The last post was a bit downbeat wasn't it?

I've just come back from having been out for a spontaneous dinner with my husband and have popped back in to have a quick look at my new blog before going to bed. Reading that first post again with fresh eyes, it looks very sad :-(.

Funny thing is, I wasn't feeling sad when I wrote it which I guess goes to prove that what comes out of my mouth (or in this case my fingers) doesn't always give a true image of the emotions within. Maybe that's true of most people...

I'm sitting here now wondering why I decided to start a blog. I think the trigger was going to see Julie and Julia at the cinema last week. I didn't actually think it was a very good film but I was quite intrigued by the fact that the Julie character (who is based on a real life blogger) actually had so many people interested in what she had to say that she eventually had a film made about her. I don't have such lofty ambitions, but my interest in blogging was piqued again when I read an article about how blogs are giving ordinary women a voice where they otherwise don't have one. I have to admit, I have never actually felt like I don't have a voice (I have a pretty powerful one), but I do sometimes feel like a very square peg in a very round hole around my friends and acquaintances.

I have always been extremely interested in politics - not party politics but "issues". I have always had very strong views about things and have wanted to stand up and be counted. I have never been afraid to put my head above the parapet and to voice what others may be thinking but are too afraid to say. I don't like to be told what to do and I don't like to follow the crowd if I don't agree with what the crowd are doing. I differ greatly from the majority of people I know in that regard and I guess I am hoping that a few like minded souls out there will discover my blog and that I will find some kindred spirits.

So on that note, I will leave cyberspace and head up to bed, wondering how long I will need to blog for before I get my first comment!