And it begins...

Oh my...

Well it's happened. I've lived with a geek so long I have somehow become a geek myself. I shouldn't complain, having a geek around the house has its advantages. There's nothing that man can't fix, or rig, or create to amuse me.

Over the past 8 months of living with the geek, I have slowly been exposed to the world that is the online blog and social network. John is always using some new account on some new site, and I am always wondering what the big fuss is all about. The last few months have been insanely busy for me with added responsibility at a growing company, an engagement, and the transition into true adulthood. So, while I was fascinated by the idea of the online world, I could never quite make the time to really dive into it head first, no hesitation. Now, at a very convenient and ironic time, it is the new year and all, I find myself settled into life with free time to explore. So yesterday, on a whim, I decided to create a Viddler account. The concept is one that I find very interesting; a social network of sorts, but with video blogging. That's only my very limited understanding based on 1 day of playing with my account. Needless to say, I am hooked! The Viddler account then prompted me to create a Twitter account. I not only love the word twitter, I love the noise it makes on John's Twitterific application, that little tweet..oh how I love thee. The idea is a great one, if only I had family that spoke to me, but that's a blog for another day. Even with my lack of close family members, Twitter offers a convenient way for me to keep updated with what my friends are up to. So, after joining in on the Viddler and Twitter fun I decided to start a blog, for no other reason than the most important reason, I am a writer.

Yes, it's true. Years and years ago I discovered my love for writing through my love of books. I collect books like they are gold nuggets. If I pass a used book store I HAVE to go in, and likely, I will leave with at least 2 books, more probably 10 books. One of my first large purchases after John and I moved into our house was a bookshelf. A VERY large one, that is now full. I can proudly say that there are only 5 books on my bookshelf I have not read, and that is only because I bought 10 books 2 months ago and have only made it through 5 of them so far. Reading opened up a whole new world of language and story telling for me. By the age of ten I had surpassed Animorphs and The Babysitter's Club, and moved on to Jane Austen, J.D. Salinger, Aldous Huxley, and anything else I could get my hands on. I began writing seriously at the age of 12, pouring out my thoughts about life and daily occurrences into a book I have yet to finish.

That's when it all began, and this is where I am now. After a lot of thought, I realized I was neglecting the one medium of the internet that should have been most important to me. Blogging is just writing on the internet. It seems so obvious, but to someone like me who is forced to think practically and logically all day every day, the most obvious and logical things do sometimes slip through the cracks.

So here I am for all to read, and now that I've sufficiently explained the path that led me here, let me tell you a little about myself. My name is Gabriella Giarrano. I am 20 years old, but not for long, I hit the big 2-1 in a few weeks. I live in a small town right outside of downtown Atlanta, GA called Kirkwood with my fiancee and partner in all that is evil and interesting, John Reynolds. We both have day jobs at a growing company called Breadwinner, (www.getloafed.com) where we make and sell sweet homemade seasonal breads. John and I were working in the actual bakery up until recently. Now he is at the bakery and I am running the shipping and production at our first retail store in Sandy Springs GA. By night, John is an aspiring designer and musician and on the bleeding edge with anything technology related. I am, as I said, an aspiring writer and an experimental artist and sometimes seamstress. John and I have been engaged since 6 weeks after we met, and contrary to what everyone thought, we are still engaged. I am an avid reader of ANYTHING. Hand me a book and I will read it, and most likely hand you a 5 page review of it when I'm done.

Well now that you know a little about me, let me tell you, my style of writing is different than most of what traditional writers would want it to be, but I like it that way. I will write about anything and everything so long as I find it intriguing. I would write about a girl named Jane if it struck my fancy. So keep up with me, and we'll talk about Jane.