Let me introduce myself...if I can!

Now, before I introduce myself I should just like to point out that I am utterly hopeless at introductions, so you must be prepared for a barrage of clichéd cheesiness and general pointless rambling about stuff you probably already know about...in the introduction, I mean...not the blog itself (although no doubt it will descend into that sort of thing before too long).

The main reason for this is that, although the majority of you will have been ushered here by me in the vain hope that if you really are a friend you may find it of some interest, I harbour the thought that my humble words could perhaps reach some random person just browsing the internet who may actually find them entertaining enough to waste a few minutes reading.

This is part of the reason why I wanted to start writing my blog here on Blogger instead of continuing to post sporadic entries on MySpace - there is scope for reaching a much wider audience as the readers are not limited to people on my friend list - who these days visit the site on an increasingly infrequent basis. I myself have 'jumped ship' from MySpace to rival networking site Facebook over the past year and as a result visit the former only in periods of intense boredom, or to read my sister's blog which is hosted there. It therefore seems illogical to continue to churn out blog entries which will only realistically be read by one or two people.

The other main reason for starting a clean slate is that my old MySpace blog tended to concentrate only on events taking place in my life at the time, usually with little or no mention of my own thoughts and feelings surrounding these events. OK, so these types of blogs may have been interesting to close friends but for anyone else the boredom would have probably set in very quickly. I became tied up in feeling that I had to constantly relay everything that had been going on in my world, meaning that I was far less inclined to write anything at all. As a result, blogs became less frequent and therefore lengthier, with large, off-putting walls of text offering little in the way of entertainment.

The idea behind this blog is, therefore, that I will be able to write regularly about things that have been of interest to me and are worth sharing with an online audience of both friends and general internet users. This doesn't mean I won't ever be talking about things that have been going on in my life, it just means that I will be more selective in what I choose to write about. I also want to express more emotion on these pages than I have in the past. Those of you who know me will realise that I am usually quite unflappable, so don't expect a pouring out my soul or writing about major life crises every other day, but when I do feel like sharing my thoughts and feelings then I hope to be able to do so.

And although this blog will naturally centre around things concerning me, myself and I, one of my aims is to delve into issues of the wider world and cast my opinions on things which are known to more than just the people around me. A steady mix of personal and public knowledge will, I hope, provide me with enough material to keep the blog regular, relevant and, above all, readable...

...although having got this far you are probably thinking that I have failed in that last point already! Fear not, for the tedium is nearly at an end. All that's left to do is...

...introduce myself! (See? Told you I was rubbish at introductions - I have managed to ramble on for half a page without ever having mentioned my name!)

So I'd better say a few things about myself...let's make it easy and say ten things, otherwise I would probably go on all night and I have to get up early tomorrow...

1. My name is Dominic, although most people call me Dom.
2. I am British - that is, I am from the UK - and I live in Hampshire
3. I live with my Mum, Dad and sister...oh and Clara, our cat
4. I am currently a student (which may give you an idea of my age)
5. I am a Christian. It's awesome, and don't let it scare you!
6. I am mildly addicted to my laptop (if you can you be mildly addicted)
7. I enjoy making videos - despite continual movie maker crashes
8. I play badminton and table tennis, albeit not very well
9. My favourite two bands are Keane and Coldplay
10. I would like to become a teacher after university

So, there you are - 10 facts most of you probably already knew and didn't want to hear again. Oh well...laterally thinking there's at least 10 future blog posts there for if I'm ever stuck for something to write about. (I'm not actively trying to bore you all, honest!)

Anyway, I think I will wrap this up for now as I've broken all my own rules in this opening post and it has already dragged on for far too long. I sincerely hope that you are not put off by its unrelenting tediousness and will return over the next few months to see how I've been getting on - hopefully with some sort of entertaining twist.

Oh and by the way, if you are wondering about the origins of the blog title and baffled by the description below then be sure to check back next time when all will be revealed!

Farewell for now...