The Future of Tim Brewster plus Strandom Thoughts: Baby Zags, Andre Agassi, T-Wolves & Greinke

I had very good intentions of trying to write some each day, but unfortunately, after using my brain for things I had to accomplish, it just didn't happen. But I'm here now, so I'll take advantage of that!

Tim Brewster has been a popular topic the past two weeks. Between the Minnesota Gophers football team losing at home to (currently) lowly Illinois, and barely squeezing out a win against I-AA team South Dakota State, spirits are not exactly soaring among the Gopher faithful (yes, I know I-AA doesn't exist anymore, but I'm ignoring that just like I ignore the BCS was of deciding champions). I certainly can't say that I am happy with how the team has performed this year, and I definitely can't figure out why the switch was made to running a pro style offense while keeping Adam Weber behind center. He was very good as a spread quarterback. Pro style has lowered his overall numbers, while putting a magnifying glass to his already pesky interception rate. I like Weber, but I don't think he is being put in a position to succeed.

As for the call to fire Tim Brewster, I'm not quite on board with that yet. He was hired because of his recruitment skills. There are some questions as to whether or not he has recruited up to the reputation, but regardless, a coach who is put in position because of recruiting, needs 4 to 5 seasons in place to really see the whole picture. If the Gophers fare worse next year than this year, then it will be time to move on, but if they show any actual signs of taking steps forward, then a 5th year would be warranted. I know this position isn't popular among many Gopher fans, but they have been Bowl eligible the past two years. Bowls are pathetic now compared to what they used to be, but it's not as if Glen Mason brought the team to January Bowl during his way too long tenure.

Give Brewster another year, and if they don't come out with a winning Big Ten record, start looking for the next coach, now that there is a nice new stadium & wonderful facilities to use to entice the big names that have turned Minnesota down in the past. Maybe Brewster is a good recruiter, but doesn't know what to do with the players once he gets them. All the more reason to keep him a 4th yr - give the new coach great freshman - senior players to turn into a winning team.

Now for the Strandom thoughts:

• Andre Agassi has taken a lot of heat from many different walks of life, about the revelations in his new autobiography "Open" but the thoughts from Martina Navratilova have been puzzling. She compared Agassi to Roger Clemens, for using the drugs & not coming clean when given the chance. Ok, where to start...Roger Clemens is accused of using performance enhancing drugs; ones that give people a competitive edge over other athletes. Andre Agassi used Crystal Meth, a drug that is an advantage only if one wants to join Oasis' Noel Gallagher in trying to break the world record for consecutive hours awake without sleeping. As for Andre not telling the truth, he is well aware that it was not right for him to react the way he did then, writing the letter to the ATP tour & lying about how ingested the drug, but he's telling the truth now. He is a very private person, but he is not just hiding behind the book now, he is going out & doing the interviews and facing people. Perhaps Roger Clemens could learn something from Andre Agassi about how a star athlete should respond to their past transgressions.
• The Timberwolves are bad right now; worse than any of us could've imagined. For the first 2 weeks or so, they were hanging in the games, giving it a good fight the whole way. Now they seem to be outmatched as soon as they step on the floor. I think it's just a wee bit too early to start jumping to conclusions though. I believe Kurt Rambis will be an excellent coach, and I believe the Wolves have a few of the pieces that will get them where they want to be down the road. But I also believe that (like most everyone else) that they have a long way to go in terms of needing more talent on the team. I don't want to see them abandon the offense Rambis is trying to teach, just so they can win a few more games this year (and to appease young players who are in no position to be complaining about what systems the coach is using). I would prefer to see them learn it for the future, while in the meantime, increasing their odds for a #1 pick and hoping that just once, the ping pong balls will drop their way. They can't be cursed forever...can they?
• Gonzaga at Michigan St. on Tuesday night showed me a lot of things about the young Bulldogs team that will be calling the "Baby Zags" or the "Bullpups" during this season. After losing 5 seniors (Jeremy Pargo, Josh Heytvelt, Micah Downs, Ira Brown & fan favorite Andrew Sorenson) as well as sophomore Austin Daye departing for the NBA, the Baby Zags have 9 freshman on their roster. They decided to redshirt David Stockton (you may have heard of his dad John) and Sam Dower, out of Osseo High School right here in Minnesota. Thanks to the leadership of Matt Bouldin, and the strong inside play of redshirt sophomore Rob Sacre (who missed all last year with an injury) and freshman Elias Harris, this already looks like the toughest Zags team I can remember in many years, if not ever. It looked like a Big Ten game out there, and I mean that as a compliment. The "finesse" style Gonzaga had last year was fun to watch, but Heytvelt & Daye had no interest in getting bruises inside the paint; their strengths were in outside shooting. So while I went into that game just hoping the #2 ranked Spartans wouldn't blast the Zags out of the gym, I ended the evening bummed that GU couldn't hold on for a win, and feeling very optimistic for the season up ahead. Still a lot of freshman, which will lead to a lot of growing pains, but on their good days, there could be a whole lot of excitement too.
• I am very glad that Zack Greinke won the American League Cy Young award. No pitcher was more dominating this season than Greinke. He should not have been punished just because he played for the hard luck Kansas City Royals, and thankfully, the voters looked past the win-loss record. Wins should just be taken out of the equation, as this is for the best pitcher, not the most valuable pitcher.

I have more thoughts, but I'm going to give the brain a break and stop writing for today!

Carlos Gomez - Which Side of My Brain Wins?

Throughout my schooling & work life, I was frequently given the opportunity to take various personality tests, many of which would establish whether I was dominant in my left or right brain. All that was actually established is that I clearly have no idea. Sometimes I was barely left, sometimes barely right, and almost anytime the middle was an option, I seemed to fall right there (no pun intended). This makes sense for many reasons: I write & eat left handed, yet am right handed in any athletic activities, and text message right handed as well. I was a teaching assistant for a Logic class in college, yet I spent my younger years writing stories, telling myself stories when I was bored, thinking up imaginary worlds, etc. (no, I didn't think I was in those imaginary worlds, so I wasn't completely nuts). Just like all those personality tests, the trade of Minnesota Twins outfielder Carlos Gomez to the Milwaukee Brewers for shortstop J.J. Hardy leaves me right in the middle.

Since Americans always lean toward the right first (when two paths appear, we veer right; in retail stores, we go right first...sometime go ahead and compare the right & left sides of a Best Buy store), I will start with the left. I like this trade. Carlos Gomez is a coveted "5 tool" player, but at times he seems to have left most of the tools in the box at home (for those who don't know, a 5 tool player is considered to be excellent in speed, hitting power, hitting average, fielding ability & throwing ability). We all know Gomez had speed & combined with his great glove, he could make some amazing plays. However, his strong arm had a tendency to throw about 15 feet to the side of his intended target, his power numbers are barely above little Nicky Punto, and his batting average is, well, average.

Then there is that small issue of a crowded outfield. Denard Span has shown that he needs to be an everyday player, and now he will be the Centerfielder, and not the utility outfielder. Michael Cuddyer had a phenomenal year, and with Justin Morneau taking back 1st base, Cuddy will return to right field. Delmon Young used late August & September to give us a glimpse of why he was drafted #1 overall by the Tampa Bay (then) Devil Rays. He is still the most awkward runner I have ever seen, but apparently has some speed if you can get past the complete lack of style. GM Billy Smith said Delmon had become a better teammate as well, which is important. Now if only Jose Mijares could get someone to hit him more often, since that really fired him up,so he could knock out 50 homers a year...and finally, Jason Kubel.

Kubel should be the everyday DH, but he likes to play in the field, so every so often Gardy will throw him out there in right or left. When he gets to the ball, he actually is a much better fielder than people give him credit for, but the key phrase is "when he gets to the ball." I'm not sure who would win a foot race between Kubel and nearly 40-yr old Mike Redmond. So the outfield is full, and Gomez was spending most games on the bench, until being inserted late as a defensive replacement. His tendency to swing out of his shoes at any count, in any game situation, which put him at a disadvantage against most pitchers in the league. Plus, speed on the bases is only good if you know how to use it. He seemed to think he could outrun the ball on throws to second, which led to way too many "caught stealing" box score entries.

Finally, the Twins need a shortstop. Smith had already talked to Orlando Cabrera's agent the morning before the trade, and he said OC was going to be looking in a different direction, so going after Hardy was a logical choice. He had the worst year of his career in 2009 (though the numbers overall looked better than Gomez's), but he was an All-Star in 2007, and he's still only 27 years old, with 2 years left on his contract. Usually it seems the Twins wait until late February to try to fill these holes, but this time they took advantage of the opportunity right away, and can now decide what they want to do with 2nd, 3rd & various pitching possibilities.

Well, that was the logical side, which usually takes up more space as it requires analyzing & supporting arguments. Now for the more passionate right side of the brain.

I love Carlos Gomez!! How can you not love a kid who is always smiling & having fun, who can fly around the bases and the outfield like a cheetah and who has really fun hair? Go-Go would always bring the energy. Even when he would swing out of his shoes, you always knew he was trying as hard as he could, even if he wasn't thinking enough. After losing perennial Gold Glove centerfielder Torii Hunter, it was a lift to have Gomez racing around the same territory as Torii & Kirby before him, chasing down everything in sight. He was the top outfielder in Baseball Tonight's Web Gems, even though he was rarely a starter this season.

If he could've slowed down a little bit, he would've had even more Web Gems, but when you're that fast, you're able to get to balls while still on your feet, that others could only dream of catching. Racing a ball down and staying on your feet will never make Web Gems. What Twins fan didn't feel secure with Gomez in CF & Span in RF late in a game? The Twins probably don't make the playoffs without this line-up, as Span chased down a sure run-scoring extra-base hit in right during the final game in Detroit, in which a Tigers win could've ended the season 5 days earlier than the eventual conclusion.

Speaking of making the playoffs, Carlos Gomez may have come off the bench, but how crucial was he in Game 163 in the last Twins win ever at the Metrodome? Getting that big 12th inning hit, and then that speed...as soon as Alexi Casilla singled the ball between 1st & 2nd, there was no question that Go-Go could race from 2nd to home with time to spare, to clinch the American League Central Division title. That old baggy roof stadium went nuts as he crossed the plate & then flew up in the air like a young Michael Jordan after the game winning shot over Craig Ehlo.

Who could forget that night on the southside of Chicago in 2008, when Gomez managed to become the first Twin to hit for the cycle since Kirby Puckett in 1986. Hitting for the cycle requires many of those 5 tools - power for the homerun, average to get that single & double, and speed to get the triple (unless hell freezes over like it did this year, when Jason Kubel managed to get a cycle). Seeing the joy on his face as he crossed first base to complete the cycle just gave me the chills!

Sure, the kid made mistakes & played like he wasn't always sure what game he was in, but the key word there is "kid." He's only 23 years old. Justin Morneau was 24 in his first full season in the majors, and his .239 average did not exactly scream out "MVP" (he'd have to hit the ripe old age of 25 for that to happen). It seems awfully early to give up on the only member of the Johan Santana trade who had shown any real potential in the last 2 seasons. And most importantly, I just liked Go-Go. There's a reason his jersey was so popular with Twins fans and it had nothing to do with his stats on the field; he has charisma & excitement, which is contagious for anyone who is able to see him, in person or on TV. We will miss Gomez!

There, I clearly solved that issue. Obviously the right side of my brain won...wait, what? Oh, the left side is claiming victory now. Hmm...I guess only time will tell!

I Have a Man's Brain, and I Want My Brain Back!

That's what my dad told me last night...that I have a male brain now, and he may have a point. No, it's not because I am a sports fanatic; he's much too evolved to think something like that! And no, I have not suddenly become interested in looking at women in skimpy little swimsuits. Nor do I have the need to always be right and I don't have an aversion to asking for directions. So why do I agree?

Let's take a step back first. After my concussion/mild traumatic brain injury in 2007, I noticed a lot of things changing, including the way I cognitively processed things. I had lost the ability that women have, to truly multi-task effectively. I always used to work on the computer while watching TV and taking work phone calls, and was able to focus on all activities at once (had I not been able to do this, it's possible I never would've had time for any TV shows, or heaven forbid, sports!) Suddenly, I was having trouble doing just one of those activities at a time, let alone more than one. Unfortunately, I had not gained the skill men have, to completely hone in on something and be able to ignore everything around them (like we all know men can do when their wives are asking them to take out the garbage). So I have been sort of stuck in limbo.

However, without me realizing it, I had acquired another "talent" that men seem to have, which I hadn't realized until dad said I had a man's brain now. When I focus on some thought specifically, I don't seem to see that other things around it that would normally make sense. Now I realize I am making no sense either and I may be confusing my brain too much to finish this blog, so let me try another way of explaining it.

Since the day Brett Favre signed with the Vikings, if you had asked me "What date do the Vikings play at Lambeau field?" I would've been able to answer "November 1st" without much thinking required. However, if you had said to me, "Is anything happening on November 1st?" I would've had no idea. (According to the neuropsych tests I had to take, this has to do with being able to recall, but not retrieve, but a blog about a female having a man's brain sounds more interesting than one about recall vs. retrieval...) So if I am focused on a specific thing, I can explain it, but I often can't get that information from wherever it is hiding in my brain, if that is not what is being discussed. Another example would be when I am asked what things I have trouble with cognitively since the brain injury. It is hard for me to list things out; I can never think of things (other than remembering the fact that I have a problem when I need to think of things). But if I am asked specific questions such as "Do you have problems processing information?" or "Do you have loss of long term memory?" I could answer yes & no respectively.

This brings me to the overall point of this whole boring and chaotic stream of thought. Yesterday, I was discussing sports, and was giving the countdown to College Basketball's March Madness & Selection Sunday, knowing that March Madness started on Thursday, March 18, and Selection Sunday would always be four days earlier. But my dumb (male?) brain didn't associate anything else that I knew was happening during that same time, because that was not what I was specifically writing/thinking about. So if you were to ask me what day my sister is getting married, I could tell you it's March 14, but if I am thinking about college basketball events during that week, I don't think of anything else that is at the same time (like cousin Nate's birthday on March 15). This is what my dad said was like a male brain; the ability to focus on something singular like that, without seeing other things nearby, which are not directly connected to my original thought. While I didn't get the male ability to focus enough to block out people talking, or a TV in the background, apparently I now have that kind of focus within my thoughts.

So let's try this portion of yesterday's blog again...Speaking of countdowns, it is 134 days until the beginning of March Madness, which means it is 130 days until Selection Sunday, the present-opening "Christmas" of sports, and more importantly, 130 days until my little sister is getting married, when I will have the honor of standing next to her to show my support and love! (And all of this is indication that she'll need that support since she is marrying someone with a biologically male brain...)

Disclaimer: No men were injured in the writing of this blog. If you are a man and feel that this represents you, it is purely coincidence, and if you are a man and feel this is false and disparaging of you, blame my dad, since thankfully, I don't really have a man's brain, so I had to take his word on this! Now this damaged (and worn out) brain of mine needs to go rest for a long time.

"Strandom" Thoughts of the Night: Timberwolves, NBA Refs, Gophers, Zags & Damages

I had a suggestion tonight from @olearychris on Twitter to call my blog Strandom Thoughts. I like it. I'm not going to change the blog name (yet), but I will use Strandom Thoughts as the title whenever I'm going to be jotting disjointed ideas, rather than writing about one subject. So here goes the debut of Strandom Thoughts:

• The Timberwolves are only 1-3 so far this season, but for some reason, they seem to be much more fun to watch than last year. GM David Kahn did promise me in the security line at the airport, that I would enjoy watching them play, so I had expectations, and so far they have been met. Obviously this is not a playoff year for the Timberpups, and they will likely have twice as many losses as wins, but learning the new system under Kurt Rambis, acclimating new players to the line-up, missing Kevin Love due to injury & having Al Jefferson & Corey Brewer returning after long injury rehabs, all indicate that it is a growing year for the team. But they are showing that "growing" does not need to be brutal to watch.
• Speaking of Corey Brewer...he is by far the most improved player on the team so far. I have been a fan of Florida Gators basketball for awhile; not ahead of the Gophers or Zags, but I've enjoyed watching them since the days when Teddy Dupay was running point (and apparently learning how to run bets at the same time). So I was excited for Corey Brewer to be on the Woofies. His rookie year was obviously a learning experience (and what the heck was with Randy Wittman not allowing rookies to wear headbands; Brewer had always worn one & felt like you & I might feel if we left the house without wearing shoes). Then last year, he was showing some huge strides defensively before that knee injury. This year, he is finally showing the whole package out there. After his career high of 19 points on Sunday night, he had 14 pts on Monday, plus 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 blocks and most impressively, 5 steals (with only 1 turnover). Now he just needs to get that shooting percentage up a little higher, but with his 2010-11 option picked up, he will have the opportunity to continue to improve his game.
• Final Timberwolves thought, about Monday's game in L.A. vs. the Clippers. When Ryan Hollins had a very athletic dunk to cut the Clippers lead to one point with under 20 seconds left, he was very clearly fouled, yet no call was made. This allowed the Clips to just hit their free throws & ride out the rest of the game. I'm not sure if the NBA refs spent their work stoppage time last month watching MLB umpires or SEC football refereeing crews, but they might want to wipe those images from their minds now...
• It is almost time for my attention to be focused on "real" basketball, as the college season is just around the corner. While I will always cheer for the Timberwolves, the overall NBA game is not my thing; too many isolation plays & not enough teamwork out there. College ball just makes me smile. The countdown numbers are almost in single digits now: 10 days until the University of Minnesota Men's Basketball team takes on Tennessee Tech, although it's only available to watch online (Fri. Nov. 13 at 7:00pm CST). Gonzaga Bulldogs kick off their season in 11 days vs Mississippi Valley St., which I can watch on FS Northwest thanks to the DirecTV sports pack (Sat. Nov. 14 at 7:00pm CST). Finally, it is 12 days until the Gopher women get started vs. Lamar, which is unfortunately, like most of their non-conference schedule, not available to watch on TV (Sun. Nov. 15 at 2:00pm CST).
• This leads to the other important countdown atop my list: 135 days until March Madness begins (meaning 131 days until the Christmas day of the sports year; Selection Sunday).
• Speaking of Gonzaga & Minnesota, they are once again linked, and this time it has nothing to do with Dan Monson. Osseo alum Sam Dower is a freshman at Gonzaga this season. As far as I know, he is the first Minnesota native to play for the Zags. He had a great game on Monday night in the exhibition vs. Alberta, getting 15 points & 5 boards. I'm not sure yet if he will be red-shirted for the season, but I'm looking forward to watching him play again. I enjoyed seeing him (along with current Gopher/Hopkins alum Royce White) during the MN State tournament a few months back.
• My writing time is up for the evening, so I will conclude with one non-sports thought. Find Season 1 of FX's show "Damages" (starring Glenn Close & Tate Donovan, my favorite former Space Camper accidentally launched into orbit) on iTunes or Netflix. I enjoyed the new USA Network show Royal Pains this summer, and got to like Campbell Scott, who played the millionaire Boris on that show. Upon reading that he would be in Damages Season 3, I decided to check out the first episode from Season 1, just to get an idea of what the show was, so I would have a clue of what was going on in Season 3. All it took was one episode for me to be completely hooked in this serial law thriller, with more twists than Chubby Checker (wow, that was way too cheesy). I just finished Season 1 and am ready to kickoff on Season 2 soon. Ted Danson was a main figure in this season, but the real scene-stealer was Zeljko Ivanek (who has also played Emile Danko on Heroes, JJ on Big Love, Governor Delvin on Oz & Andre Drazen on 24, as well as one episode guest appearances in about every hour-long drama on television in the last decade. Visit his IMDB page at http://bit.ly/4AgMkl if you want to count how many shows you've seen him on over the years). The Slovenian actor convincingly played a lawyer with a down south accent, and he managed to grab the spotlight from the bigger name stars in the show. I promise you won't regret checking this out (unless you find yourself missing your bedtime because you want to watch just one more episode before sleeping.)

I am Addicted to Brett Favre

I like Brett Favre. Of course, this is not an uncommon sentiment in Minnesota these days, as he has led the Vikings to a 7-1 record, which without him would be, in my opinion, 3-5 or 4-4. So it's only natural that as a lifelong Vikings fan, I would like Brett Favre now...but this is nothing new for me. I have always liked Brett Favre. Now before I get booted out of the state for being a heretic, I do not like the Green Bay Packers. I admit to cheering for them in the Super Bowl in the 90's, but other than that, I love it when the Packers lose, especially at the hands of my Vikings. But I still have always liked the guy from Mississippi whose last name isn't spelled or pronounced correctly.

I've heard all the arguments against him over the years, but they never convinced me before, and they certainly won't convince me now that he is wearing purple. As someone who has thoroughly enjoyed sports since I was old enough start throwing a ball in my crib, I cannot dislike an athlete who clearly enjoys playing football. I've never seen a player that looks like they are having more fun on the field. And now he is on my football team.

Now if someone could explain to me why I am supposed to give another "second chance" to the guy who drowned, strangled & electrocuted dogs for fun, but I am supposed to dislike Favre because he "only thinks about himself" and had problems deciding whether to retire or keep playing, I would appreciate it. My concussed brain gets confused sometimes...but I digress.

I can promise you that I haven't seen my mom this excited about watching the Vikings since the Randall Cunningham/Randy Moss/Cris Carter days (but I'd like to stop thinking about that now before the memory returns of me lying on the floor staring at the TV in January of 1999, wondering how that possibly could've happened). There is something simply joyful about watching a person having so much fun, and being so good at it too. I believe my former employer's (Best Buy) motto of "Have Fun While Being the Best" would apply in this case. Running down the field to throw a block may be stupid for any quarterback, especially a 40-yr old one, but it's just fun to watch. Seeing him smirk to fight back a smile while boos were encompassing him on the field where he played & set records for nearly two decades, was fun to watch. And witnessing him racing down the field to tackle & hug one of his receivers after a touchdown or a big play, is fun to watch.

This being said, I didn't enjoy the 24-hour Favre network on Channel 206 on DirecTV, nor did I care to read a daily update about his thoughts about retirement. I didn't enjoy the announcers gushing over him (like I am now) all those years when he was on the other team either. Besides, he isn't Derek Jeter & didn't play in New York (until last year) so he certainly wouldn't deserve the praise normally only given to players from the top few TV markets in the country. What I do enjoy, is watching him on the field, and it's a bonus to be able to watch him wearing purple, rather than green. Now I just hope I'll be watching him lead the Vikings all the way to their first ever Super Bowl Championship!

(I will now do my best to stop drooling over Brett Favre as the Minnesota Vikings quarterback, but in my defense, we're talking about a team in which Gus Frerotte was better than the coaches' chosen quarterback of the future; a team that considered career back-up Sage Rosenfels to be the guy who could lead them to the promised land. We deserve an opportunity to drool a little bit...)

10 Minutes a Day of Writing

I love writing. I always have, ever since I was a little kid, writing Christmas plays to be performed by my family members. Sometimes I "acted" in them as well, but often I just did the writing and directing. I was probably about 6 or 7 years old when I started this tradition (which has long since ended.) I used to write my own stories about another world, called "Archenland." Never mind that my favorite books were C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, which included a neighboring country called Archland. I never published those stories, so I think I'm safe from lawsuits. I chose Advanced Composition as an elective my senior year of high school, and I was one of the only people excited about College Writing class my freshman year of college. I then decided I wanted to get a minor in Creative Writing, and signed up for a class with Bethel professor Mary Ellen Ashcroft. Unfortunately, Mono took over & eliminated a semester of school for me, so I had to settle for the double-major of Social Studies Secondary Ed/History & minor of Philosophy, losing the Coaching Minor & Creative Writing minor I wanted to add to my original goal of a Triple Major. I think I'm tired just thinking about all that

But I still love writing. And yes, I know sentences don't begin with "but" or "and." This is my blog though, not a term paper, so I'll write the same way my thoughts go, rather than following what the English books say is the proper way to form a sentence. I already took my ACTs & scored extemely high on the two sections about English & writing, so I have nothing further to prove. Now I can just write for me.

About 2 1/2 years ago, I got a concussion, giving me between 6 & 10 concussions, by my best attempt at a count, not to mention a few hundred sub-concussive head hits on the metal bar from my lofted bed my sophomore year of college. This concussion was different than the rest though. This messed up my brain cognitively, and while there have been improvements, it's still messed up. I used to read a book a day while on vacation. Now I read a book total in 2 weeks of vacation. I used to read 1-5 books a month at home. Now I have read 2 books in the past year. Writing is much more difficult as well. It takes a lot out of me to write simple things like this, which used to happen with ease. I have suddenly developed new spelling issues, and find myself writing the wrong versions of "you're" & "your" or writing a word that is similar to what I meant to write, yet isn't at all the correct word (taught instead of thought is one example). I know what is correct if I proofread it, but the wires are somehow messed up inside my brain now. Yet, I still love to write. The writing perfectionist in me has kept me from creating many blot posts, because I never feel like they are good enough. I'm going to overcome that now.

I am going to do my best to write 10 minutes a day for this blog, whether or not anyone else reads it. There are some days when my still healing brain won't allow that, but on most days, if I properly ration my cognitive endeavors, I should be able to write for 10 minutes. Who knows what I'll write about, and if it will be any good, but I want to do it, even if just to remind myself that I still enjoy writing, and that someday, when my brain is all healed, I want to make sure I write as much and as often as possible.

Today surpassed 10 minutes, but I will sleep soon to let my head gets some rest. My brain works much better when I don't have to analyze things or figure things out. Just spitting out words like this is much easier than even answering a simple question about how my head is going these days. However, I didn't say much of anything in this post, but the point is that I wrote something, and that means at this moment, no matter how many things I feel like I've failed to accomplish since the brain injury, I have successfully achieved one goal today, and that means more to me than I could ever express with written words.