Hoping this isn't just my mom reading this...

So, I decided to join the 21st century today, and create a weblog. Not because I have anything terribly important to say, or that I have some great insight into the world, or even that I think my personal opinion is worth more of your time than anything else that is competing for your attention. I have just, in recent months especially, been faced with the fact that I have an increasing number of people whom I have snagged into becoming interested in my life, and these people (you!) are becoming increasingly geographically spread apart.

Since personal visits are a cost prohibitive (yet the decidedly more fun way) for keeping people in the loop, and personal handwritten letters can also be a real bother (having to get personal addresses, having to buy stamps, having to figure out how to mail things to other continents, forcing people to read my handwriting...), my only option seems to be to use the inter-web-net-thing and write a blog.

So, here it goes. Maybe no one will read this or maybe it'll just be my grandparents (yes they are that cool), but I figure I will post anyway. Atleast, I'll be able to, with a clear conscious, every night know be able to fall asleep confident in the fact that people can check up on me every couple of days and make sure I am still alive.