tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52246708424578583812009-03-20T03:36:04.278-07:00This a teenage blog without: "innit", "sup", "u", "m8" or even "dog". Weird huh?Lance Droyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294640505538227854noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224670842457858381.post-13296279369121294882009-03-18T10:53:00.000-07:002009-03-20T03:31:34.266-07:00Welcome to what is certainly the first and hopefully not the last blog post that I've written in a long time. I originally started this blog as an attempt to intellectualize thoughts that I had on various philosophical subjects. While this remains the case (broadly speaking), I am no longer interested in writing about philosophy. Or indeed in writing anything profound. This blog will now be a medium through which I simply muse. No pontificating (hopefully) and no taking myself too seriously (with any luck).<br /><br />Let's start with motivation. Why do I write? I've no doubt that it is connected to the fact that I'm in education. I don't have any particular "talents" as far as subjects are concerned, so part of the reason I write is so I can have my own niche. Rather than<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"if you can't beat 'em join 'em"</span><br /><br />I prefer<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"If you can't beat 'em, Find something they don't do and get good at it"!</span><br /><br />The obvious advantages that having an interest such as writing presents in terms of college and university prospects make it a compelling hobby. Writing enables me not only to fluster and guess with deceptive elegance (very useful to someone who hates revision/work), but allows me to present myself to colleges as some who "works in his spare time". Also, I suppose the positive effects of writing as a hobby on my English grades go without saying.<br /><br />Finally, writing allows me to take pent-up ideas and thoughts and throw them onto the paper. Even if they are unpublishable, this is usually the case, the simple act of putting keyboard to laptop (to coin a lame phrase) helps me to step back and resolve my thoughts.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So to the great multitude of my readers: (hit count shows current total: 0 ) welcome! May your comments flow galore and may you bask in the glow of my deep wisdom.<br /></div><br />Lance.<br /><br />P.s I haven't written in a good 2/3 months so expect: rustiness; repetition; grammatical error; etc. Never fear though, these things <span style="font-weight: bold;">will</span> improve as I get back into the swing of things!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5224670842457858381-1329627936912129488?l=youngreflection.blogspot.com'/></div>Lance Droyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294640505538227854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224670842457858381.post-49888490078337397772009-03-18T09:51:00.000-07:002009-03-18T09:51:35.078-07:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5224670842457858381-4988849007833739777?l=youngreflection.blogspot.com'/></div>Lance Droyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08294640505538227854noreply@blogger.com0