Dadoo's Journal: First Journal Entry

This will be my first journal entry. Will it be my only entry? Sorry, don't have a clue. If it's possible to predict the future by examining the past, I'd say there will probably be just a few more entries.

I've tried several times, in the past, to keep a journal but I've never been successful. It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I can't stop writing. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, a thought is worth at least 10 times as many. I'd talk about everything that happened for a day and then I'd go into excruciating detail about what each event made me think about. By the time I finished, I'd spent two to three hours writing about that day. Needless to say, I couldn't keep that up.

A few years ago, I wanted to try again, so I went out and got one of those digital voice recorders. I even made sure I got one with a USB connector, so I could transfer everything to the computer easily, index by date, etc. I figured I can talk faster than I type, so if I'm speaking, rather than writing, I should be able to keep up. Wrong. Instead, I just went into more detail. It was still taking me hours to talk about my day. I finally tried to record a little at a time, during the course of the day, but then I had to worry about privacy.

I guess I need to admit to myself that I won't be writing here every day, but every so often, I feel the need to write about something. Of course, there's never an appropriate Slashdot article when you need one, so maybe this journal will allow me that outlet.