Why We're Here

Sometime last week I was lurking around Reddit; reading a post about depression.  Someone linked a couple pages from Allie Brosh's blog: Hyperbole and a Half.  They said this was the best description of depression they had ever seen or heard.  That caught my attention so I clicked on over to check it out. Here and Here are the pages they linked if you're curious.  While I read I found myself getting that strange, sort of hopeful, excited feeling.  Like "holy shit, someone else feels what I feel."  I also found myself laughing a lot.  Not only is Allie experiencing similar feelings to mine, she is also hysterically funny.  You really should go read her work even though her blog has been defunct for several years.

Another thing that happened was that I read through a great deal of her archives and giggled my slushy brain out and found myself thinking that some of her material, mostly the stuff about depression and anxiety, was depressingly funny.  I was laughing because she's funny and because I could relate to a lot of it.  Kind of a funny because it's true situation.  I also felt like I shouldn't be laughing at some of it because it was her recounting genuine anguish and it felt mean spirited to laugh at it.  It's not though.  It's a way to cope with the condition and help yourself potentially get out of a mental funk and maybe even give some people a laugh and brighten their day.

I am currently on medical leave from work until further notice, which has a lot to do with mental health, so I thought I would take the inspiration I gained from Hyperbole and a Half and start a new blog.  The last one (nope, not linking it...yet) was on a different site and was getting pretty aimless and negative.  So I'm starting fresh and hopefully I can make some progress in my own headspace while giving some folks a few laughs in the process.

I can't promise that I'll make X posts per week/month/etc. But I'll try to remember to do it when I think of a funny story or something interesting happens.  I'm likely to follow the same method as Allie (I SWEAR I'm not obsessed with her! I'm inspired and impressed by her and her writing) writing about my life and the odd things that seem to happen to me and my wife.  Not sure I'll be drawing any pictures but I'll probably post photos and such.

I'm new to Blogger/BlogSpot so bear with me as I monkey around with the site and change the layout and general appearance A WHOLE FUCKING LOT in the coming months.  You may have gotten a notice that there may be adult content on this blog.  I set it to adult because I swear a lot.  There won't be any nudity or gore or anything like that.  Just words that some people may find objectionable. Also, be prepared for the fact that I write about stupid shit and sometimes I'm just not funny.  And I will tell you about my cats.  A Lot.

Cheers