how this started.

It has been years since I blogged. So long, in fact, that I don't even know the password to my Xanga. Why so long? And why start blogging again? Not sure about either of those. I'm generally not a strong advocate for anything, so I suppose I never saw reason to voice something that means nothing (or makes sense) to anyone but me. That's not to say I have opinions on things, I do; however, I don't usually broadcast them unless prompted to.

Yet, here I am, Saturday night, starting a new blog. This is either because I'm procrastinating or because I've realized that there is a possibility that my crazy thought process will make sense to someone. the grey between black and white is life, nothing more and nothing less. It may be about my personal life, my current activities, or even my opinion about hypothetical situations. Most likely, it'll end up containing more posts about my opinions on hypothetical situations, since that is the grey area that I speak of. But don't get your hopes up, if you're lucky, you'll get to read one or two a month (unless something dramatic happens dundundundun).

Picking a username: I was in the middle of researching information about the Millennial Generation for a thesis, and thought about the book "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer ( I am so technologically challenged that I can't even figure out how to underline). Nine year old Oskar, who lost his father in 9/11, goes on a journey through New York City looking for a key that his father had in a vase. Foer also incorporates an alternating story about Oskar's grandparents and their life in America after the fire bombing in Dresden. Highly suggested read! Oh, the point of the username was that horrible (and amazing) things happen every day, but only certain events really matter to us. We're human, and none of us can save the world. Our own path is our only concern. I'll elaborate later, but the point is that we each care about things that others most likely don't even know about. This blog is going to become my outlet on controversial things I have an opinion on, hence the username the grey between black and white.

This actually turned out to be longer than I expected. I was looking to write a few simple words on the name, and what can be expected in later posts, but go a... little carried away? Okay, off we go! Welcome into Julie's head, the grey between black and white.