I was recently turned on to author Charles Bukowski by this guy I dated (briefly). I wasn't sure how I would feel about this author because Brad ( the guy I dated) had some very scary views about life (he thought that the south "had it right, when it came slavery"... again we dated briefly), and spoke very highly of Bukowski.

After weeks of him telling me how I was missing out, I decided to give it a read. At first I was put off by the content. Here was this self righteous a-hole, who by all accounts seemed to be mad. After giving his second book another shot, I decided that I hadn't been completely fair to Bukowski. He was an average man who wrote about his very complex life. He didn't make any apologies for being a drunk, a smoker, a pervert and womanizer.

He (in my opinion) wasn't a great writer, but an honest one. I respected the hell out of that. It made me think of my blogs, and how at first glance some of you may be put off, but hopefully you find me to be honest, and give me another shot. I, like Bukowski, don't apologize for my material (although I don't think I've put anything out there that has been terribly offensive). I simply write about my life, and hope you the reader find some humor, enjoyment or if nothing else a little more insight about this girl.

Putting your ideas out in an open forum, you subject yourself to ridicule. We as bloggers and writers understand that, but that doesn't stop us from saying what is our given right to say. My blogs are my way of trying to connect to the nameless faces out there in cyberspace. My blogs however are not meant to offend, or shock, but if you the reader take it that way, that I have no control over. I'm just a typical girl, with not so typical ideas.

Some of you read these blogs and are so quick to leave a comment without fully understanding what I'm saying. When I say that girls who flirt with men for free drinks are tramps (they are), I get a reply saying "oh so what about the men, and they're behavior, we are so quick to demean the woman, and what she does". Well no, the women who do that are demeaning themselves, and the blog wasn't about the behavior of men. Of course men are vultures when it comes to a pretty lady in the bar, but again the blog was about the women.

Or when I say that the bus I take is full of strange people (it is), I get people leaving comments like "how dare you, I take the bus, and find it rather enjoyable". Well good for you, but I wasn't blogging about your experience, I was blogging about mine. Your route may be laid back and pleasant, mine I assure you isn't.

I guess what I'm trying to say is I write about my observations, and I don't expect you the reader to always identify with them, but I hope that you'll at least take them for what they're worth (just this girl's opinion).