Welcome to the Journey

I'd say welcome to my blog, but this, like my life, is not a destination but a journey. Pardon my momentary lapse of sounding like a motivational poster. I simply meant to warn any poor souls who wandered onto this page that I have yet to truly define myself. Terrifying as the thought is, maybe I never will.  I'm a late bloomer, at any rate.

I am at a stage in life when society expects me to at least be on the path to success and accomplishment if not having already achieved them. I am not. Ok, that's my cynicism talking. I'm going to college. I completed my AA (late in life, as usual), and promptly decided I had no interest in the field in which I was majoring. Unfortunately, the activities I enjoy most dearly bring little income in the real world: writing (fiction), singing, dancing, bicycling, swimming, and yoga.

So, now I am continuing my education on a different path--an interest I picked up taking random classes to fill my degree requirements: psychology and sociology. People have always interested me--how they tick, how they act in groups, how they respond in certain situations. I've always been a people watcher. I've attributed it to my writer-identity. I like to focus on the characters and their interactions in the story. People watching was my research--and I happen to be a research-aholic. I often research random topics that pop into my head--just for fun.

Speaking of random, this is not how I wanted to open my blog at all. I was going to go on about the conflict I encounter being a half-Black Jew. I am nothing like the stereotypical Jew. I abhor when people tell me: "But...you don't look like a Jew!" Well, I'll just have to kvetch about that in my next post.