Heeere's Marcy !

So I forced Golden to write her “Obligatory Greeting” and thought about forcing her to write mine too but decided that wasn’t fair and to be honest she would have said “Oh Hell no!” then there would have been drama and I’m trying to keep this blog semi-drama free, since my work life is soo not. That’s not to say drama won’t make an appearance but hopefully it won’t become the main star of the show. I’m thinking more guest star during sweeps month. Besides it’s too damn early for drama, aint no one got time for that!

So here I am…typing my greeting. Let’s see…what do you need to know….what do you want to know? Why the hell are you guys here … I mean really don’t you have something better to do? Like poke yourselves in the eye with a pencil?! PS I don’t suggest you do that it will hurt and if you do I totally told you not to. …that’s for the future lawyers that we will definitely need at some point. Stay tuned … you’ll understand.

So the point of all of this…. I used to be a writer. That’s to say I used to have ideas that sometimes I’d put on paper, or type up in a word document. I used to have these ideas that would consume me and I’d spend days thinking about them, revising them, working on them, finishing them and going wow that’s good. I’d forget everything else around me. Then I just stopped. IT seemed to be kinda dumb to spend that much time on it just to close the word document and move on. No one was reading them, I wasn’t getting a grade for them, and I wasn’t even sharing them. Then I got to the point where I was pretty sure I lost any kind of talent I pretended to have, and any creativity that I once possessed also bought a ticket out of town. Golden disagrees. She says I just need to get back into the habit, get back to work so to speak. Usually I can buy her off by talking about a TV show but this time around not so much.

The second she suggested we do this I knew her back story. She wanted me to write again. She had started painting again (She’s an Art Major and super creative—Maybe we can talk her into showing us some of what she’s working on) and it was relaxing and a great way to end her day after a stressful work shift. My outlet at the moment is sitting in my chair pretending to be one of my favorite super heroes chasing bad guys using my x-box controller. It’s a stress release until Captain America or Ironman refuses to do what I tell him, or I can’t find that last Minikit even though I know it’s around I just can’t find it, and Stan Lee is yelling Help but I can’t get to him . . . . So ok … I’ve made my point…it’s not as stress reliving as I’d like for it to be though it is a fantastic game, I could and have played for hours!  

 

 

So I’m turning this blog into my playground. I’ll use it as a place to share random thoughts, maybe some original pieces I’m working on, maybe nothing at all, and honestly we’ll see where this goes. If I make promises and then I don’t keep them I’ll feel like I’ve let everyone down and thus I’ll shut down and stop this train before it even leaves the station. Trust me I’ve done it before. So I’ll let Golden be all sneaky and think this was her idea for her to be all creative and try something new when in all honestly I know it’s all about her getting me to write again and for that I thank her and am forever in her debt.  

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Stick around ... we are just getting started.

Heeere's Golden !

So Marcy said I had to write an “Obligatory Greeting” to you all…. I am so sorry. I am doing you a great disservice because I am NOT a writer. I never have been and I have a strong suspicion that I never will be. So, amazing writing will not be a promise I will make to you. Actually consider this the beginning of a beautiful semi-abusive relationship; I hope to use you as a form of cheap therapy while giving back as little as possible. Ok, well that last part isn't entirely true. In all honesty if even one person can glean any useful information, or find any form of entertainment from what I produce, I may consider this a success.

If nothing else you will be entertained!

I'm sure over time I will improve, but until that magical day I promise to spell things incorrectly, use phrases that although make perfect sense to me, just don't to anyone else and also to use profanity whenever I damn well please. So it’s possible some of my post will be NSFW but hey if you are reading this at work, good for you!

The good thing is, as you know by now, I'm not taking this journey alone. I have managed to wrangle my bestest (Yes I'm aware this is not a word—PS I also intend to make up words as I go along you are just going to need to be ok with that) friend Marcy to join in. This will be a great benefit to you because she IS a writer and tends to class me up (to the extent that anyone can). So when you are reading my posts and think "My god! There is no way this dribble could get any worse!" Just hold on, because Marcy will swagger in to rescue you all from my dreadful writing talents.

 

 

So until I improve or prove my worth please forgive me. I freely admit that I am not a writer and that's not where my talents lie. However, I am a storyteller, and maybe just for now that will be good enough.

If you aren't already follow me on twitter @theonlygolden and use the Hashtag #SayWhatMG when you say hi!

 

Stick around … tomorrow you get to meet Marcy! :D

Who are we and why should you care!?

It all started with a text … or a tweet … honestly I don’t remember, but I do remember there being some contact from Golden with “I have a project for us.” Which can mean anything from stalking our favorite celebrity – stalking has such a negative tone by the way … it’s more fanatical support – to hunting down a book, to saving for a super awesome trip (which is the biggest reason to stick around with this blog). Either way when she says that it always peeks my interest, because I know it’s something she’s excited about and her excitement is infectious, no seriously I think there should be an antidote but honestly I’d never take it. A few phone calls later, and about a billion text messages and it was decided yes .. we were going to think about the possibility, of doing a blog, in the near future... together….maybe.

This is what I envision the two of us looking like when we are both in a nursing home
laughing our tails off and having fun every time we are reintroduced.

If you are reading this dear reader then this means A. you have nothing better to do and B. We finally got on the phone and talked out the process: such as which site we should use, what the name of the blog should be (Say What?! -- pretty much leaves the door open for any and everything which is just how we like it. Maybe one day we'll share with you the "other options" and why they weren't chosen), and how we should access it… that kind of thing and most important C. We got off our duffs and made this a reality…so YIPPIE!!!!

The most important thing you need to know is that you will NOT have a single point of view on this blog tho Marcy's will likely be more long winded and Golden’s will be funnier, some say sarcastic but those people are just jealous of her awesomeness. We both have a creative side that the world has spent their time and efforts bashing into the ground and we have decided that like Twisted Sister, we aren’t going to take it anymore! In other words life often gets into the way of the creative process and the longer we let that happened the less likely it will be for us to get it back. 40+ hours a week on a computer in a time sensitive job makes one want to bash their head in instead of doing anything on a computer during your off hours.  

It’s time we take back the creative portion of our brain. This was the best way we could come up with that would give us that outlet, not really detract from our “jobs that pay the bills” and that would allow us to FINISH something. Just by starting it we have reached that goal, now the new goal is to maintain it.

This blog will not teach you anything, well it might; it won’t tell you what to wear, literally we won’t be getting into all that; it won’t tell you what to watch on TV, tho we do spend a lot of time with our beloved TVs and those shows/thoughts may make it to this screen more than once; and we won’t get all political cause that’s not why you are here. However our goal will be to hopefully make you laugh, make you smile, and maybe even make you think. Our true goal is that if you have a job similar to the one we have described above our creative break will also become your creative break.

Now sit back … and enjoy … we will strive to keep this blog updated and keep you entertained, but we make no promises, cause promises are made to be broken.

We love to meet new people so follow us on twitter and tell us you found us through the blog. We like using the hashtag #SayWhatMG So join us … chat with us, follow us on twitter and let’s get social.

Marcy @beaslma

Golden @theonlygolden

Tomorrow…you will meet Golden :D Don’t miss it!  We are just getting started!