An Introduction

"Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects" ~ Arnold H. Glasgow

Laughter is indeed the greatest medicine and the best that I could prescribe. I am told that I have many laughs, and I am still trying to figure out what this means; obviously the literal meaning is that I can laugh in many ways, depending on a situation, say, but what does it mean? Does it mean that I have no individual laugh that sets me apart? Is it a chink in my armour of identity? Who knows; it is not something I wish to dwell upon for too long.

So this is my very first blog! I expect all those reading this to be wondering why on earth I chose to do such a thing and no longer be a stranger or a virgin to the global sensation of blogging. I have always thought that bloggers were a new form of attention seekers, divulging their secrets to the world or just being plain annoying and moaning to the world about being grounded for the weekend. But I have discovered that it is not so! One can make their blog whatever they want it to be, be it a place to exhibit photos, poems, stories, recipes, opinions or to create an online community of people who hold similar interests. I have to say that I still don't like or enjoy reading the ones full of drivel about their day at work, or those full of complaints about things that they can never be bothered to change, but if I don't like them, I don't have to read them; it's all up to the author.
I do not yet have a full idea of what I intend my blog to be about, but that is something that I don't need to worry about; I'm just going to let it become what it is to become, be it posting photos or pieces of art to which I am inclined to or poems that I enjoy, opinions on people and programmes, or maybe just my ramblings and thoughts on the world. Let's wait and see, shall we?

So there you have it, my first ever blog, however short it is. Do I feel any pride or satisfaction towards it? Not particularly, although I have to admit that I am probably going to go and tell friends and acquaintances about it, which makes me feel rather excited...