i'd never cheat on my 1st love & 6 plain truths...

Diaryland. i love it, but does anyone update here anymore? it makes me sad that so many diaries have been inexplicably abandoned, while others have jumped ship and gone to other blogging sites. given all of the technical difficulties and two huge site failures earlier this year, i can�t say i blame those who joined the mass exodus over to LJ (livejournal). and YET�diaryland is kind of like my 1st love.

for the past 2-3 years, it has been--and still is--an important part of my life, with a small and fairly exclusive set of regular reads whom i adore. so i can�t quite bring myself to cheat on it. besides, there�s just something about LJ that doesn�t catch my interest (though i do faithfully read several former d-landers over there)! when i�m too busy, or the act of writing starts losing its appeal and i�m just not feelin� it, i simply take small breaks from writing and that seems to do the trick. and i think it�s perfectly OK to take breaks. but i know for me that sooner or later i�m always drawn back. so no, i�m not going anywhere.

having said that, for the heck of it, about two months ago i created a myspace page (same username as here). i haven�t done much of anything w/ the page, except staked it out as my own before another �emeraldtiger� comes along. it�s totally not a blog or photo page for me, rather, i�ve simply listed two d-landers as friends over there. so if anyone else here has a myspace account, feel free to come find me.

and now, i must sign off. so i'll leave you with SIX PLAIN TRUTHS:

1) it�s harder to swim in a straight line in open water than one might imagine. especially when one is very nearsighted, and blind as a bat w/o her glasses or contact lenses.

2) when your $70 speedo (or TYR or nike) swimsuit wears out and gets tired elastic, the 1st portion of the suit to give out (assuming it�s a ladies� swimsuit) will be the backside/bottom. you�ll have a saggy, gummy, see-through ass.

3) if you go biking and then try to go running immediately afterwards, your legs will at once have the odd feeling of being stiff like bricks, and also weak and floppy as though they�re made of spaghetti.

4) you�ll still get a farmer�s tan or a sunburn if you wear SPF 30. and if you wear bike shorts in june, expect to spend the summer sporting pale thighs and either tan or burned legs (depending on your ancestry)!

5) getting sand between your toes can be annoying, and yet it�s oddly satisfying b/c it means you�ve been to the beach and summer has truly begun.

6) home-brewed iced tea is one of the best summertime thirst quenchers there is--iced tea can be enjoyed in any of its many delicious forms. (sorry, instant iced tea powder doesn�t count!). squeeze in a lemon and i�m happy as a clam.

disagree w/ my truths? well then we can agree to disagree. ;-)