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Briana’s Brain – Episode 1 – What It’s All About
A general overview of what the Briana’s Brain series will be about and a little information about why I’m creating it.

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It’s been over a year in the making, but my video blog is finally about to be a reality. I got my webcam, set up my lighting, I have a plan, and all my excuses are getting thrown out the window. In the very near future (probably in a few days) Briana’s Brain will be coming to YouTube. I’ve decided to do it for a lot of reasons, and I hope it turns out to be a good choice. Even if it’s not, I feel like I need to do it, even if only for a while.

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I was just looking at my Google Reader and looking over one of the blogs I subscribed to, Single Dad Laughing, and it got me to thinking. I’m not a professional blogger like he is, but I have been trying to do a lot more blogging. He recently wrote about how blogging has an effect on his friendships and relationships, and it got me to thinking if this blog will have an effect on me as well. It’s possible that it already has and I may not even know about it.

When you blog about your life, the things you do and the things you think, you’re basically baring yourself to the world. Not only will your friends, family and relationship partners be reading and judging, so will the rest of the world that comes to your blog. For the most part, I don’t really care; people will love me or hate me and it won’t make much of a real difference in my real life. However, it is worth giving a bit of thought to.

There are some things that I’ve kept hidden from the world, and a lot that I have laid right there on the table for all to see. I know it could make people not like me. I know that it could turn away customers, but at the same time I know it could draw in even more. If people like me and relate to me, messed up as I am, I’m more likely to make real friends and return customers. The people who will be offended or upset by the things I write are probably not the kind of people I want in my life anyway.

More and more I keep wanting to share parts of myself. Yes, I have had a seriously fucked up and ugly life. The thing is, I keep fighting, I keep getting through, and that’s pretty damn inspirational if I do say so myself. There are so many people hurting and suffering in the world, maybe it’s a good thing to show them that you can get through it and come out better for it. Plus, I want people to know who I really am. All the shit that’s happened to me is part of who I am. If people are going to judge me or dislike me for my past, they’re not worth having now. What I did then and what happened then is in the past, but without it I wouldn’t be the strong, loyal, fairly awesome person that I am today.

I think I’m going to shrug off the fear I have and just keep writing and sharing. Providing Eric doesn’t have any issue with it that is. It is his blog too, and our collective reputations. I really don’t think he’s going to worry about it too much though. He knows, as do many people, that I draw strength from my pain, and talking about the things I’ve conquered and am still fighting could help other people.

By the way, thanks to Single Dad Laughing (Dan Pearce) for making me think about this. Also, thanks for being the only blog I still subscribe to that isn’t mine for promotional purposes. You have a lot of good things to say, and I wish you all the luck in the world in finding a woman who will adore you for who you really are and make you as happy as you’ll make her.

The whole SOPA thing has really got me thinking lately. I did a lot to spread the word. I knew not everyone was going to get on board, but I figured at the very least I was doing my part to raise awareness and maybe get some people doing something, some of them maybe even doing more than what I could do. There was support, but there was also a lot of apathy and pessimism. This is a growing problem with people in the US, and all over the world. Either no one gives a shit, or they don’t think it matters if they do. It’s a sad, sad state for the world.

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Okay, so the SOPA thing seems to be off the table for now, PIPA and the E-PARASITE Act are still out there, and there’s talk of where all this is going in the future. I’d give exact details to what I’ve read, but it’s actually the 18th right now, and all the sites are down, including ours. (I tend to write in advance and schedule for later.) One thing I read is really sticking in my craw, and that’s why I’m writing this post. Apparently, rumor is circulating that the people pushing SOPA are going to try to inject their bullshit into the Job Creation Act to get it passed somewhat under the radar.

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