I refuse to title this

Hooray for finally starting a blog!

"Finally" is used loosely here, though, considering no one ever encouraged me to blog nor have I ever thought the stupid, random things I think about 18 hours a day were ever interesting enough for others to read. Plus, I hate the idea of thinking of a title for this because I feel like no matter which direction you go with it, the title of a blog will almost always sound ridiculous.

I find the most successful blog titles are ones that accurately summarize the content of the blog itself. Examples: "This is Why You're Fat" and "Stuff White People Like." Simple and true. If a blogger can succeed in choosing an apt title such as these, they won't run the risk of seeming pretentious or just emo.

If I named this "Random musings from a wanderer," you'd probably wish I'd just wander somewhere else...like in a private journal with no domain name. But if I went for the basic "Caroline's blog" (which was in fact my first choice), my lazy unoriginality would probably get misinterpreted for a weak attempt at kitch...or originality. Even worse than that would be if I went with the ominous "Insert clever title here" choice. Ouch.

Lastly, there's the popular title option that I've noticed from years of wandering library aisles looking for a good book cover that will inevitably influence my decision of what to read. I'm referring to the random flowery nonsense that graces the covers of too many second-rate novels with titles like "Whispering Huckleberries" or "Daffodil Wednesdays." Umm...what? Thank you, but I do not want to read about fruit-bearing bushes or lawn weeds gallivanting, socializing, or contemplating life with twigs or willow trees.

Bottom line, I hate writing titles. I hated it when I worked as a reporter and my editor would occasionally want a witty one-liner for a three-inch article about a capsized boat or an auto show. Don't pull too much from them, they're usually an afterthought. Ha...kind of like this whole blog.