Opening Gambit

Name: Belinda
Age: 26
Status: Newly single after wonderful 9 year relationship went disastrously wrong (more on that later)
Interests: Currently, anything involving the slagging off of ex-boyfriend and his new, ahem, 'acquaintance.' Usually, creative writing, reading, drinking far more than the recommended weekly limit in one sitting and, well, talking drivel, really.....

With the New Year and a new job fast approaching, I feel it is both necessary and cathartic to clear away the cobwebs of blogs, and relationships, gone by and start afresh - move into a new era, if you will, of peace, serenity and freedom of expression, without the constant reminders of a difficult time looming large over my head (it is also, I believe, a wise move to have a url address that certain people will not know about, in the highly unlikely event that I should find myself airing grievances in the public forum - those that know me will, of course, know I am usually the absolute pillar of discretion, so it is merely a precautionary measure).

In all seriousness, in setting up this blog I am making a promise to myself to pick up the virtual quill and get back to writing - too much time has been spent wallowing in misery of late and I'm beginning to realise just how unproductive that can be. There is, I believe, a writer of questionable talent inside me who is desperately trying to claw her way out, and I hereby stand and salute her in her brave quest to be free.

Speaking of being unproductive, I am well aware the same can be said for making nasty comments about people - tempting as it is to say such things as 'what he sees in her I'll never know, she may be pretty but she's about as deep as a puddle' (which is, incidentally, the God's honest truth) or 'the lying scumbag - he wouldn't know integrity if it slapped him across the face' (FACT) I must refrain, for there is only a very small sliver of self-esteem and dignity still residing within me, and I am not prepared to lower myself to that level - not just yet, anyway, maybe when the wedding invites get sent out....