A Disclaimer for My Future Posts

Today I decided to write down some blog ideas since they were coming to me at warp speed and I have the memory of a goldfish.

I wrote down quite a few, and realized that most of them had a common thread. Hypocrisy. It would seem that my ideals and my actions don't quite line up. I think there are lots of things you should do, and ways you should do them, but I don't always do them or do them in the way I should.

So I am warning you ahead of time that I am probably going to say things that make people think I think I am better than everyone else. I don't. I just have very high standards that even I don't manage to reach. So don't take offense, because I am insulting me as much as you (if you happen to feel insulted).

Now I have to go clean my house, because last night I was baby-sitting (for a wonderful, adorable baby) and then playing Civilization IV until 2 am. Then I got up at 6:40. Yes, I am insane. That means that dishes did not get done so now I get to go scrape dried spaghetti off everything. So I will voicing my hypocritical opinions tomorrow!

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