Ladies, gentlemen and undefined humanoids, may I present to you… a brand new weblog! Welcome, welcome everyone. No, really, you can stop applauding, please.
Nah! Who am I kidding? But in the best of worlds there is the possibility that this blog will have at least a couple of readers, so I might as well introduce myself while I’m about it.
You can call me Winterdragon. No, that’s way too silly to be my real name, but real names are irrelevant here, so Winterdragon is the alias you will know me by. I am an astronomy student currently living in Lund, Sweden. I am swedish and have been so all my life, so why being pretentious and writing in English? Short answer: Well, because I feel like it. Slightly longer analysis: Because I read and listen to a lot of English, it often becomes my spontaneous choice of language when expressing myself. Plus, more people will have the chance to understand what I write here, should they want to. I might occasionally feel like writing in Swedish, so please bear with me for my linguistic incoherence.
What kind of person am I, then? Hopefully that will become apparent through my writings, but some background information might be in order. I am curious about a lot of things, sometimes maybe too much so for my own good. I enjoy literature in most forms, being absorbed by a book is something that happens for hours every day, especially when I have something important to do. Not too good for my self-discipline, but therapeutic in other ways I keep telling myself. I mostly read fantasy, horror, science, history and some science fiction, but I am more fond of books than genres.
Same goes for music. I agree with Nietzche that “without music, life would be a mistake.” I listen to music a lot, with such a wide range of genres that I won’t even bother namedropping. Later, maybe my taste will become evident. I play cello in an orchestra, and a bit of flute and classical guitar at home when nobody’s looking.
I do not always sit still and pretend to be intellectual. I have a passion for swords and martial arts, preferably medieval european. I’ve laid down my longsword for the past year due to illness and lack of time, but I plan on getting started again before long.
That’s enough about me and my strange interests for now. A few words on the heart of the matter would be appropriate before finishing though: why am I writing this weblog? Well, mostly for my own sake, I must confess. I am not entirely sure about why I feel the urge to do so on the internet, but probably it has something to do with the fact that I am a human being, and as such a herd animal, i.e. not entirely antisocial. I am better at expressing myself when writing than verbally (maybe because I enjoy writing quite a lot while verbal communication is a bitch, especially in crowds), and by throwing out some thoughts like this through the internet maybe even I with all my social incompetence and fears might get some contact with people. That sounded worse than it is, but there is some truth to it, alright. I do not expect great publicity with this blog, but feel free to read it if you want, and please comment as much as you like.
With this, I bid you farewell for now, dear reader.
Winterdragon
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