Meanderings: July 5, 2000

Wednesday,
July 5, 2000

New name, same old management.

You may have noticed the new name up there between the striped lines. No, the change wasn't inspired by Dusty Answers (although Mr. Grinder does seem to recycle his journal names on a regular basis). I just realized that as a name, Hoosier Meanderings was. . .well. . .lame. It was okay when I first started the journal (which will have its first anniversary in two days -- mark your calendars for the big celebration!). To be perfectly honest, I had doubts that anyone would ever bother to read the actual content, so why spend time worrying about the name of the journal? The name of my page was Hoosier Red's Joint -- why not call the journal Hoosier Meanderings and have done with it?

One year later, I've revised my opinion somewhat. It bothered me that something I worked on every day had such a dopey monicker, so I decided to come up with something a bit glitzier, a name that would describe the wonderfullness that was Melanie more accurately.

Hence Nekkid, Clueless, and Feelin' Good. This, by the way, sent my beloved into peals of laughter when I told him, so obviously it's working on some level. As to whether I actually spend that much time in this particular state -- well, yes, actually, I do. With the drapes properly closed, of course, as it wouldn't do to upset the neighbors and frighten the horses. More importantly, it better reflects my inner child (who lives alongside my inner bitch, my inner yenta and my inner English major -- believe me, I need an economy-sized body to hold all these people) and maybe, just maybe, my general attitude towards life. Nekkid, clueless and feelin' good -- it's how we come into the world, after all. And if we're really lucky, we might even get through the rest of life like that, too.

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