Greetings

As a public relations major, I don't think it will come as a surprise to anyone that I enjoy writing.  Over the past, oh I don't know, four years of school at St. Cloud State University, I have realized this more and more. Numbers and math classes, not for me.  For some reason I was assigned a brain that won't and does not want to think like that. To be honest, I really despise all of the rules that tag along with such a subject. Yes, there are rules in writing but they are not cut and dry. I have learned that everything is up for debate when it comes to writing.

whenever I am verbally telling a story, any kind of story, it could be a story about  how I saw something crazy happen.  It could be a story about my walk home from class.  Either way, my friends and especially myself will notice that I tend to elaborate and get into an excessive amount of detail.  I find myself stopping mid-sentence to go back and fill in a "must know" detail that I missed along the way. For my new listeners, this can become annoying.  For my good friends and family well, they just stopped giving me shit about it. I just feel, to fully understand what I am talking about, they need to hear and envision exactly what I have witnessed. Yes, maybe it is a little exaggerated but I make a point to keep it on the factual side. Despite how long it usually takes me to spit out the end of each "story worthy" incident, I tend to have a amused and pleased audience in the end. Perhaps I am completely wrong. If so, who cares. They don't have to listen next time.

Throughout my writing in my college classes I have found this harder to do. This is especially true in public relations and business writing. PR writing needs to be to the point. Usually, short and sweet sentences. Hold that thought for a later time. <----- Oh.. he said it! 

The point of this post is to start off what I should have started many years ago.  I have always known and been told to blog as a PR major, but I have never really known what to talk about. What do the readers want to hear? I have came to the conclusion that it really does not matter. If you don't like the song then turn the station. Most of what I write about will be little bits of randomness and inevitable thoughts going through my head at any given moment.  Just for you, my readers, I will hold that thought and regurgitate it on this playing field of opinion. 

I am a people person that highly enjoys: hunting, fishing, snowboarding, traveling, talking, social gatherings, and story telling. (Among many others) I hope that these passions tend to emerge from my writing over time. Until next time, hold that thought.