the original copy-cat.

I've never been a trend setter.

Not that I've ever tried to set one.

But if I did try, it wouldn't work. I would probably come up with something like that everyone should only buy Costco-sized cases of toilet paper, and the whole world would be overrun with mounds of individually-wrapped rolls that towered over people in bathrooms and overflowed linen closets.

So not ok.

But I am good at following trends. In the sense that I always think I can pull it off too.

And what is trendier than a blog.

Recently, as I wandered around on Facebook, I looked up a friend (aquaintence? Classmate? Too late, I dropped the "f" bomb.) and noticed she had a blog. A food blog. Now it's not like I hadn't heard of food blogs before, but her's seemed so cool. It combined anecdote with snacks. Um, what are two of Megan's favourite things, Alex?

Double Jeopardy win.

So after perusing through most of Scrounge I thought to myself: what a brilliant idea. I can write about food. I love food!

Except, as much as I may love food, I don't really...create. I just...make. My entries would probably look something like this:

Classic Lunch
Today, I wanted chicken noodle soup. So I had some. Here's my recipe.

1 pkg. Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup
1/2 sleeve soda crackers

Cook the Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup as package directs. Transfer to bowl, or leave in pot if you don't want to waste extra dishes, and crush the half sleeve of soda crackers into it. Stir until the crackers have absorbed all the broth and it resembles oatmeal, or gruel. Enjoy.

It would have five hits from my mother, and a comment from my roommates that I was embarassing them.

Well then how about a fashion bl -

Yeah I'm just going to go ahead and cut myself off there. I wear clothes that fit, and they're usually clean.

I also tried making an "entertainment" blog awhile ago, but that petered off because really, who gives a rat's ass what I have to say about John Mayer's new album? There are enough entertainment blogs out there to choke Gene Simmons, he doesn't need me commenting on KISS's performance at the American Idol finale. Even if it was seriously stellar.

But who really needs a theme?

Not I, I say.

Perhaps I should just talk, because I'm good at that. Especially about myself. Maybe I'll talk about the films I'm working on. Maybe I'll talk about studying creative writing, since those three words strung together are an oxymoron. Maybe I'll post 50 YouTube videos a day of cute cats and giggling babies.

I just feel like I need an outlet that has stumble-upon possibilities, and that sometimes you've just gotta type it out to shut your brain off and get some sleep.

So here's to starting a blog with no purpose. And a baby that makes me giggle.