Name Sakes and Head Space.

We all know the feeling of our heads being full to bursting point, whether with anxiety and worry or just thoughts going round and round.  We seek a place where we can unleash all our emotions and not have to worry about the thoughts and reactions of our friends or family.  Naturally the Internet is where we turn, but with our Twitter and Facebook accounts being so easy to find, its hardly the secluded head space we need to let off steam.

I feel like this all the time, like my brain is going into overdrive and my thoughts won't quiet down.  When people start getting bored of my constant talking, I need somewhere to expel the rest of my strange and randomly odd thoughts.  Twitter used to be my sanctuary, I started using it when hardly anyone knew of it, none of my friends at least. It was my own little virtual world, where I could share my every thought with new friends from around the world.  Where people optionally followed me to read what I had to say.  Sadly, these things rarely last, and now with nearly everyone I know with access to a twitter account I needed a new outlet.

Creating this was hardly a walk in the park, though maybe it was just me over complicating things.  First, what on earth was I going to call it?!  Not something generic like 'So-and-so's thoughts' or 'So-and-so's world' as I would never be enticed to read that, so why would other people?  Looking around my room for inspiration I found myself staring at my growing collection of feathered jewellery; one word down, one to go.  I was aiming for something easy to remember but as I'm hardly the first blogger in history, most good names were taken.  Looking for further inspiration, I Googled 'good blog names' which came up with hints on how not to name your blog, eg: nothing too long or complicated.  Helpful?  Slightly.  Not quite what I was looking for though.  Although it urged the new blogger not to use things like 'world' 'page' or 'thinks' on the end of your blog name I went with 'Feathered Thoughts'.  Original and unique?  Maybe not, but better than my first thoughts which were along the lines of 'Who Gave This Girl A Keyboard?' - which although you may wonder while reading, seemed a bit of a mouthful.

Then there were the page options:  What do you want it to look like?  What kind of font for your posts?  What font for your headings?  With over 50 background templates and designs, it took me almost an hour to come up with a page layout that ended up looking almost identical to the original template!

However, it was up and ready to go, only awaiting my input.  So here it is, my first attempt at blogging.  Whether anyone will read it I suppose remains to be seen.  Now I will just face the challenge of trying to be articulate enough to convey my general rants and ramblings into interesting posts.  Wish me luck!