First Blog, Though Technically the Second

Technically my first post was not a first post. It felt more like a second or third post. So I've decided to do a first post, even if it is second, because if I don't do a first post, that is technically second, then you won't know how the blog should go because the first post never even came second.

Thus, this is the true introduction to the random mind that houses Romero's brief and wondrous thoughts. Now if you've made the connection to Junot Diaz's "Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" then you are ahead of the curve. Randomness is a quality that requires the art of allusion. It also requires stealth with a healthy heap of clumsiness, almost like the drunken rambling of a mime imitating a ninja. To be random is not to be all over the place. Randomness surprises people, reinvents ideas, and reshapes the world surrealistically. Simply put, randomness is an owl doorknocker that my girlfriend ordered from Urban Outfitters. It is a shower cap with mouse ears. It is a reference to Smurfs when you really meant to curse out someone.

The wait has been excruciating. I haven't expressed myself since I became a public servant. Teaching does not allow you to express yourself outside of your classroom. There's just no time. Whether you're grading papers or out drinking with your friends, and then drunkenly grading papers, there is really no time to care about self-expression in your first three years. Self-expression in teaching amounts to being the teacher with the Christmas lights in the back of your classroom or having a fern on your desk. The cold, sterile environs of the classroom force you to crumble inside of yourself.

Here I am, a crumbled piece of paper, unwrapping myself so you can read the notes that were almost carelessly thrown away. Wait, that was emo. Let's try this again.

...The cold, sterile environs of the classroom force you to implode. Here I am, trying to reverse this gravitational matrix and explode outward into your minds. I want to make my brain the female to my soul, mating, peopling this little world with thoughts. I want to create life and beauty within the confines of a simple page.

Thoughts currently procreating: education, video games, literature, poetry, and stories.

I hope you will follow me and enjoy!