Oh Hello

I'm going to start off honest here, I am new to the blogging community. I assume it's a welcoming community being that there seem to be so many bloggers nowadays. But anyway, I am new, I am a little bit green and just getting my blogging legs so be gentle with me. I'm going to start things off with a little bit of info about myself and why I'm here.

This year I graduated from college--hopefully for the last time. I have spent the last few months defogging my brain of all the excess stress that built up there while cramming for final exams, writing reports, and carrying out lesson plans.While clearing my head I realized that there were things to think about and to comment on other than the issues I had been reading about in my text books.

A mind blowing discovery indeed, I slowly began jotting down my thoughts and opinions in one of the dozen journals I received as graduation presents over the years. However after about a week of writing, I remembered part of the reason I hate journals is because my handwriting sucks. So here I am attempting a blog so that I can express my point of view while avoiding the embarrassment of sharing my cruddy handwriting with others. So that is why I am here.

Who am I? My name is Amy and I am a resident of a small town in Long Island New York. I've lived in the same house for 26 years and have dabbled in everything from stand up comedy (in the 5th grade), to food services, to teaching, and to selling books. I have been an employee at Borders Books and Music for more than a quarter of my current lifespan. I walked in when I was 19 years old to buy a copy of The Giver (because I lost mine) and walked out with a job.

I am a sucker for 80's and 90's movies. I enjoy shameful music such as ABBA and Good Charlotte without much shame. I fell in love with Elvis Costello at a young age not because of his music but because of his famous meltdown on Saturday Night Live--although his music did eventually blow my nerdy mind away. I am a pretty liberal person, I believe in peace and love and general tolerance. I will share my opinion with anyone who is interested but I'm not looking to preach to anyone and I hate being preached to so please don't do that.


My hopes for this blog is that my writing will amuse you while provoking you to share your own voice with others. I look forward to blogging about important issues such as the future of libraries as well as less crucial matters like which was the better Corey, Feldman or Haim--I'm a Feldman girl myself. I will be starting things off with some older pieces I've shared other places and continue to add new content as the juices get flowing.

Thank you for visiting my blog. I can't wait to start our virtual friendship!