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Yo. At this point, I suppose this is more a diary than an actual blog, but what the fuck. Who am I? What possesses me to write a blog?

I'll start with the latter question. I'm a big fan of Hunter S. Thompson. I love his writing. Sometimes there's nothing sweeter than an drug-induced paranoid rant about Richard Milhouse Nixon. So it seriously affected me when he committed suicide. The idea that Hunter will never again be able to denounce Alberto Gonzales in his fantastically articulate prose profoundly saddens me. But it inspires me to do my pathetic best in substituting for our loss.

I'll never be as skilled as Dr. Gonzo, but I believe that I have the capacity to write well. Or at least, I like to think that I do. And seeing as how I'm a math and physics major, I rarely get the chance to develop this skill. So this blog is for the most part an experiment in creative writing. I hope y'all enjoy.