Hello, World.

So after months of good intentions and "I'll do it in the next school holidays"-ing, I've finally set up a blog... only to discover that I have "blogger's block". So I'm just going to write and ramble. Bear with me here.

Once upon a time I was a thirteen year old dressed in back, listening to psuedo-punk, itching the scars on my thighs and moaning through my blog (sardonic.net) about my miserable existance. Quelle cliche! As I grew older and (hopefully) wiser, I left my blog, neglected and derelict, abandoned on the side of the road like a box of old barbies. And like someone who had cruelly abandoned their childhood toys, I felt guilty, though at the same time a sense of freedom. I was no longer a slave to the internet. Thrown in the proverbial box of barbie dolls along with sardonic.net were my multiple accounts at neopets and runescape. At one point I think I even went without email for several months. In fact, even now I find myself having to remind myself to check my emails once a week. And I can't remember the last time I went on msn or myspace or bebo.

During the years 2004-2007, I discovered LIFE. I stopped dressing entirely in black (though a fragment of that heritage remains still), I let my scars heal, I made some friends (though I still only have one or two whom I would count as close) and most importantly I found my own identity and learned (to a point) to like myself. I've learnt to embrace my status as a slightly nerdy neo-hippy, red headed nut who is by no means innocent and by no means grown up though a fair bit more mature than many my age. But I still missed my box of barbie dolls... or more specifically, the blog that I had maintained several years previously.

This year, I kept promising myself that I would get around to creating a blog... nothing special, just a nook of the web where I could write and rant and share a bit of myself with the world. But, in my way stood the formidable opposing team of Work, Homework and Sheer Laziness. Today, to my satisfaction I (sort of, in fact I'm only blogging so that I don't have to face my Psychology assignment) overcame my opposition and created this little blog.

So, World, here I am. A little more grown up, a little more sure of myself and a lot happier. I look forward to our continuing and augmentative relationship and a long, happy and fulfilling life as a blogger.

xx, Magdalena.