This website was born in 2005 as “The View From Here”. It began as something to do because I was bored. I was bored with being divorced at 23, I was bored with changing my major after switching colleges several times, I was bored with moving at least 20 times, I was bored with dating guys for two month increments before realizing I would rather watch grass grow, and I was bored with my clothes…and getting drunk in my clothes…and dancing and spilling drinks in my clothes. So? I started writing.
These days I’m not very bored at all, and perhaps now that I’m not falling off bar stools and making out with men I meet online…perhaps you are bored. For this…I sincerely apologize. But I assure you that, if anything, I am inconsistent…and I can almost guarantee you that I will do something completely inappropriate soon, and instead of trying to justify my actions I will simply say that I did it on purpose… so that you can be entertained.
I changed the name of this website to “Croak” last year in honor of both my big mouth and my grandmother and her big mouth. She is almost eighty years old and says whatever she wants, whenever she wants. She is my inspiration and a Croaker. She has these crazy West Virginian sayings, and one of them is, “Fine as a Frog Hair Split Three Ways”. Before I knew it, I was thinking about bullfrogs and that distinct sound they make and how it sounds like they are pissed off at the pond for being too wet, and I thought, “PERFECT!”
Croak (krohk)
-verb
1. To utter a low-pitched, harsh cry, as the sound of a frog
2. To speak with a low, rasping voice
3. Slang – To die 4. To talk despondingly; to grumble
I sometimes spend time doing number 1 and 2 (Oh, stop it), but mostly I participate in number 4 and will continue to do so until I number 3. This was clearly the most perfect identity for my website. Obviously.
(Header Photo: Taken in Niagara Falls, Canada)
