Jabbering.. Wock ?

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."

-Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll

And that is a better opening than:

Hello World !

And those are my first stumbling words in.. blogland ? blogspace ? blogworld ? blogeria ? what is it called anyway ? (that was the stumble, in case you missed it!)

The other option was 'Fiat Lux', but that would have been rather too melodramatic(even by my standards), and also rather difficult to live up to. Anyway, I'm supposed to be sailing the night. Fiat Lux would be very ironic.
(What's Fiat Lux, you ask me ? Nothing about cars. Or soaps. Or a combination thereof. Go Google it.)

Why blog ?
If you asked me this in person, and if I found you the least bit irritating, I'd just retort "Why not ?" However, I'll rein myself in a bit, and tell you, "Coz I want to. So there."
OK, really... Why blog ?
Because I like to talk about things I like.
Because I like explaining things (whether they need explaining or not is a different argument)
Because I want to share stuff I find interesting.
Because I feel like passing comments and making observations on life and the universe. (OK, and everything, too. I just didn't want it to sound like.. well, if you know, then it still does and if you don't then it doesn't matter)
Because I tend to have many interests. Too many. And because there are so many of these things, these seeds of interest, some grow for a while, some bear fruit, and some die off unattended. So in this place - mixing metaphors with a giant blender - I bookmark seeds. OK, a point of interest. You get it.
Because need a place to put things in. Like the list of things I'm likely to blog about, which will (probably) follow.
And because I want to remind myself of things. Like a diary of sorts, but not about 'Today I did..' Not mostly, anyway. Like taking a thin slice off the present, preserving it to look at years from now, and reminding myself of who I was, or gaining new insights on old memories. Distance does tend to improve perspective.

What's this blog going to be about ?
Well... anything I feel like. It IS my blog, after all. I decide what to put in. Anything that catches my fancy (Recall aforementioned multitudinous interests).
Now that we have established that you may find anything under the sun(and above, around, inside, etc) here, being talked about, analyzed, commented upon, or otherwise generating text, a few vague pointers.
In no particular order, (feelin lazy, I just ransacked my Orkut page!)
Reading, Photography, Traveling, Trekking, Graphics, Sculpturing, Cooking, Languages, Writing, Poetry, Swimming, Stargazing, Astro-Photography, Painting, Mythology, Mathematics, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Music, Events, People, and lots more...
if I get on with this properly, you will see.

I will try that posts will get better with time. I had to make this beginning, if only for nothing apart from just that. Making a beginning. Procrastination is an old if unloved acquaintance.
Comments, criticisms, witticisms, all welcome.

Since I still haven't decided how public this is going to be and to whom all am I going to send a link, I cant address anyone in particular.(And that will be after a few posts anyway. Can't invite people to an empty gallery.)
Either way, hope you enjoy this place whatever brings you here.

Cheers!

Edit: Looks like the opening lines are even more apt. I searched for a picture of Jabberwocky, to see how to go about uploading pics here, and I'd completely forgotten that the creature, while being quite a weird-shit, is also mostly dragon, 'cept for his face. As anyone who knows me will tell you (I hope so, at least) that Dragons are a major interest of mine !!!