welcome

After much procrastination, I've finally decided to give in and start my own blog. I don't really expect it to be ground-breaking or all that fascinating, really - it'll just be my thoughts and random things whenever I feel like posting. I have a habit of getting all emo every now and then, so I'll try to keep that to a minimum as much as I can. And who knows - maybe I'll ask some of my friends to join me and write some of their own stuff on here.

The name of the blog comes from one of my long-time favorite songs by Lifehouse - yeah, yeah, go ahead and laugh. But they were who the cool kids listened to in high school, don't deny it. The song is "Somewhere In Between" and every time that I listen to the song, I'm struck by how it manages to be both optimistic and disappointed at the same time. (I won't post the lyrics here, but you have Google - you can find them.)

I was listening to it the other day and I got to thinking about being "in between". Mostly, I was considering the thought that for most of our lives, we're all "in between" something. People like to say that they're "in between jobs" or "in between moves" or "in between boyfriends". I guess I mean it on a more metaphoric level; in some ways, we're all in the midst of progressing, growing and moving on.

We won't stay there, obviously. But, as many other people have (sometimes cheesily) said, "life is all about the journey, not the destination". So it was my thought that maybe by paying more attention to these "betweens", we can learn more about ourselves and each other.

...this is clearly turning out a bit more preachy than I intended, but I think you get the point. Not everything on this blog will be so serious and introspective. I'll put some fun stuff on here too. Either way, let me know how I'm doing every now and then, just to make sure I'm not making a complete fool out of myself.