A Backstory in two Acts
Prologue
I think perhaps that I should have written this post first. I hope that it will serve as an introduction as well as provide explanation and perhaps justification for the existence of this collection of ramblings.
Act I – Wherein we meet the protagonist
I am Seán, your narrator and guide. I am 40 years old as of this writing. I live in the Central Valley of California, in the grand metropolis of Modesto. I have many interests that I hope to share with you over time. These include music, dance, television, movies, languages, technology, role-playing games, Catholicism (my faith tradition), science fiction, photography, and many other things. I am single and trying to remain patient until the right woman comes into my life.
I have a very goofy sense of humor sometimes. Not everyone gets me. I hope that over time, you will.
- Bands/Artists: Barenaked Ladies, Depeche Mode, Garbage, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Roberto Leal
- Movies: Aliens, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Strictly Ballroom, Princess Bride, Matrix, Big Trouble in Little China, Inception
- TV (Currently): Chuck, Castle, How I Met Your Mother, The Good Wife, Modern Family, Big Bang Theory, Smallville, Blue Bloods, V, Dexter, True Blood, Mad Men
- TV (All time): Sopranos, 24, Firefly, Heroes (but only season 1)
Act II – Motivations are revealed
Earlier this week, a young lady acquaintance of mine, Rachel, posted on one of her blogs that she had begun this WordPress postaday2011 challenge. This inspired me to make a similar attempt. Another friend of mine, Betty is a very creative individual and this kind of endeavor is right up her alley. Being friends with people like Rachel and Betty motivates me to try to be more creative and expressive. So I happily hitch my wagon to their stars and try to be a content generator.
Here is a link to the original post of the WordPress challenge http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/welcome-to-the-daily-post/.
Epilogue
I am not the king of follow-through. Your encouragement and support will be invaluable if I am to be anywhere near successful with this. Please and thank you.
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Thank you for calling me “young” and “lady” all in the same sentence! That doesn’t happen often haha.
I enjoy having you hitched to me. I hope you enjoy me riding along in your wagon as well! All this talk about stars and wagons has me hankerin’ for a hayride.
I’ve just started too, and I enjoyed what you said.
Although in UK, culturally a bit different, I related to a lot of your film and tv choices too. Especially Dexter and V, we had a good one over here, originally called ‘Life on Mars’, about a cop transported back in time to the late ’70’s, but a lot of it relied on remembering how true it was to that time and genre in GB.
I also related to your ‘follow through comment’ – ‘So much to do and so little time to do it, oh and here comes something new I could try. Would it be an achievement or not do you think to blog every day for a year and not have one reply or feedback? I guess that is my big fear.
Maxine
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Hi Maxine! We got Life on Mars here too. First on BBC America, then as an American remake. I enjoyed the series!
It’s certainly more fun to think that people out there in the world (including way over in the UK!) are reading what I write, I guess it’s primarily for myself.
So I’m glad to meet you and I will be reading what you have to say!!
Sean