And then I replied, "Well, Self, usually when we try and blog about things, we either lose track of what we were talking about, lose motivation to maintain the blog, constantly change our mind about the blog, or get lazy and forget that the blog exists."
So then I thought to myself, "What if I had a definite theme-like idea for a blog that I'd make?" And since I am completely incapable of making decisions for myself, I took my dilemma to the one place I knew could solve all of my problems - Facebook. "Facebook friends!" I called out, "I want to make a blog, but I don't know what to write about!"
And eventually a good friend said, "Well, you're a great conversationalist, and you get irritated at so many things that people do, you could literally turn it into an entire blog!"
And I said, "Wow Friend, that's brilliant!" So then I set up a blog, and then I thought, "What should my first post be about?" And then I said to myself, "Well, Self, usually when people go to a blog they want to know about the person writing it, right?"
And then I replied, "Self, that's completely true, probably! Let's do that!" So I sat down and started typing - but before I could do that, I wanted to make sure I knew how I wanted to write the blog. So I thought to myself, "Self, how should we do this?"
And by this point, I was getting really irritated with myself, so I figured why not take this about seriously as I take everything that irritates me? So I began to write in a style that I thought felt both extemporaneous and to-the-point, and like I wanted to have a conversation with anyone who reads my blog, since one of my strengths (apparently) is that I am a great conversationalist. I apparently have this knack for making words say exactly what I want them to say.
So now, quite literally, here we are. And now that my extensive (and probably unnecessary) banter has filled up far more of this introduction post than it should have, we should probably get down to the nitty-gritty, huh?
My name is Devaun, and I am 20 years old. I'll be 21 on July 31st, something that I (and my parents, and my friends) am looking forward to (though probably for different reasons). Currently, I will be an incoming senior at the University of Akron, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, with a minor in Pre-Law and an Undergraduate Certificate in Conflict Management. And now I'm going to derail myself before I get too caught up in academia, since quite literally I could write a book on everything that I've done and want to do in school. So moving on!
I am at present only involved with one student organization at my university, and that's the Akron Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Union. For someone who only came out as bisexual at 16, and then as biromantic demisexual at 20, I like to think I'm not doing too bad at being the Director of Communications. I'm very proud to be a member of that incredible organization, and don't regret joining it in earnest for a nanosecond.
Let's see...outside of school, I love music. All kinds, really - pop, R&B, hip-hop, electronica, dance, trance, house, techno, rock, metal, polka, j-pop, j-rock, k-pop (fight me), and just about anything and everything in-between. The only genre I really don't care for is country music (fight. me.), but even then I still listen to it sometimes. I also love to dance, and I like to think I'm fairly good at it. I'm not professionally trained or anything, but I take to dancing very easily - I have a talent for watching people dance, committing what I see to memory and then to muscle memory, and then replicating it.
I'm trying to think about what else is important...but wait, this is my blog! Oh, what freedom! Gosh, but the Internet is a great place.
I watch a number of television shows, enjoy a number of movies, read a number of webcomics, have read a multitude of books, have played a number of video games, and I like to think I'm fairly knowledgeable about a number of various random topics - listening to my mother and I talk sometimes is a little like watching two people play Trivial Pursuit, we'll put it that way.
And now that I can finally be done talking about myself, maybe we should talk about what this blog will be for, huh? I mean, if
To that end, what I intend to post about will cover various topics that I don't care to list right now, since usually when my gears get ground and I tell someone about it the words just kind of go and I can only organize them later. My posting style will be somewhat similar to this, since the way that I type is exactly the way that I talk; and though I can't promise that I won't curse at all, I can promise that I will attempt to minimize my use of it (those who know me in real life know how fond I am of profanity, so count yourselves lucky).
And as a general disclaimer, if I take issue with something and blog about it, I am only ever blogging my opinion. If I can back my opinions up or they can be refuted, I will of course welcome that; the only thing that makes me angrier than ignorance is being wrong and not knowing it. I'm not sure if this blog will only ever be me ranting about things, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.
I think that's everything I wanted to say for right now. So hello, welcome to my blog, and happy reading. c:
- Devaun
PS: My posts may or may not all be this long-winded. If they do get too long, rest assured that I will use jump breaks if they are needed. I know that I tend to get a little bit tired if I go to a blog and see that all the posts are massive walls of text. So there's that. And I think THAT'S all.
PPS: I'm actually quite bad at simply picking things to talk about (weird, I know), so if there's anything at all you want to know my thoughts about, or if you just want to find stuff that you think'll make me angry, leave it in the comments. c: Of course, if you think that you can rile me up by making questionable accusations of my maternal lineage, you can just forget it. But other than that, go for it.
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