To my Lovely readers

Hi Lovelies,

First off, I want to thank you for reading my blog! That in and of itself means a lot to me and I want you to know that I appreciate that you took the time to read my viewpoint about...anything really! So far I've posted about a lot of different topics from YouTube to music to Mad Men. I'm grateful that I live in an era where I have the opportunity to disseminate my opinions.

While the responses to my posts have on the whole been positive, there has been some negative feedback. Personally, I love it when people disagree with me and I really do mean that sincerely. Ever since I became a college student, I've had the realization that my viewpoint is much more limited than I previously thought and any opportunity to broaden my horizons is greatly appreciated. However, I do want to bring your attention to a couple things:

1) My blog writing is a lot different than my normal writing. By nature, these posts are much more casual than any paper I would hand into class or one that I would submit to my editors at the Wellesley News. I can write about things that interest me, things that are happening in the news etc. Inevitably, there will be some mistakes(there are probably some in here) and if you see them, please do let me know! I want to improve my writing; that's the whole reason I started the blog-to practice. But do keep in mind that while I do edit these posts fairly rigorously there will be mistakes.

2) I'm not an English major. If you didn't know, I'm actually a Biology major! While I do still write a lot of things for my science lab courses, the writing is bit different from the writing I would be required to do in, say, a Milton class. I don't consider myself a writer but I do consider myself an observer of the world and occasionally I reflect upon things here. I do try to read things whenever possible to expand my vocabulary and what not but if you have something you would phrase differently or think should be reconsidered, let me know! However, please remember that my college education isn't focused primarily on becoming an expert wordsmith.

In short, I just would ask that if you have a criticism that you would first remember that this is something I do for fun on the side. I'm not being paid to write posts and this type of writing is not what I do normally. Most of the times, I just write about something that I care about or that I thought was interesting. I am only human though so I do make mistakes. I only ask that if you find something wrong with my writing that you are both respectful and constructive so that I have an opportunity to learn from the experience. It may not seem like it but sometimes writing these posts is incredibly scary. I would argue that it's on the same level as performance art because in a way you're exposing yourself to the world. However, I believe enough in what I'm doing to continue on in spite of it and I hope that you can respect that when you read and critique my writing. Furthermore, if we have an ideological incompatibility I hope that our opinions can still coexist happily.

If nothing else, I hope that these posts cause you to think about something more deeply than you would have otherwise. If I've achieved that, I think I can continue on happily. :)


Bises,
Tiffany