I have been thinking for several months now about starting a blog. I have ideas, thoughts, and suggestions for the world that, when I think them, seem to be great to put into a blog. It may turn out that these mumblings in my head are nothing worth reading, but I thought I would give it a shot.
I had a few hours this morning, as my new job has not started yet as planned, so I thought it was a great time to get started. I had read a friends blog and realized, I can really do this. The problem started after I logged in and was prompted for a name for my blog. I had thought too far ahead, and not of the details at all. So, I posted on facebook for my friends to give me some suggestions. Unfortunately, everyone is at work and I have zero responses after an hour, so I plunged ahead looking everywhere for a name for my blog.
I started with looking around my room. If you know me, you know that my room is full of unpacked boxes and random piles of clothes. I started with Keep Refrigerated. Thought it seemed interesting and intriguing to a would-be reader. However, that is already taken. So I looked around some more, trying to think of something to do with the lamp on my bedside table, or the xbox360 box that says Kinect on it, and then a box that said Hpnotiq on it - a type of liquor apparently. I then looked at my dog, Cash, and thought of naming it after him. He is a huge part of my life, and I'm sure some of the blogs will be about him, or people and their dogs, but I felt that naming it just after him would seem like I'm basing the whole blog on him. My intention was not to make a blog about my dog. Then, he is named after Johnny Cash - I could name it after one of his songs? But, as much as I love his music, that just didn't seem like the right idea. I was on the right track though. What other singers do I like?
Wynonna. I often get teased when I say she is one of my favorite singers. Not many people think of her as a great singer, as I do. When I hear her sing, it makes me think of one of my favorite people. When I am really down, or I am really excited, it is Wynonna who I share it with. The song that I have become most fond of is called "The Other Side." It's a song about being sad and lonely, but knowing there is a light at the end of the tunnel. My favorite line: "One of these days, your gonna whistle up those hell-hounds of yours and make 'em sit up and beg," sung only as Wynonna can sing it. Makes me feel better every time.
So that's what I named the blog after. A song that gives me inspiration and that has meant the world to me in my life. It may seem silly, but it really fits.
