The beginning of the beginning...

Ah, my first blog. I'm so excited to begin blogging. I am officially now a blogger. Blog-gone-it this is fun! Blog, blog, blog...

How does one begin their first flirtation with sharing his life's itinerary and expressing his views and opinions with a vast and uncalculated public? It is no easy task. I almost feel obliged to catch up the online literary world with what's happened to me thus far in my 22 years. It doesn't seem fair to just plunge into who I am and what I'm doing without providing some context and backstory. But alas, I am lazy and don't have enough faith that the 22 year history of a complete stranger would be interesting enought to wade through. I guess I'll just have to address my target audience of people who already care about me and my whereabouts and simply ignore the rest of you.

As I am about to embark upon the longest and most awesome experience of my post-college, pre-career existence, I invite you to join me. No, you can't have my extra bag of airline peanuts and I most certainly will not allow you to stowaway in my suitcase, but please, check-in with my blog now and again to see how I'm doing and maybe catch a glimpse of some pics I take along the way. Oh, and the information can flow both ways. Comment on posts and feel free to email me and let me know what's happening in your neck of the woods.

So those are the basics of how this is supposed to work. Whether that happens or not depends on whether you read the crap I post up here. Hope it all goes according to plan...

--- dek