An introduction

So I'm going to blog. Or at least, that's what I'm telling myself at the moment. For anyone who doesn't know (and if you don't, why are you here?), I am in Paris for a month by myself. It is part of an almost-yearlong series of travels I am doing before turning back into a real (read: responsible) person and going to do my law/mba.

I think that the easiest way to introduce this blog is to explain how I came to decide to do it in the first place. I've never been much of a personal writer - I never kept a diary. But I sure do think a lot and I enjoy expressing myself. After realizing just how much writing I did on the campaign, I decided that I wanted to keep it up. The more you do it, the better you get. Or something like that.

In addition, it seemed like a good way to ensure that I thought about and documented my time here in Paris - and probably my future travels if this little experiment succeeds. It also - obviously - is a good way for anyone interested to keep apprised of my escapades.

Finally, I asked a friend for advice. And he really hit home with me when he said: "i say start the blog if you have stuff you want to say. i've never been much of a diarist and find writing for the sake of writing to be pretty damn painful but when there's something to say...i'm all for it."

So I guess that I have stuff I want to say. I can't promise that it will be on any particular topics nor necessarily in English (though I am realizing that I will need some way to keep up my mother tongue). I can just promise that it will be me, unplugged, live on location.