Hello World! Let’s Get Real

Greetings to my fellow carbon based life forms!

Greetings to my fellow carbon based life forms!  Day going good so far?  If it isn’t, look at it this way: it’s half way done.  Some days are always too short, never enough time to ‘do all the nothing’ you want to.  That’s how I feel every day.

I work six days a week, dealing with what I like to call ‘the dregs of humanity’.  Now, it’s not always bad.  I work basically in customer service in two jobs.  There are good people and there are bad people.  But it’s always the bad experiences that stick in our memory, like gum in our hair.  I don’t like to be unhappy; I’m not even an unhappy person naturally.  Just sometimes, life gives you lemons to make lemonade, and right now, I’ve got a couple of gallons to go around.

Maybe, I should take a page out of Calvin’s book (Calvin & Hobbes): “When life gives you lemons, you sling ’em back and add a few of your own.”  I am trying to do that.  I’ll get into details on that score some other time.

But, who am I?  Maybe the best way to describe myself is to use certain characters from pop culture.  I have the wicked snark of Loki; the desire for vengeance like Cersei (when I’m thoroughly roused); 20170723_130215and the loyalty of Sam Gamgee.  Got a picture?  Oh, wait… that’s the picture.  Shows my parents have a sense of humor.  In other words: you treat me right and are a friend to me, I’ll be a friend to you.  Mess with me, and you’re in a world of hurt!

So, how’s your day looking now?  Still ‘meh’?  Well, hopefully you’re a ‘glass half full’ type of person.  I’m more a ‘glass is always occupied’ type person.  It’s either half empty, or half full.

And on that note, it’s been real!

 

It’s Been Real!

Hello!  Welcome to “It’s Been Real!”  I created this blog partially to vent and proclaim wonderful news to the world.  But also, I need another creative outlet.  Writing is my passion, and I am quite proud to say that I’ve been writing since I was twelve-years-old, and have self-published a couple of books.

My first book

That is the link to my first book that is currently on Amazon.  It’s a medieval-fantasy, that is a slight nod to the great works of J.R.R. Tolkien.  Like most young people my age, I’ve read “The Hunger Games”, and “The Divergent” series.  I enjoyed them!  Don’t get me wrong; but I felt there was a need for a heroine who isn’t so conflicted and confused.  She’s got the beauty, the brains, a funny sidekick, and a loyal group of friends.  Hopefully, that might spark some interest…?

It’s Been Real! will not just be about my writing.  I plan to also use this as a means to point out certain aspects of mankind and critique them (including my own faults, i.e. bluntness).  So, I hope that you will grant me the time of day and read my blog posts.  Thank you, whoever you are!20170723_132032