More of Nothing

I haven’t done much with this blog this month. I’m finding that though there is a general theme (I can write about anything as long as I tie it in somehow with Jane Austen), it seems to work better when I have a monthly theme also. So next month will be all about the delicious leading men in movies made from Jane Austen’s books.

Hang on a moment while I wipe the drool from my keyboard.

While I may be more comfortable vicariously inhabiting the world in Ms. Austen’s novels, I have slowly been getting dragged kicking and screaming into a more modern technological one. From my initial email announcing that I, Ms. TechPhobe, was starting a blog, to my semi rants on the topic of facebook in said blog, to still resisting the world of shrill tweeting, to my buying a laptop supposedly for school but now loving it……

I think I forgot my point. Oh yeah…. Messenger. Someone asked if I had it. Turns out I had it all along cuz of the university email, and that was the icon that always seemed to be hanging out at the bottom of my laptop screen. So yes, I have broken down and set up the instant messenger part. I created a cute little icon, invited people (including the person who asked if I had it, who didn’t actually respond, go figure!) and have taken a tiny baby step to being more available. But I still don’t see what’s wrong with writing an actual letter. Letters stick around, and eventually become museum exhibits called The Letters of Jane Austen. If they are actually written by Jane Austen, of course.

The art blogging magazine I was reading at the time I had the crazy idea to start a blog contained an article in which a blogger stated to write about anything that impacted your life, and your readers would care. The article stated that if you were having a bad day, even making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich would be an accomplishment and your readers would support you achieving a goal, no matter how small.

Well, yesterday I made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Then I ate it.

And I should really think of something more important to write about next time.