frogginess explained

With due respects to my sister Amy, who is the real frog lover in the family, I have decided to create a frog blog primarily because of an Emily Dickinson poem. This is because I am a geek, especially when it comes to literature, and especially then when it comes to women writers (although most of my work is in the 18th century, a bit too early for Dickinson). I think the internet would have amused Dickinson by being a place where "Nobodys" can meet and transform into semi-public somebodies simply by making noise in the bog of the blogosphere. (Say those last five words ten times fast, and you win!)

My only other froggy affiliation that I can think of is that I completely agree that it is not easy being green. Especially when your apartment complex refuses to recycle most recyclable things, and you can't afford a hybrid car on a T.A.'s salary. Still, I prefer being green to being blue, or grey, or violet ("Violet! You're turning violet, Violet!"). Yesirree, it's bad to turn into a blueberry.

Otherwise, this blog should just be a normal, mammalian ("human" even) blog, with all of the attending musings, rants, and non-sequiturs of a graduate student wading through way too many books and unfinished papers and trying desperately to keep in touch with friends and family. I will also, no doubt, use it to collect things that amuse or confuse me on the internet.

So, hello! :)