A Blank Sheet of Paper

*Updated 10 January 2009

Hello, everyone. This post is, for most of you, your first exposure to my blog. I've had this blog for quite some time now, and have captured a few readers, but today I am starting anew. I have cleaned house, deleted all the old posts, and have stretched out before me a metaphorical, digitized version of a blank sheet of paper. You know the kind: heavier than loose-leaf, lighter than cardstock, cream-colored sheet of paper. The kind that represents new beginnings, new possibilities, an erasing of the past and a bright outlook of the future.

As for what I will fill up this sheet of paper with, that is a tough question to answer. To be honest, I'm not quite sure. It would be easy to make up an arty-sounding excuse such as "I don't want to limit my creative outlets," or "no premise I might express can limit my free spirit," but the reality is simply that I do not yet have a clear idea of what topics I will write on in this blog.

If I had to guess, I suppose I will write about whatever things come to mind that I think are relevant to you. Hm, "relevant." I never really liked that word to be honest. It's so cliché, always thrown in by some professor or salesman trying to sell you on something using the same old speech that's been used a thousand other times on a thousand other individuals, as if the person had any earthly clue what was truly relevant to you anyway. But it seems that really is the best choice of words here. I'm a journalist and student, living in the middle of one of the largest countries in the world, and this blog will be serving as my published outlook on everything.

If I find something that interests me, I will assume it may interest you as well. If I find something that I like, I'll assume you might too. And if I should happen to find something that outrages me, I'll just have to conclude that some of you may be outraged also.

So, my readers old and new, thank you for taking the time to stop by my blog. I hope you enjoy your stay. Do write me and tell me what you think at jordan.nelson@okstate.edu and if you have anything relevant you'd like me to speak about, do include that as well!

Cheers,
Jordan Nelson