It had to start somewhere...

I've been meaning for a number of years now to get off my lazy duff and start writing up my various (mis)adventures as a music fan, not to mention blathering on at length about, well, just about anything else that comes to mind; but sitting down and actually trying to write a--*gasp*--BOOK isn't really working, it occurred to me that perhaps blogging would be a good way to test the waters and see if there's even an audience (outside my circle of friends and net acquaintances) for my blather. (I should know better than to try to get this off the ground on the first full day of a Mercury Retrograde, but since it's been mentally in the works for quite some time, perhaps it qualifies as "unfinished business" that needs to be cleaned up, and which Mercury Rx is just perfect for...at least, I hope so. Yes, I do believe in astrology to a degree, so consider yourselves warned.)

So here I sit in front of my trusty iMac, wearing the ratty old schmatte I thrown on for hair-coloring fun and games, rubber gloves (which make typing a bitch when your fingers are too short to fill out the gloves' fingers), and way too much Lush Caca Brun henna cooking away on my head (another obsession y'all should be aware of--Mark Constantine owes me a bronzed shopping basket for my efforts in keeping the Boston Lush store in the black)...perhaps not the most auspicious start to what I hope will be an entertaining literary venture for both myself and any readers I might have, but hey, it's a start...