Rambling

Because that's what one tends to do after being up nearly all night. Well incoherent rambling mostly.

Maybe taking them out twice yesterday overstimulated them or who knows, but we could tell around "bedtime" it was going to be a fun night. (insert inherent sarcasm) They both were up and fussy (loud enough that hubby and I alternated trying to calm them down a bit) most of the time, and during the small patches they slept, I just blankly started at the monitor waiting for the next round. At least I had an hour where I dreamt we were playing laser tag at brother-in-law's house (which is really odd considering I've played that like once when I was a teen.)

I consider myself mostly an animal lover. This love, however, does not extend to most creatures of the insect world. Now I won't kill a spider that's outside, but once said spider breaks our unwritten contract of "do not enter my bathroom" all bets are off. However, spiders are not the objects of my discontent today.

My poor hibiscus! Same goes for most every "pretty" plant we have in our yard. These stupid Japanese beetles are ruining my yard. Like I should complain since hubby does most the yardwork but hey, I've pulled my share of weeds. Does that count?

So a few of the blogs I ran across during ICLW recently have had posts concerning blog readership and commeting. A general question is do / should you comment on blogs where the author has commented on yours? That does pose as an interesting question on "possible rules and etiquette" of the blogworld. I don't have a huge list of blogs I read /comment on a "new post" basis. Do I feel offended if those people don't routinely comment on mine? I guess I'd say I hope at least a few people read my blog but considering people keep diaries to be read by no one, it is a place I can put some thoughts and rambling down regardless. I would think you should blog for your own enjoyment vs. trying to "create" a blog that will entice a large group of readers - or am I wrong? Maybe the most exciting of lifestyles, however very poorly written, would be boring in the blogworld.

Now then, why do "you" read certain blogs? Of course I tend to read ones that have similiarities to my own life or that seem to be at least sort of the type of person that my IRL friends are. But how much can you really tell from a blog?

I'm a very sarcastic / cynical person who tends to curse ("mouth like a sailor" according to my one college roommate) Hubby swears he was never sarcastic until going out with me. Well let's just say the apprentice has pretty much topped the master in that category at least in my opinion. He's just as bad as me - haha my work is done. Neither of those traits probably come across in my blog since they are very spontaneous. In writing, I can limit the use of cuss words and I'm not as "instantly" witty with the dry humor. At this rate, we're going to have sarcastic, adrenaline-junkie kids. I'm hoping to curb the language so they don't start off preschool with an extensive "4-letter word" vocabulary. Can't wait for the first parent-teacher conference there.