Monday, August 15, 2011

Blog Needs A Make-Over

I changed the scheme of my blog today. It felt like the right time. For so long, the background picture was the view out of the window of an airplane, and I liked it. It represented travel, adventure and moving forward.
When I had xanga (remember that???), I would change the theme a few times a month. They would be tropical colors, and eventually I moved on to Cirque du Soleil ideas. I never used a picture of myself for the profile picture, mostly because up until around 2006, I did not have any pictures of myself on the internet.
Myspace followed the same general layout until around the time I left the site and joined Facebook. Everyone's Facebook looks exactly the same, and after how out of control the Myspace layout's have become, I appreciate the simplicity of it.
When it comes to my blog, I want to it be a reflection of me. It is my blog, my own personal corner of the massive Internet that I can almost call my own, for I do not own blogger.
After failing to receive any input via the Internet on opinions or ideas, I ventured out on my own to gather a few things I like in picture form. I found pictures regarding killer whales, water, coffee, tea, geese flying in formation, plumeria, music, clarinets, beaches, books, and I settled on the current one of a heart on the beach.
I decided on the picture, a heart on the beach in black and white because well, I liked it. I'm not sure if is a full representation of me right now, but maybe who I want to be. I don't really have love or innocence in my life right now. The ocean is great and mighty...I'm not really sure where I am going with this idea. I just liked it, and I also liked that the heart was upside down.
Maybe I'll find a real reason I like it sometime soon.


So far, God has granted me three days of peace, and I pray it continues. He is good, and I know he is working in my life and my future. He has given me the strength to move on, and I am ready to.

2 comments:

Samantha J. Clark said...

If you ever need help with a layout, let me know and I'd love to create something for you! I did my new one (http://www.writinginkey.blogspot.com) and I am almost finished with my friend, Alysse's (http://www.thisismypixiedust.com) and I love making blogger layouts. :)

Also, sorry I haven't been around much lately. I've kind of just been out of touch with everyone because of stuff going on. Text me sometime so we can catch up!

defying gravity said...

Thanks Samantha, I just might take you up on that idea. And all is forgiven, I understand how life is sometimes =) Thanks for being my friend, that's all I need.