Dear 100

Dear 100,

It is my you-th blog entry. Finally. I was sitting here trying to think of what I was going to write about (at the top of my list was "Dear Blisters") when I realized that this would be my you-th entry. Not my you-th LETTER, mind you, but my you-th ENTRY. Which is still something to celebrate.

Who would have ever thought I'd make it this far? The odds were stacked against me. I started this little blog as a man with a plan but very little motivation or initiative. I had become used to coming up with ideas like this, starting them, and then quickly losing interest and letting them fall to the wayside. That is exactly what I expected from this blog. Especially because we all know full well that nobody reads this thing (or at least nobody ever comments on it, so it's LIKE nobody reads it), and why would I write for nobody?

But the thing is . . . I did. I stuck with it. I became inspired and moderately productive. I even started posting pictures of the drawings I was doing in my figure-drawing sessions. This little bloggy became a tour-de-force of artistic mayhem! I wrote nearly every single day for months. I laughed. I got hyper. I didn't cry, but that's only because I stopped writing during those times when I wanted to. And now here we are - entry you. Monumental, really.

Especially because all momentum (and my readership) was lost when I went away to camp. I had figured that I'd write a couple entries for those two readers while away and reach this landmark occasion sometime in the middle of the month away - but it was not to be. I was too distracted making explosion sounds with my mouth in front of a quality mic. Too fascinated by facepaint and glow sticks.

Which led me to believe that I would probably just stop doing this. I'm a very momentum-based man, and I have a tendency to let it carry me where it will. That means that it's very difficult for me to get started on things (and also difficult for me to stop once I get into it). So once I stop doing something regularly, it usually follows that I just stop doing it entirely. But I persevered.

And I hope that this signifies a change for me. While I have yet to go back to a figure drawing session since I've been back, I have gotten back into my Chinese lessons, and I continue to be relatively productive (even though I started up with the kiddies this week). Has the CVT turned over a new leaf? Only time will decide.

But as we wait for said time to pass, we must celebrate my you-th post. It's like an anniversary of sorts, albeit not celebrating a year of anything, nor any sort of measurable time-frame. So I guess it's not really like an anniversary at all - except for the fact that I'm celebrating it. But I don't really celebrate any other anniversaries, so it's not like that, either.

But it IS my you-th post, 100. My you-th post, indeed.

So thank you, you, for allowing me to reach your special double-zeroed heights, and here's to hoping I double you within the next four to five months. What a party we shall throw then, eh?

Eh.

Onward and upward!
CVT