sun in an empty room

Classes begin on Monday and typically I, as expected, am utterly unprepared. I still have yet to pay my fees, confirm disbursement of my loan, purchase books, organise my schedule, etc. It is times like this when I appreciate Australia's slipshod casual approach to life. Back home I would probably be facing exorbitant late payment fees while risking deregistration from all my classes. Here no such worries exist. At least not at the moment.

Is negligence ideal? I think so. At least at the moment...

Beginnings

The inspiration for this blog stems from a seemingly unlikely source but, as the human experience reveals, life occasionally calls for the most improbable (predictable?) circumstances. And while an ascribed inspiration can be clearly identified, a straightforward purpose for this blog, admittedly, has yet to be determined.

So please patiently bear with me as I struggle to define this blog.

I am not all that familiar with blogs, though perhaps I should be as a media person. Its just that I am really only acquainted with the news oriented stuff--I follow several blogs that reflect on current events and such. I have considered maintaining a news blog myself but frankly I am just not interested. I would rather just relay or read the news and privately collect my thoughts. Actually, I am just lazy.

Aside from news, other genres of blogging typically have a theme of some sort I assume?

Several years ago I kept a Xanga, but I am not sure if that was really a blog. It was more a journal I suppose. Are blogs and journals synonymous? Anyway, in reflection of my entries on there, I rediscovered the wallowing, indulgent, and brazenly self-absorbed ramblings right where I left them before abandoning them in cyberspace. It was reminiscent of my younger self.

While I have no desire to revisit that charming period of my life, I realise that there was something valuable in the wallowing and indulgence. It truly was an absorption of myself. And is there anything wrong with that? I am not just too lazy to keep a news blog---I want to write about myself instead.

Hence I have decided that this blog will just be whatever the hell I want it to be. Stayed tuned I guess?