contribution post - the absurb bird...also known as jillian

Soooo it is now time to introduce you to my other contributor. Along with Michael Doxey sharing Glitter Bombed with us every week, I will be having Jillian of The Absurd Bird. She will be sharing all of her life and wisdom with you every other week and you will like it.

Hello Shiny Paper lovers!!

I am Jillian, The Absurd Bird. I was asked so kindly by "That Jordan Girl" to be a regular contributor to her blog. I was totally jazzed that she thinks I am so great, I still don't know why, but I decided to roll with it.



I figure that the best way to introduce myself is with a few fun facts about me...

I am 30 years old. I have been married for almost two years to one of the funniest men on the planet. He is the best thing that has ever happened to me and I am a very lucky girl to have him. We have a beautiful 10 month old son who is the light of my life (oh my... I even scared myself with how cliche that sounds). We have a cute little house and a cute little dog and we rightly think that we are pretty cute ourselves.

The name for my blog came out of a 30 minute discussion with my husband. I just wanted it to be short, catchy and to be about me. I just kept telling him "I am just a weird girl. What is another way to say 'the weird girl'?", and then I said it and the rest is recent history.



I have weird eating habits. I like to eat my burgers around the outside first and eat the middle last. I also like to eat the filling out of burritos first and then eat the tortilla last. I like to eat those things last because they are my favorite parts. I figure that if I ever wanted to go on a diet, I could just omit the things I eat first and skip to my favorite parts. Most things I do have some sort of system to them even if it doesn't make sense to other people. My husband understands them... I have no idea how, but he does. We both are in love with each other's little absurdities, which I firmly believe is the only way to truly love someone.

My inner monologue sometimes has a British accent because I am addicted to Jane Austen and all the movies of her books. Insults sound so much better in late 18th century Britain. At least they do in my head... I worry a lot about things that never happen, but when I tell myself not to worry about them because they don't happen, a little voice in my head says that they will happen if I don't worry. Talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place.



So this is a little about me and there is plenty more on my blog here. Thanks so much to Jordan! I hope that I don't disappoint your readers! I think this journey will be a fun one... or at least weirdly entertaining, right?