I’ve been struggling with this particular post for a while now. Technically? I’ve been struggling with it for about six months. As I said in my introductory post the other day I came up with the idea for ShrinkGeek over a year and a half ago, but we’ve had an actual blog running as a testing ground since November of last year. During that whole time it was always understood that at some point we’d all write an introductory post about ourselves for those of you who come to the blog that don’t know who we are already.
As I’ve tossed and turned ideas for this post around in my head I’ve tried to decide where exactly I wanted to go with it. Do I talk about my geek cred or my experience as a blogger? Do I mention the fact that I’m an actor? Do I bring the fact that I’m a parent into the mix? What about my career? Is the fact that I’m an I.T. Professional relevant to what I have to say here? Do people want to know why I reject the term nerd and embrace the term geek? Should I keep it short and sweet or is this going to be a post of epic length?
Am I worrying about this too much?
Eventually I just decided to sit down and start writing, and as I’ve been doing so I’m reminded of the way that Hollis Mason started “Behind the Mask” in Watchmen – Start with the saddest thing you know. Since this is a health and fitness blog I figure I’ll start with the saddest thing I know of in my own life that fits that criteria.
In the year 2000, when I was 27 years old, I had two strokes.