some blogs that you pay to use?  Well, those must have some inherent advantage correct?”  Needless to say I decided upon Wordpress and was gung-ho, I was about to start a blog!! I set up my account, added the username the password and then was asked for the title of my blog.  Title? I realized I had gotten all caught up in the excitement of making a blog that I didn’t know what I was going to call it or for that matter even what it was going to be about!  Defeated, I turned to the television for inspiration and promptly forgot all about my blog. Blogs 1 vs. Blogger 0

 Fast-forward one year, a little older, a little wiser.  I was beginning my second attempt at creating a blog! This time I was not to be denied!  Plus, I had come prepared; I knew I was going to use Blogger.  I did my research; I understood that Blogger was for the casual blogging individual. The type of person that wanted to blog but not run an internet domain. The type of person who to customize and make their blog look nice but not have to major in visual design or care about art (Disclaimer: I do not care about art.) to do so.  On top of knowing what blogging interface I was going to use I had a secret weapon.  I had a name for my blog.  That’s right, a name.  It was going to be called “The Life and Times of an Almost Ginger.” The name was a play based off of that color of my auburn hair and the long standing debate between friends as to the true color of my hair. Brown or Red? Did I have a soul or was I some hideous beast? The blog was created and it went strong for roughly a month.  Then due to my over ambitious nature it started crumbling. Legend has it that remains of this blog can be found littering the web til this very day.  I wanted to publish a very strong blog post every day. Unfortunately, doing this quite a bit of time and work, blogging in conjunction with an externship and work didn't leave much time for anything else and I found myself burnt out.  But the truth is that in addition to not having time, and feeling burnt-out I did not have a goal for my blog.  There was not an end I was trying to reach.  Without a heart all things die quickly.  Blogs 2 vs. Blogger 0

Fast-forward one more year, a little older, a little wiser, a college graduate!  Hello, blogging world it’s time for round three.  This time around I have again decided to use Blogger as my website, and I have chosen a name; “Here Nor There.”  This title encompasses my hopes for this blog about as well as one can hope.  Much like the show “Seinfeld” which is a show about nothing, this blog (at least as I imagine it now) will have no central idea.  My singular goal for this blog is to write interesting, informative, and funny, posts about nothing (or everything).  There are blogs about technology, interior design, fitness, etc. they have a central goal and uniting idea around which the blog forms its identity.  This blog will not have that luxury.  It will rely upon discussing topics that people are interested in (even if they don’t know they are interested in them yet).  This blog will be very be done in a conversational tone, at times there will be pieces that I write in an editorial manner but I will always try to keep it conversational .  If there was one thing I hated about writing assignments in college it was the inexplicable demand that required all papers to be written in a boring, dry, excruciating to read format.  I will have none of those Shenanigans here.

The score stands with past blogs 2 and me the blogger with 0.  Will it become 3-0 or will I come back in spectacular fashion? There is no time to dwell on it, I've got a blog to write!  And my first post will be on…Ohh no I’m writing a blog about nothing…What will my first post be on?...