An Introduction to a Spade

I'm writing my very first entry from the 'internet zone' at my university's completely brand new computer building. I'm writing my very first entry as an introduction to the blog I will use for my videoblogging course. I'm writing my very first entry to blog about my life like it is.

There's an old English saying I learned about a year ago, "A spade's a spade". It refers to things being just as they are-- nothing more and nothing less. The problem with this saying is that everything - life, thoughts, emotions - consist of so much more than being simply as they are. A "spade" is used in a pack of cards. A spade is also a shovel, or a digger. the word spade is used as an offensive slur. It's a device to dig yourself a hole. It's used in "accidental" head collisions in comedies, it's used to say goodbye to loved ones who have passed away. A spade is more than just a spade.

This blog is going to explore how the meanial things in my life are more than menial. How the thoughts in my mind are more than just thoughts. How the emotions I contain and interact with are more than just emotions -- it's the complexity of life.

three cheers
two candles
and
one heluvah great show.