Beginnings

I've been meaning to do this for awhile now, but I suppose I take these things too seriously. Starting a blog, in my mind, always brings a number of questions that must be considered. What should this blog be about? How often should I post? Should I use my picture in my profile, or use someone who looks smarter? The main question that is being dealt with right now is "when starting a blog, do you begin posting as if you have always done so, or do you provide some kind of introduction?" And it seems to me that I have unintentionally chosen the latter. Therefore, this is an introduction to my blog. It is more for my benefit than for anybody else's seeing as no one knows it is here yet, and if they did there is little to no chance that they would find this particular post interesting. But now that the formalities are out of the way I suppose I can begin to post in the usual fashion.

I'm hoping that this does not become some random account of my day's events that only I will care about. I suppose if something incredible happens to me at some point, for instance if I rescue a kitten from a well or fight off a group of ninjas, I might mention it. These kind of posts are unlikely however for two reasons: a) there aren't many wells in Cincinnati, and 2) everyone knows that ninjas aren't real. No, I'm hoping this blog will become more of a commentary on my life. Not the events so much as the thoughts that surround them. For instance, at the moment I am sitting in front of my computer drinking a bottle of water and listening to Bjork. Currently I don't have any thoughts on bottled water or sitting or even Bjork, so usually I would not be posting right now. However, if I had a discussion of the impact of the Bush administration on modern literature, that might be worth posting. Of course all of this is being done in the hopes that I come to find that I am intelligent and insightful with a sharp wit that makes my thoughts more enjoyable to read than a Cosmo article. (This is an assumption considering I've never read a Cosmo article.) Of course it is possible to discover that I am none of those things. In that case, this won't last long, and I'll go back to storing my thoughts in my head instead of on "the net". And so, hoping that no one reads this first entry, here's to the beginning.

Cheers.