Introductions First

First posts are always really awkward. Do you introduce yourself or jump right in? Do you provide all sorts of information or allow it to occur naturally?

I think in the case of a semi-anonymous blog out there in the world, I'll opt for a process of discovery, meaning that my preferences and personality characteristics will come out naturally as the blog continues (after all - the topics about which someone blogs will kind of reveal who that person is, right?)

In any case, I'd prefer to use this as a quick welcome and say that I hope to use the blog as a means to discuss issues in entertainment and education that I don't always have to opportunity to riff on during an average day. For the foreseeable future, I'll probably include my thoughts as I develop my Summer film course on Cult Works (sample internal dialogue: should I include television AND movies?) as well as my upcoming PhD stint, of which I'm freaked (I haven't been in a classroom as a student in almost two years).

And with that...we're off!