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So this is an experiment. I've never really understood the idea of a blog. Honestly never wanted one until about ten minutes ago. As per my usual self (Magic bullet...) I was all of a sudden consumed with the idea of a blog and all the things it could do. I am sad I didn't have a daily log of my life while I was abroad. I've found myself very busy recently, and maybe this will be a good way to take stock throughout the next couple months and have something to look back on at whatever point I decide to look back. So. We'll see. 

I guess the original idea for this developed after perusing the blogs of some of my friends and acquaintances--past and present. It made me want a way to say things that they would never see but that existed none the less in case they did somehow find it. Why do we write blogs? Is it because we like that the secrecy of the internet allows us to let us say what we "really" think? Do we want people to know all about us without ever really knowing us? Do we want that human connection without the personal investment?  I won't lie, maybe I want people to learn a little more about me...but that's definitely not the point. I'm not really planning on telling anyone about this thought, so I don't know how anyone I know would find it in the first place. I guess I'm just writing what I think and seeing where it goes...