I’m not certain. I don’t know. There were pages full of words and someone I knew said, You should do something with this. Then someone else said it. Depending on who was talking to me, I listened more or I listened less. You should do something with this, like start a blog. I listened to that less. I am too lazy to blog. Blogging requires the Internet and getting on the internet. Lately, I feel tired out by the Internet. But then I also think: Everyone is blogging. I feel guilty for not reading more things on the internet. I feel similarly about podcasts. There are so many great ones, I should listen to more of them. I should appreciate the Internet more. I think of Wikipedia and Google, two parts of the Internet that I like because they are both there to help me learn things. I think: The Internet can be all right.

So here we are. This is a series of little stories about things that happened. A version of things. These stories include thoughts I’ve had and things I’ve done or said. Some I wish I hadn’t. I’ve gotten better at cringing through it. Every once and a while, I run across a thought or moment that still seems to resonate with me. In a good way. Like: hey, I was a smart cookie sometimes. Or, I was paying attention sometimes. Or, I really thought about things back then. And I wonder if I do that enough now.

Also, ps, in case you are curious. MDQ is how writers often refer to “the Major Dramatic Question” — the purpose for which a story is being told.