Is this thing on?

In their first blog most people clarify why they are writing or how they got started. I am not going to be the first one to buck that tradition so here goes:

Wait, maybe I should say who I am...like introduce myself? Damn, I don't know. It took me three days to figure out how to make my profile, upload my picture, and slap on the fancy template. And two coffees to get back to the location where I could actually write the blog. Brief. I will keep it brief.

Karla Kleskie Procopio. Born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania. Living in Turbotville, Pennsylvania for sixteen years. Graduated from high school, went to college, dropped out of college, got a job, went back to college, and dropped out again. Got married, had three daughters, stayed at home and majored in Blue's Clues. Eventually went back to college, majored in English (yeah, that will get you places), graduated, ended a marriage. Sent one daughter to college, got a dog, sent second daughter to college while first daughter went to law school. In the meanwhile became employed full time, met a wonderful man, and learned to go to bed early.

Why the blog? I enjoy writing. At one time I was actually good at it. I wrote about Shakespeare, Austen, and Thomas Hardy. My goal was to kick collegiate ass one paper and test at a time. I made most of the traditional students want to be my partner for group projects. I did two internships with the smartest man I ever met, in the English Department of Bloomsburg University. Graduation and the real world present little opportunity to show off one's flare for explicating poetry or being able to understand just what Faulkner was trying to say in that five page paragraph.

I also have lots of stories. Ask anyone who knows me and people who have tried to escape me in any social situation. Plenty of them are daughter stories. I also fancy myself to be clever now and again with the turn of a phrase and such. Over the years I have tried to journal things and failed. Maybe if I utilize this blog thing I can immortalize all my random thoughts, adventures, twisted points of view, and try not to embarrass anyone, at least not purposely.

Mistakes? Expect them. I have a degree in English, but I am not the world's best speller or grammatarian. I just made that up, by the way. Punctuation? Forget about it. I edit other people's work like nobody's business, but no one is going to edit this thing. People (my kids) LOVE to beat my ass at Scrabble, Words with Friends, and Boggle. Rambling may be the order of the day.

Here goes. Preparing to launch. Hopefully I can figure out how to post it before the end of my Christmas vacation...no promises :)