So just who is this random blogger?
BE WARNED. I SPEAK FRANGLAIS.
This is the “about me” mark II, because I can’t actually describe myself in 1200 characters or fewer. Yes, Twitter gives me nightmares. And no, I’m not giving you my Twitter address. If you already know it, then fine. If you don’t, tough. I might relent later.
Actually, I dread doing these “about me” sort of sections because I never know what to write. Worse still, once I get started, I can’t stop. Never mind. I’ll begin by describing myself in the Via Negitiva.
I’m not: ~a boy~American~at school~an idiot~tolerant of bad grammar~a person with a good sense of direction
Now for the Via Positiva.
I am: ~a native English speaker~thinking of what else to say~addicted to hula hoops~bribeable by Belgian chocolate (bribeable isn’t actually a word, folks)~probably not normal~a ninja
Okay, lame jokes aside, welcome to my blog. I enjoy chatting, so if you want to talk, I'll try to reply to any comments you leave. The blog'll be featuring a range of things from a grammar guide and writing tips to what it's like to live abroad and... well, other random stuff. If there's anything you'd like me to write about, please tell me in a comment on one of the posts and I'll do my best to include it at some point. Also, I love learning languages. If, by any chance, you're following this blog and your first language isn't English, feel free to communicate with me in your first language! I can't promise I'll be able to understand or reply in your language, but it just encourages me to learn more languages and it feels nicer to speak to somebody in their native tongue.
Over and out from me!
TBG <3
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The Random Corner: Introduction
I have to say that people sometimes think I'm a very random person. At other times, they think I'm sane. I also managed to accumulate a number of extremely random nicknames while I was at school. Some of them were related to me, although I'm not totally sure where "squirrel" or "gazelle" came from.
Basically, Tuesday's posts are going to be les restes, as the French (or at least the francophone Belgians) would say. Anything that can't feasibly be linked to any of the other four categories will go in here, whether it's about the special room Romans had called the vomitorium (used most frequently at dinner parties) or because I want to obsess over kimchi or have a rant about something.
Oh, and by the way, if you ask me to do a post on something (reasonable -- no trolling now), I'll do my best to cover it. Unless it's specific to writing, Britain or being abroad (all of which have their own areas), I'll do requested posts here. So, if you wanted to, you could ask me about the Greek philosophers, or you might want my opinion on a sport, or... I don't know. I might do stuff like a catchy phrase of the week or an obscure/big/foreign word of the week from time to time. Chances are I'll also ramble about my books here too. But this is the random corner. Who wants to talk about Swiss cheese?
I'm sure I had something else that I wanted to say here, but I have completely forgotten it. Maybe it'll come back. Maybe it won't.
Until the next random post!
TBG
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