Beginning

Well, Internet, I have to admit that I am a blog snob. I've long been skeptical of the idea that everyone's diary entries need to take up space on the Web. However, seeing as I am required to create a blog for my Intro to Digital Storytelling course, and as more and more media conversion to the digital world compels me to become comfortable forming and voicing unique opinions via Internet, I've been working on reconstructing that particularly cynical view into one that recognizes blogging to be an expressive outlet as well as a way to spread information and ideas easily and aesthetically.

My own blog, I've decided, besides discussing elements of my class, will focus on various "snippets of life" I observe, and in this way, I will attempt to promote awareness in both myself and in anyone who happens to read my blog of the subtler, yet equally lovely moments in which I find joy every day. This will tie into my class as I will work to capture photograph-able moments in words or pictures to tell a brief story with each snippet. It will also be my personal compensation for the fact that I have entered the blogosphere as I will seek to articulate simple moments that are widely overlooked in this fast-paced, instant-gratification, technology-driven society. Finally, I hope my snippets will perhaps make someone smile.

Ahhh... I did it. I've written my first blog post.

And to quote King Theoden as he prepares for the madness at the Battle of Helm's Deep...

"So it begins."

:-)