Well, here goes...

What is the motivation for this blog?
There are a lot of reasons for starting this blog. I think the most basic and most selfish is just to write the things that are in my head. I write a lot and I think a lot and most of it goes in emails to my friends. I think that they enjoy my emails but sometimes I feel that they are too personal - mostly inner reflections - and can occassionally be too heavy even for the best of friends.

Next question, if they are too heavy and self-indulgent for friends why post them on a blog? I guess the idea is that I feel the need to tell someone my thoughts, just writing them in a journal is not releasing them. Perhaps putting them out there, even if this blog is not visited by another person, will make me feel like someone is listening.

What is the focus of this blog, the direction? I don't know. I think that they will be eccelectic entries. Sometimes, there will be music listings, links to interesting stuff, but some days it will just be junk in my head. I have another blog but it is very focused in its purpose. (It is a resource for non-Brits in London. Mostly from an American perspective.)

Why now? The leap came out of a culmination of things. I have a lot of heavy emotional items to work on and I think this might help. The other thing is that I recently read, Microserfs by Douglas Coupland and Just a Geek by Wil Wheaton. They both pose questions about different versions of ourselves being put out on the internet and debate the pros and cons around it. It inspired me to put myself out there.

Anyway, I think this might be an interesting blog. I hope anyway. Sometimes it will be lighthearted and funny, Sometimes it will be a bit sad, and Sometimes it might be a little slow. It is just the mix of me, I guess. If you happen to read it, I hope you enjoy what you read.

Thanks,
Heidi