In the Beginning...

For the record, this wasn't my idea.

It was an accumulation of various useless thoughts and a cornucopia of weird and/or totally unhelpful information, as well as a small dab of peer pressure from those who said "this would be a Good Idea" (famous last words).

Sure, I've wanted to be a writer since I was about six years old and figured out that crayons could be used to draw instead of eat (they never tasted like the color I wanted), but managing a blog - or any type of online thing that requires more than just a minute to check and involves longer than putting my slippers on hasn't exactly been my forte (re: all those online classes I did terribly at). I suppose it was only inevitable that I start one of these things - I've been told that it's good practice, that it shows good initiative, that it will start me on the path to greatness - 

Oh wait, no, that was Slytherin.

At any rate, I finally sat my not-so-little butt down and decided to get cracking in the blogosphere (or whatever the term is for it these days). And as for another thing, the inner ramblings of a twenty-something year old who's way too obsessed with all things Supernatural and Harry Potter can probably get a little tiring after awhile. Not to mention I probably smell like flavored Tootsie Rolls, I eat too much beef jerky, and I'm pretty certain I talk to my cats more than I talk to actual people these days.

As it turns out, I've decided one of my (few) talents involves writing - and another involves knowing stupid amounts of useless facts and minutiae about things that aren't really useful in the everyday world. But really, what does it matter if you know the sixty-fourth number of Pi, or you solved the prime factorization of RSA-210 (thanks, Misha) or if two trains leaving their respective stations at the same time will reach each other in approximately six point two minutes, give or take a second? Where some's talents lie in mathematical equations (and that's great, there's gotta be at least SOME people in this world who know how to do that, because my brain hurts just thinking about it), other's talents lie in eating copious amounts of Almond Hershey's Kisses and reciting the lyrics to every N*Sync song known to (wo)man. Or perhaps your talents lie in being able to understand a word I'm saying in this long paragraph of nonsensical ramblings.

Basically, this blog will be a mishmash of All Things and will generally involve a healthy amount of the aforementioned television show and books, and will probably also offer generally useless reviews on other such nonsense such as ice cream flavors, terribly unhealthy yet still delicious fast food joints, weird or strange happenings in the world, as well as a large dose of books, movies, TV shows, music, People That Make Me Happy (PTMMH), and other things that make up a Mandy (shaken, not stirred).

So if I haven't already scared you off, feel free to sit back, kick up your feet, and listen to my inner monologues, most of which I'm guessing won't really have an impact on much of anything, except to amuse my own self and perhaps my very supportive mother.

Still, it's fun to know that at least one person will read this, at the very least.