Resolutions and Frankensteins.

Hello!
Welcome to my blog. Or, as I like to call it, my very first social experiment. And now that I have successfully made the impression of reducing your status to that of a lab rat, let me try to reiterate what the purpose of this blog is.

I have always been into writing stuff. Ever since elementary school I was set on becoming a writer. With an imagination that would on some nights keep me awake for hours (and still does), I had to channel that activity somewhere. And although my fictitious writings have entered into a state of perpetual writer's block, I felt that I could maybe chug out smaller writings at a faster paste - hence, the blog.

The actual impetus for writing a blog didn't come until on New Year's Eve, 2014. Now, I haven't been in the habit of making New Year's resolutions. Although I appreciate the sentiment, I think it's mostly just that - a sentiment. But this year was somehow different. So many things had happened both in my life and around me in the past couple of years, that I felt like I had rapidly changed into something and someone different. And, for some reason, the thought occurred to me that now would be a good time to write a blog.

Now, to clarify, this blog is not going to be a review of my life (though attention hogging may play a major minor role in this). Instead, what I hope to achieve with this, at best, is to share my thoughts on a range of subjects, and then start a conversation on said topics. With this I will (hopefully) learn something and then MY EXPERIMENT WILL BE A SUCCESS! MWHAHA!!!

Yes, this is what I'm doing right now. Nbd.

Anyhoo, I will be covering subjects including, but not limited to, education (what I should know stuff about...*ahem*), politics (which I admit knowing next to nothing about), sexuality (which is interesting because, duh), and...drum roll... religion (which I will be majoring in probably when I'm 45). I may write stuff regarding pop culture and other things from time to time. Basically I'm just going to do what feels good - let's keep this informal, shall we?

When I told my roommate about this idea, his response was, 'You should write topics that would tie all those together, something like "God is gay and that's why we should allow immigrants.'" While that does sound like an awesome topic, my agenda is not to provoke anyone, but to invite you to share your own thoughts on my ideas for everyone's mutual benefit. But if you choose to be offended no matter what, I can't help you with that.

So I urge you to join this conversation and share your thoughts. Whether you disagree or agree is not the point. Whether you can voice your opinions in a constructive, logical and non-hurtful way is the point, as that is what I'll aim to do with my own thoughts.

So, on to the first question: Is God gay and therefore we should allow immigrants? Just kidding. But more's on the way, so stay tuned!

P.S. Omaa taustaani huomioiden aion kirjoittaa jonkin verran myös suomeksi, vaikka koen englannin olevan lähempänä sydäntäni näissä asioissa. Mutta ei hätää, Suomen kansa - kyllä tekin pääsette tähänkin keskusteluun osallistumaan.