Something akin to a preface

I've been thinking: I've got lots of work to do, I barely have time to keep my social life going and I don't think this will get better in the near future. Why not go all-in and add another way to spend time in the form of a blog? Thus this website was born. If I tried to rationalize my decision, I might say that the idea has been on my mind for quite a while and that some thoughts bouncing on my head could have ended up as blog posts if only I had a place to put them. As an added bonus, chances are that I'll be moving out of the country in a few months, so if I create the blog now I avoid the cliché of the emigrant who creates a blog to keep in touch.

Now, if you are reading this, odds are that you know me personally and you're wondering why I'm writing in English. There are two answers for that. The first is that not everyone that I know and would like to visit this place speaks Portuguese. The second is that most of the time I don't like what I write in my mother language. It gets too long-winded, too pretentious. Maybe it's not much better in English, but at least I don't notice it. I'm not ruling out completely writing a few posts in Portuguese, but they will be the minority.

A note on content: I have no idea what it will be. Probably things about me. Musings, mainly. Thoughts that can't be expressed in the hundred and forty characters or less that Twitter gives me. Rants. Me. The occasional Radiohead-induced post dripping with overblown melancholy. Happy news that I want to share. Myself. Careful analysis of world events. The ups and downs of my work. I. A blog is a place where egotism reigns supreme, after all, and this theme will give me an idea for a name.

As for when I will post... Monthly, hourly, daily or twice a year. You know, the usual for a blog: whatever strikes its owner's fancy, whenever it strikes.

Until the next time, whenever that is.