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Introduction



Thanks for taking the time to not only visit my humble site but to also read about my vision for it.
Here’s a little bit about me in case we’ve never met.  I’m an undergrad student majoring in Economics and Humanities, and I'm also minoring in Political Science and Business Administration.  Those fields of study probably betray my tendency to think deeply–perhaps too deeply–about everyday things we often take for granted.  When I was young, I was that child who asked “why?” about everything, and I haven't changed much.  I enjoy contemplating the hidden, abstract forces of reality, and I do it a lot.  I also happen to have a short attention span, bouncing from one idea to the next.  Sometimes when I think I’m onto something neat I’ll get distracted and forget what I was thinking about.
And that’s where the idea for a blog started.  Blogs are canvases, and I could use one to spit out some thoughts I’d like to develop.  The publicity of a blog would also motivate me to develop them well, and, if blogging helps, to keep spitting out thoughts.
A few words of explanation before we start.  First, I’m guessing that most of my posts will be more like streams of thought rather than well-crafted essays.  The rough draft will probably be very close to, if not the same as, the final draft.  As a result, any grammarians hopping through here will likely leave with a twitch in their eye, but I've decided I don't mind because this blog is intended to be my thoughts on "paper" rather than a collection of successful standalone essays.  
Second, my writing style.  It probably won’t take long for you to find that my writing is not a beach read.  I’m usually a linear, logical thinker, and my writing tends to follow a similar pattern.  I guess I’m telling you this because A) You’ve now been warned.  B) You should know I’m not being pretentious or trying to impress anybody.  C) Most importantly, I’m not assuming my readers are dumb; I’m assuming my readers are different from me.  If we have different backgrounds and different modes of thought, your connection of A and D won’t be as persuasive to me because I won’t necessarily assume B and C like you would.  Explaining B and C helps me appreciate your thought as a whole.  So, even if B and C make the writing dense, I find explaining them to be worth the time.  If a reader understands where I’m going with a point, I take no offense with him skimming or reading the first and last sentences of paragraphs or something.  (Not that you needed my permission, but at least you know I'm aware of the issue and condone a sensible response.)
Third, "knowlership" is kinda just an inside joke.  If you don't know it, it's not worth explaining here.  
Onto actual writing.

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