The one and only first post!

Geez, blogs are seductive things. There it is, a link at the bottom of an email and being a link you click it to see where it goes...and you find yourself in another world completely different to your own. You start to read it, then keep read it as you become more and more engrossed in the blog entry. The next thing you know, you want to read the next post, and find out more about this place.

Well, it has gotten to the point where I have created my own blog, so I can comment about these other places. I also feel like I'm invading their privacy by just entering these worlds, but never acknowledging my presence. I feel obligated to say

"Hi, pleased to meet you. I felt that I should just let you know that I've been reading your blog and been reading about your deepest, private thoughts despite the fact we have not met. Just thought you should know."

However, you could also argue that by putting your thoughts onto a blog, its anyone's game and that you put it there at your own risk. Therefore anyone can read it. I guess as someone who values her privacy, I feel I should at least inform the person I'm reading about them.

I guess that means now I also now have the opportunity now write about whatever I want, and have my own space. That's seductive in itself. The problem is it kind of contradicts my views on privacy. Well, I guess that's apart of the conditions of a blog. Plus I'm someone who tends to contradict herself anyway *lol*...well I lose arguements because of this.

So, what else can I write in my first post? At the moment I'm listening to "Listen to your heart" by Roxette. Love this song, it would have to be one of the songs that would have to be played at my funeral, or if I don't have one, just play it when you've found out I've left this planet. I'm procrastinating at the moment, as I have a research plan to write. Welcome to the fun world of a PhD, which something I will probably mention more than once in this blog!

Hmmm, its hard to write something when you're trying hard to come up with something interesting and the waffle gods have deserted you, so I guess I shall end this entry with a quote from someone else that always makes me smile, remind me of the small things in life and that anything is possible:

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest complement, or the small act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." - Leo Buscaglia