Well, here it is. My very own blog. Or, at least it will be. At the moment it's nothing but a few text boxes with stock text and some images that Google thought appropriate for a homepage. I'll get on to changing those soon. With any luck at all, by the time you read this you'll have no idea what I'm talking about. However, if you do, then I apologize.
If you've come across this site, then I feel I should tell you that you'll be reading whatever happens to be on my mind at the moment of writing. No, this isn't some poor excuse for a diary of any sort, so don't worry about that. I'm just using it as a place to say exactly what I'd like to say, about whatever it is that I want to talk about. Again, this does NOT constitute a diary. I am a man, and therefore this may be referred to only as either a journal or a blog. Perhaps even a website, but that's such a bland, boring term.
Well, on to the point of writing. Yes, that seems like a good first topic. Unless you count the other two paragraphs as the first topic(s) in which case this will be the second (or third) topic. I won't keep count, so it doesn't matter. However, I may later decide to in fact keep count, at which point we can debate over the number of topics that have or have not emerged and the order in which they have (or haven't) done so.
Now, as I had attempted above, we'll move on to the point of writing. Writing things down, you see, can be a great way to remember things. Be it topics, ideas, opinions, groceries...whatever it is that you feel is pen-worthy. On the contrary, I also believe that writing is an absolutely wonderful way to forget things. Honestly, how many times do we repeat something in our minds -with the intent of writing it down the second we have our hands on pen and paper- only to forget what it is immediately after having done so?
Don't you for a second think that this is directed at older people. That would be incorrect, and a false interpretation of my thoughts, which is what this is all about, after all. No, I myself am only 20 years of age and couldn't possibly count the number of times I've written something down only to immediately look back at the paper to see what it is that I had written. So, the previous thought was clearly directed at people of all ages, races, genders, and other forms of meaningful(?) classification.
I'm glad I was able to clear that up. After all, an important aspect of writing is being able to say exactly what you mean, while making sure to do so as clearly as possible. A great story isn't very good at all if you've no idea what the author meant when he told it. But then again, neither is a terrible story very bad if you draw incorrect conclusions from it. Wouldn't it be a shame to go about repeating an awful story to your friends, only because you hadn't realized how boring or dreary it was?
I thought you might agree. If you don't, read the above paragraph again. Repeat as needed. I really hope you're catching on by now, otherwise I may have to go and come up with something that has a point to it. Whether or not it will be a good point will be up to you to decide. Either way, I'll just make another post to explain it later on, after you've had quite enough time to read it, digest it, and formulate some sort of an idea as to what you think the story meant. At that point, my explanation will either confirm your idea or shatter it entirely. Don't worry though, there'll be plenty of other posts later on for you to try your hand at again.
Here we are now: The Conclusion. If you've made it this far, congratulations! You and I just may have a future together, if we're willing to put the work in. I promise I'll do my absolute best to post my thoughts on anything and everything that comes to mind, and in return you'll read maybe one or two posts a week, just to see what sort of person I may be. After a while, you may be comfortable enough to read one or two posts a day. At that point, we'll practically be friends. Please remember, though, that I will never intentionally post anything that even resembles racism, sexism, or any other -isms that can potentially offend people.
With that said, I'll also remind you that to the extent of my knowledge, I am human, and therefore may accidentally cross the line at some point, or at the very least get close enough to it for someone to gripe. Which is absolutely fine. If you feel offended by what I've said, let me know in a friendly, good-natured manner and I'll be sure to remove the offending content and replace it with something much nicer and family-oriented.
Again, congratulations and I thank you for making it through my first post. I hope that this has somehow piqued your interest and you continue to return and read more of them. Cheers!
