you were saying...?

Ok, so it's been a almost a year *sheepish grin*...by the way, it's been an extremely eventful year. For one, I got in to Law School (it's still hard to believe) and am two trimesters into college life. Partly responsible for my lack of writing in this space is the fact that there's been a large amount of it required at college. Every course (yes, all 60 of them) demands a project (or "research paper" as we like to call it when we want to feel just a little more scholarly) of around 5000 words. If you ask me, it's the best part of the course - not only the opportunity to learn but also the opportunity to create. Imagine, all you are given is a word or phrase (a.k.a., your new, shiny project topic) and yet what comes out of that word is seething hate over 'Blood Diamonds' or surprising philosophy about 'Virtual Communities' or even 5000 words of absolute nonsense regarding wheat trade between the US and Canada (but 5000 words all the same). It's amazing what's in a word. Don't get me wrong, squeezing out 5000 words can be an EXTREMELY painful process but I'm sure even the skeptics love feeling the weight and thickness of a finished "research paper" in their hands.

It's what we all yearn for at the end of the day - a voice. It's why we create blogs. It's tough when voices aren't heard, the same way it's aggravating when I know that my Prof hasn't read a word of my paper. But sometimes I think it's good enough that YOU have heard your own voice. What I mean is, Life can sometimes seem so pointlessly mechanical that it's nice to know that there's SOMETHING that makes you want to speak up.

By the way...I created a blog

Yes so the deed has finally been done. Actually it was done more than a week ago - the creation part that is. I've been surprised at how daunting posting on a blog can be. You see my plan was to create my own space on the internet - somewhere for me to crystallise the concoction of thoughts in my head (see I'm sounding poetic already!) and 'just be me'. Now the 'just be me' part has actually been quite difficult because what if 'me' is quite unimpressive and, quite frankly, boring? So for the past week I've been trying to come up with something so original, so thought provokingly simple, so Nobel-prize-winnable...that (much like my blog page) my mind was just a complete blank. I finally concluded that nothing could be more unimpressive and boring than a blank blog and, therefore, (voila!) you have my very first post.

I must say, it's turned out to be quite good and has set things in motion so expect to be hearing from me shortly.

Oh yes, I meant to explain why I chose 'By the Way' for my title. Well firstly it happens to be one inane phrase (from a long list of inane phrases) that I use all too often, not to mention the name of a brilliant song by the best band in the world -RHCP. But I've also found that many a revelation is discovered 'by the way', when you're busy looking for something else. I'm hoping that I'll make such revelations about myself and the rest of the world through this blog...and I have a feeling most of it is going to be 'by the way'.