New Year, New Blog

Hello.

Having never actually *read* a blog (at least not regularly), I am not entirely sure what is entailed, what is expected, how the whole thing works. Consequently, it feels pretty strange to begin this first instalment (is that correct terminology?) with an address... I mean, who is it I am addressing exactly?

My purpose in writing this is, quite simply, practice. One day - hopefully a day in my near future - I want to write professionally. Ideally, I will be able to write about food. Eating out, eating in, cooking, experimentation, developments in the food industry, catering recommendations... My interest in the area is already huge, and continues to grow.

I am cautious about revealing too much of my 'self' in this blog. I am, by nature, open to a fault. My chronic inability to keep my mouth shut is a hazard. Not so much to my friends - as a rule, I am pretty discreet with other people's business (though I cannot make any claims to this being hard and fast - I occasionally f**k up in spectacular style) - but in my own life. Oversharing - I'm hopeless. I don't want to make the same continuous mistake here, causing the few people committed (foolish?) enough to read this thing to exclaim silently (or, worse, audibly), 'Too Much Information!'.

So, for now, this is not going to be immensely personal.

Suffice it to say, I am a girl (I use this word, instead of 'woman', as I feel it better represents me at this stage) in my early twenties, a London native, and recent university graduate.

I am currently temping, and it is as boring an occupation as it is an unoriginal one. However, I'm doing it for a pretty brilliant reason; to earn enough money to travel round the world on what I hope will be a unique gastronomic adventure. More on that later, I guess.

Anyway, this has been as much an introduction *for* me, as *to* me, and I am getting very bored with myself. No doubt you (who? I still think it's weird...) got bored a lot earlier.

Apologies. I'll get the hang of it eventually.

Best wishes, and pretty eating.