first things first

so, welcome to my blog. my goal for this venture is to have a venue for my expression and my musings on whatever moves me at a given moment. i tend to write about my take on the political and (in)justice related goings-on of the day, but also feel like i'll be using this blog as a place for some artistic and emotive indulgence as well. mostly i s'pose these things are exercises in self-indulgence and self-absorption anyway, so as long as i like doin this, i'm gonna keep on keepin' on. and if someone else happens to think it is interesting or funny or thought-provoking or just a good way to kill some time, that'll be cool. that's all for right now, but expect to see some rants, raves, random commentary, photos, quotes, and, well, really whatever i come across or floats through my mind and ends up on this here thingie.