Introductions are in order, I believe.
I am an individual living in the not-so-tiny island of Australia. This is not my first webblog and I don’t believe it will be my last either. But perhaps it will be my first attempt at serious blogging. Serious blogging can be defined as (in my dictionary anyway) blogging that does not consist of either of the following:
* random and endless snapshots of one’s head and face (or any other parts of one’s body)
* detailed rantings of why the girlfriend/boyfriend failed to call last night or why they failed to do anything for that matter
* emotional writing
I’m human, of course. So if I let loose an emotional tear now and then, please refrain from sending angry letters.
I am an amateur writer. Ok, ok I confess! I’m merely a wannabe writer. Is that so wrong? I need somewhere to freely (and creatively?) express myself. Long have I been tainted and tarnished by the world of social network sites such as xanga and myspace. Don’t get me wrong, they have their place in this vast world of cyberspace. One does need a place to vent and be emotional sometimes when the world just gets too much. Hang on, do we really? Hmm…
Moving along, I’m in search of a higher experience. One that challenges me as a writer and one that provides me with the space to experiment. Ok, so you’re thinking ‘what the heck? It’s just a goddamn blog!’
Ahh but that’s where you’re wrong, my friends. It’s not just a blog. It’s so much more than that. It’s a place where I can…it’s where we…I…its where…Ok! Ok! It’s just a blog, I admit it! But hopefully, it’s a place where I can learn to improve my writing and learn to sever myself from the inherent cyber language that shrouds the world wide web.
No more shall words (are they even really words?) such as lol, or cya or even the good ol’ hahaha be allowed to reside within the confines of my vocabulary. Well, at least not on this weblog anyway. Unless of course, the occasion warrants such extreme abuse of the English language. And maybe except for the occasional hahaha. I quite like that word.
Thus, introductions and salutations have been appropriately made. I hope. Let us take a positive step towards better writing! (take the damn step, will ya?(No! I used a forbidden word. Damn. Can parentheses be used within another parentheses? Hmm.))
To better writing!
Update: After my first post, I received two encouraging comments from fellow bloggers. Fancy that! On my very first day blogging. So thanks guys!
Hello. I found you through NaBloPoMo. I look forward to reading more of your serious blog. (I always use brackets inside of parenthesis, by the way.)
Found you on the Randomizer – good luck with getting your blog off the ground!!
Good luck to you! A few of my friends had blogs before I started mine. I always wondered what the draw to blogging was. Now, I find it to be rather rewarding.