I’ve always been interested in culture. Pop culture, historical studies of culture… it’s so interesting. I mean, just ten years ago, North American culture was obsessed with boy bands. Now we’re obsessed with reality TV (although that is finally starting to go away, thank God!) among other things. I just think it’s so neat.

One of the things that has really been bothering me lately is people’s perceptions of me. Mostly to the slant that I really have no clue what that is anymore. I hope that people like me, but since a rather large argument with a not-so-great friend I’ve stopped caring so much what people think. I’ve learned that you just can’t live your life trying to please people. Obviously, I might try harder to please people that I value as friends, but that’s a mutual thing in the best cases.

What I’m getting at is that I’d like to start writing more about the inner workings of myself on here, maybe shed some light on the “culture of me”. What makes me tick, what makes me happy, sad, and all of that. I’m sure it’s not so much fun to hear me give a lifeless update on school, when really, that doesn’t do you any more good than learning what I ate for breakfast. Certainly isn’t any more interesting. I didn’t want to have a blog like that and I’m sorry that it came down to it. From now on, it’s going to get more personal. Of course, it’s not going to end up like “oh man, me and Mike had this huge fight and I’m so mad..“; those things are uber personal and not to be shared. (Parental fights, however, are still fair game.)

So, inner workings… go!