I started a blog because in the last two months I have been experiencing an inordinate amount of joy from reading personal blogs. I am fascinated by the minuscule details of the lives of people -- people I know well, people I sort of know, people I used to know, and the occasional stranger.
I have always been a huge fan of vicarious living. I encourage my single girlfriends to date voraciously; I tell people to eat too much of the delicious things I won’t eat; I applaud those who drink lots and arrive home at 3am with no recollection of how they got there. I love to hear about people that buy multiple pets, $100 shoes, and $200 haircuts. And if you ask me if you should get the leather seats and the moon roof on your new, already-too-expensive car, I’m right there with my resounding, “Yes, Yes, Yes!”
Of course, it’s all because I am too timid or pragmatic to live my own life in these ways. I am married and was barely ever single, diet constantly, have essentially given up partying, couldn’t handle owning a dog (long story), don’t pay more than $50 for shoes, and let my mother cut my hair twice a year. I’m also interested in buying a used Hyundai station wagon.
So the blog title is a little tongue and cheek. But who knows? Maybe someone will be entertained with a little Vicarious Rocky every now and then.
I have always been a huge fan of vicarious living. I encourage my single girlfriends to date voraciously; I tell people to eat too much of the delicious things I won’t eat; I applaud those who drink lots and arrive home at 3am with no recollection of how they got there. I love to hear about people that buy multiple pets, $100 shoes, and $200 haircuts. And if you ask me if you should get the leather seats and the moon roof on your new, already-too-expensive car, I’m right there with my resounding, “Yes, Yes, Yes!”
Of course, it’s all because I am too timid or pragmatic to live my own life in these ways. I am married and was barely ever single, diet constantly, have essentially given up partying, couldn’t handle owning a dog (long story), don’t pay more than $50 for shoes, and let my mother cut my hair twice a year. I’m also interested in buying a used Hyundai station wagon.
So the blog title is a little tongue and cheek. But who knows? Maybe someone will be entertained with a little Vicarious Rocky every now and then.
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