So titles are sort of mandatory?

I have been putting this blog post off for at least a couple of months because I hate trying to sum myself up. It’s not like I’m this super amazing entity whose super-power is being impossible to describe. There are just so many other things to talk about, but I’ve come to the conclusion that if I would ever like to address anything else I have to cover the subject of myself first. Or that’s at least how Josh feels.

I can find merit in almost anything. Honestly. As a result I take a lot of really ridiculous things far too seriously. If you get me on a subject I can, and most likely will, ramble on about it until you feel something akin to brain freeze, or so I’ve been told. Wow I’m not really doing a good job selling myself here, let’s start over:

Hey internet! It’s Katrina! I kick ass! I am at least as cool as you are, future loyal reader, if not far cooler. I am constantly having an amazing time, hanging out with a crowd populated by only the hippest people in the—

Oh who am I kidding? If I’m not working, I’m generally at home hitting the Stumble button until I go to bed. I’m not a hermit, but going out is just so taxing. I guess that’s another thing you know about me: I’m ridiculously introverted. Despite what I said about StumbleUpon like five seconds ago, I am pretty good at entertaining myself. My brain (and I say that because I feel no real control over this process) takes just about everything to a ridiculous place. I guess that’s why I want to get this post out of the way so bad. I have all of these outrageous thoughts and I’m tired of keeping them to myself.

Bring It On

I'm sexy, I'm cute! I'm popular to boot!
I'm bitchin' , great hair! The boys all love to stare!
I'm wanted, I'm hot! I'm everything your not!
I'm pretty, I'm cool! I dominate the school!
Who am I? Just guess! Guys wanna touch my chest!
I'm rockin'! I smile! And many think I'm vile.
I'm flyin', I jump! You can look but don't you hump! Whoo!
I'm major, I roar! I swear I'm not a whore!
We cheer and we lead! *clapclap*
We act like we're on speed! *clapclap*
You hate us cause we're beautiful well we don't like you either!
We're cheerleaders! We are cheerleaders! Roll Call!

Hi! I'm Josh. Joshua to my enemies, Joshie to my friends, Kaeden to some other friends that I only really talked to for like a month when Katrina and I were trying to be different people than the people we are, which led to a lot of confusion and ambiguous weirdness and sex but I digress.This is my introductory post. Katrina says I have to post mine before she'll post hers.

If I were secretly-insecure, pompous, or I wanted you to like me, I would say that I never know what to say in these things, and that I don't like to talk about myself. Those words would be lies. The fact of the matter is that I love to talk about myself, find it hard to stop sometimes, and will spend most of my spare time thinking about what I would say in response to various questions about myself, my attitudes and the life I lead. I promise to limit myself though. Most of what makes me myself you'll probably learn through the course of this blog, and everything else is unimportant.

The most important parts of me can be summed up into 3 key points.

1: I'm 26. This is important because I've crossed the quarter-century mark, which means that I'm not a girl, not yet a woman. Wait ... That's not right. I'm not very old at all, but I've accomplished plenty and squeezed a lot into these 26 years. The one downside is that I'm pretty much on my deathbed in gay years. Which brings me to important note 2.

2: I'm gay. Well, that's the simple word. Really, I fall in love with people based on their personalities, souls, cute butts and adorability. Genitals don't really play into the equation. Strangely, aside from a couple girlfriends, boys seem to be the best bet for my personality type. So, to make things easier, I just say I'm gay. It keeps people from paying too much attention to my love life.

3: I live for music. Period. It is my life-force. Music is the blood in my veins and the words that get caught in my larynx. They fill me up with purpose and direction. The way to my heart is through song and flattery. The way to convince me of your worth is to quote obscure lyrics. A common game of mine is for friends and I to try and trip each other up on facebook by guessing the titles associated with obscure lyrics.

So, that's me.

The Tiny Hat Parade: Episode IV: A New Hope

It is a period of civil unrest. A gay man named Joshua, wearing fanciful scarves in an undisclosed city called Papillion, has won his first two-person dwelling with the mysterious Madame Katrina. During the relocation, Joshua suggested the establishment of a blog intended to communicate secret plans at world-domination using the Empire's ultimate weapon, the TINY HAT, a magnificent exercise in fantastical frivolity with the power to destroy naysayers. Pursued by Katrina's sinister plots to live a life of fabulousness, the Tiny Hat Parade establishes facebook, twitter, blogspot and email accounts. This is our mission, to save our people and restore freedom to the galaxy ....

Copyright infringement FTW? Well, here we are, another new blog inserted delicately into the blogsphere. If by delicately you mean without bells and whistles, and by blogsphere you mean the collective rectum, then you would be correct in your assumptions. I would like to say that the plans for our blog are lofty. I would like to say that this was a last-minute decision that we decided upon last night and set up in just a few short moments. In fact, this is nearly four months in the making. it all began with a Masquerade Party back in May, and has slowly developed into jesting comments, unwritten introduction posts, an empty twitter account and constant badgering to blog already.

So, without too much adieu, I present Five Ws!

Who (we are): We are Joshua and Katrina. We are a pair of 20-somethings with a penchant for the extreme, and leaning towards bitchiness, and an ardent appreciation for music that borders on insanity and frankly crosses that line from time to time.

What (this is for): This is an exercise in communication. Our lives are, in short, ridiculous. Full of unwitting adventures, observations of the unique or bizarre, and sometimes overwhelming. We figure it is our responsibility to share the outrageous aspects of our lives for your education, entertainment and amusement.

When (we'll be posting): For now we plan on posting whenever the universe deems it appropriate. If you would like a more regular posting schedule, you might want to weigh in on the poll to the right-hand side of the screen.

Why (the hell we're doing this): We get bored.

Where (we is): We live, love, and adventure in the Omaha Metro Area of Nebraska. Specifically, we live in Papillion, Nebraska, and have jobs in both Papillion and Omaha. We're midwesterners without a midwestern mentality.

That said, expect an introductory post from both Josh and Katrina in the near-future. Peace homies!