If my vagina was a website it would be WIKIPEDIA!!!

Did you know...?

...that the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, which resulted in 38 deaths, 537 injuries and approximately 1,000 displaced, was the worst riot of the Red Summer of 1919?

Or…

…that influential makeup artist Pat McGrath takes between 30 and 50 bags of tools, materials, and reference books whenever she travels to fashion shows?

I didn’t either but you can learn about these random tidbits and more on Wikipedia. It’s not just a reference website but the monster of all encyclopedias.

Wikipedia is written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. Which means you, like me can edit almost any article or definition right on the website. You can also add information, cross-references or citations as you please. The downside is that this free encyclopedia has its share of errors and juvenile vandalism, which can be pretty funny. Sometimes, the writing is just plain indecipherable. But overall I think it’s a fabulously geeky idea.

The whole goal of Wikipedia, like my vagina is to make the world a better place through free content and a collaborative way of life. Live Free or Die!!!!

Is this thing on???

First let me introduce myself.... I’m a 30 something “wonderment” woman trying to balance the world in one hand and my blackberry in the other. After some gentle prodding from a friend (thanks, Ginger), I have decided to join the masses and write my own blog. And while I pride myself on usually being highly progressive in my participation of cutting-age societal advances some concepts take a little longer to fully grab my attention. Let’s take the DVD for example. I resisted buying one for years. Why should I? Do you know how long it took me to build up my VHS collection??? If it wasn’t for the fab-o gift I got from my girl Heather I might still be watching Love Jones on a VCR. But while I may be slow to change my ways I quickly make up for it with semi-obsessive acceptance. So as a proud card carrying Netflix member I am ready to dive into the next wave of modern technological self indulgence.

So why blog? I guess because I can. And that’s the wonderful thing about the world we live in. We can do mostly anything we want to do. So this will be a new outlet for my creative self-expression. I will be writing this for myself, for those who love me and those that will learn to love me. These will be random rants, observations, the occasional poem or picture and other nonsensical writings. And while I will be unapologetically honest I may change the names of the innocent and stupid. Feel free to leave a comment and call me on my shyt if you must.

So here’s to self-discovery, silliness and sundaes (with cherries on top!)

Namaste.