Day one of attempting a blog and I already face-planted into
my first block. No, not writer’s block, but a paralyzing inability to choose a
blog name. I finally put my own anti-blog attitude aside to appease the
multiple requests and insisting pleas of “but you have to write a blog” that I’ve received since I got the news that
I am moving to Finland. So, though I still hold strong to my opinion that a
blog is just a narcissistic tool to tell the world of the World Wide Web about
stuff they don’t really care about, here I am. You’re first impression is
right, I am a pushover. Nice to meet you.
Now that awkward introductions are over, let’s revert to my
impending issue. What to name the blog? The suggestion box began to fill up
with clever rhymes and alliterations from friends and family. The front runners
were Kitty’s Chronicles, the Foreign Feline, and Cat Tales (see what we did
there?), but nothing was winning my fancy. So, before I even started I was
ready to give up and tell everyone back home to refer to my facebook to see my
happenings. Then, I ran into a wise old man who said, “Cat! Why don’t you just
start writing? It will come to you.”
This self-acclaimed, Pacific Beach guru was right. This
first post was written weeks before both of my parents unknowingly suggested
the same name, or at least the same basic idea, “Cat Scratch.” I don’t believe this
suggestion was referring to being feverish or itchy, but to the fact that I am
starting a new blog-post in my life. (I would say chapter, but that is cliché and
clearly so ten years ago). The poetry in their simultaneous title proposal was
just too rom-com to pass up. It won my sappy heart just like all the other Kate
Hudson, Matthew McConaughey flicks, and the name was decided.
Welcome to my blog. It will track my travels through Europe
as I start this amazing adventure and opportunity of playing professional
soccer in Finland. Wish me luck, plane is about here! Talk to you from the land
of ice and snow. (Hopefully they like Zeppelin too!)
Peace and Love,
Cat
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