Sunday 18 October 2009

Opening Gambit...!

Horsey to A3! Maveric of me I know!

Ok, I don't have a chessboard with me, nor am I an avid chess player particularly, but off the top of my head I think (and hope) that's a valid move, and therefore should have the chess fans onside immediately!

I've been thinking for a while how I should go about opening this blog, starting it off...that kind of thing - what should my opening gambit be.  So I've thought to myself, "What is the point of my blog?", "What do I want to achieve?", and "Will anyone even see the sodding thing anyway?!".

I have decided it's fairly unlikely that there's going to be a huge amount of traffic to this blog, so I decided not to get too bogged down in the formalities - and just go with what comes to mind.

So what is the point of this blog? - well if you are reading this now (and you are in fact not me) - that is a good question to pose.  Quite simply I am a geek - not in the traditional sense, I don't own a thick pair of glasses, or a pocket protector.  I do not constantly have a calculator in my pocket to settle calculus based arguments, and nor do I particularly remember a lot of the calculus that I did learn back during my A-Levels.  However I will soon be holding 2 degrees and 2 postgraduate qualification, love all things comic, fantasy, and sci-fi, and just last night played a game (during a power cut mind you) with a couple of friends to see if we could name (taking it in turns) Marvel and DC superheroes/vilains starting with A and ending with Z.  We got stuck on Q, Y and Z (now I've had time to think about it though Quicksand, Yellow Claw and Zarek would have all been fine!)

For too long though has "Geekdom" been seen as a bad thing! I am in my early 20s at the moment, and finally celebrating my Geek.  So what is the point of this blog?  It is to celebrate all things geek!!

I have not fully decided what my first major post will be as of yet - but I have been party to the Final Fantasy XIII video preview recently - so I may have a bit of chat about that.  I would like to review movies, talk about comics and generally have fun, inform people about things that interest me (and hopefully you - the reader!).

This will not be a blog which takes itself too seriously - but an informal chat to anyone who is interested in the kind of things that excite me.

I will be more then welcome to take any kind of recommendations from anyone about what I should be reading, watching or generally what is happening in the world of geek.  I'll have a look and maybe scribble a few words regarding my thoughts and feelings on this blog.

If you think this kind of thing may interest you - subscribe - we could have fun! :o)

Muchos Lovos to you all!
G33kUK

7 comments:

  1. You had me at Final Fantasy...

    Look forward to reading more and please feel free to spill the beans about said FF preview, although it causes me physical pain because I will have to buy a PS3 or an Xbox... ;)

    Clair :)

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  2. Great first post. Keep it up!

    Once you have a few more under your belt, you'll have an easier time picking up followers.

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  3. Hello,

    I just started a blog this month. I really like the plan of just letting your blog wonder, maybe for ever. just a bit of everything, as long as it is honest, it will have a common thmeme - you.

    all the best mark

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  4. don't worry about followers..We are all geeks of one form or another...I'll surely be dropping in to see what's goin on here...

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  5. Hey guys thanks for the awesome words of encouragement!

    Clair, I'm gonna take another looksie at the video preview now, and take a few notes - should be blogworthy within the next couple of hours!

    Thanks again guys!
    Muchos Love!

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  6. Woohoo! Can't wait! See, there's my geek right there. Thanks for commenting and I lol'd at the words 'brain pan'!

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  7. haha! Brain Pan = awesome! :oP

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