My first post. My introductory blog. This being my maiden voyage, I suppose I should write something super witty and intellectual. I'm afraid we're both going to be disappointed on that count.

I've been toying with the idea of beginning a blog again for the last couple of years. I used to keep one on MySpace, but then everyone jumped ship and swam to Facebook, and I was left alone and bitter with my words and no one to read them. I doubt things will be much different here, but the opportunity to link all of my madness together means that maybe someone (besides myself) will read this.

I guess I'll get the prelims out of the way first. Hey, there's an idea! I'll use my very first post here to highlight some of my likes and dislikes. Everyone loves it when people talk about themselves, right? Shut up, I'm bored and feeling pent-up and restless.

Likes:
Photography
Books (reading them, collecting them, critiquing them...)
Thunderstorms 
Music (and I mean it. I like music. All around. I don't believe anyone does music wrong or bad, just that there is music I don't like, and that's different)
Italian food (pasta is an unhealthy obsession)
The smell of citrus (but I can't eat oranges or drink orange juice which totally blows)
Daydreaming
My night dreams (most of the time, my dreams are more entertaining than anything found on TV)
Dogs
Cats
Dolphins (my favorite non-domesticated animal. Dolphins are sadistic as shit)
Learning (I'm always trying new things, and I'm OK with not sticking with them, as long as I can say I tried)
History
Psychology (it helps explain some of the complete idiocy I witness on a daily basis)
Genealogy (yes, this ties right in with history, but is in a category all its own. I was recently informed that someone I know doesn't believe in genealogy. Which makes me laugh every time I think about it)
 Color (this new trend of neutral colors in houses, room after room of nothing but beige and white, makes me go a little crazy on the inside)
Scrapping (give me a newspaper, some glue, and a pasting board and I will create functional art)
Collecting things (my dad used to call me his little crow when I was a child)
Video games
Art
Meteorology (yeah, I'm one of those freaks who enjoys talking about the weather, so I get a little offended whenever someone says, "oh god, we're talking about the weather!" like it's the lamest thing imaginable. The weather is awesome! So fuck you!)
Astrology (you wouldn't think a skeptical non-believer would believe in this, would you?)
Ghosts 
Alien abduction theories
Faeries
Goblins
Trolls
Banshees


OK, I've gotten off track, haven't I? Let's try this again...

Dry humor
Sarcasm
Procrastination (why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?)
Sex (hey, this is a legitimate thing to list as some people truly don't like it. And that is sad)       
Intelligence
Debating
Libraries
October (fall)
Science Fiction
Astronomy
Gadgets (I'm a freak for technology. When I was a kid I used to run around with a giant book and pretend I was Penny from Inspector Gadget. Now I have my laptop, a Kindle, a Zune, a cell phone, and all my cameras, and it's just not enough. I want a tablet of some kind, not to mention the Intuos digital drawing tablet, a different phone.....)
Used book stores
Cemeteries
Notebooks, pens, pencils, etc.
Movies
The smell of B.O. from a person I find attractive (they think there might be pheromones present in sweat; I know there are pheromones present in sweat)

Things I dislike:
Extreme heat
Narrow-mindedness
Religion (ties right in with the above, doesn't it? hehe)
Reality television
Pecan pie
Shaved coconut ("not the taste; the consistency.")  
Idiot drivers
Inefficience
Puritanism
Jingoism
Posturing
Unnecessary drama
Weakness
Public education
Modern pharmacology
Willful ignorance
White kitchen appliances
People who tell teenagers to "grow up" while simultaneously treating them like children
The modern political landscape (seriously, Obama or Romney? Makes no difference at this point)
The U.S. (yeah, and it's my right to dislike it, so cram it)
Pandering children's shows (Barney, The Wiggles, Dora the Explorer, et al.)
The idiotic notion that banning guns will result in less crime
The abortion debate (making it illegal won't make it go away, you morons)
The criminalization of marijuana (see above)

I could probably list more, but I'm sick of this. Bye.