Here, have an introduction.

Today, I jumped on the blog bandwagon. I put no thought whatsoever into what the blog would be about, what it should be called or what I hope to achieve with it - for now, it's just a little plaything. It's kind of like that chemistry set you had as a kid - never mind the instructions, just mix things together and see what you get. You might get the cure for cancer and not realize it. You might get a highly potent fart bomb. Maybe you'll just make a bunch of pretty colours - after all, those sets are child proof.

So here's the inevitable "about me." I have played the flute for the last ten years and I like it enough that I'm going to make a career of it, so I'm about to enter my last year of university for music. As soon as I can afford to take the course, I'm going to start a flute repair business. I originally wanted to perform, but over the years I have come to realize that I tend to do well with mechanical stuff and there will always be more flute players breaking their expensive instruments than there will be opportunities to perform. That, and the expensive dental work that I've been putting off to get my degree would cause a miserable interruption to a performance career.

Enough of that boring crap. My life story can come later.

Lately, I've started to become interested in gardening, particularly when the end result is edible. I'm growing lettuce, carrots, strawberries, peppermint, chamomile, basil, Thai basil and rosemary on my balcony. Once I have a backyard of my own, I'll turn it into a self-sufficient, small-scale farm. I'll barely have a grocery bill - meat, milk and tropical fruit only. Suck on that, agribusiness.

As an amusing side note, I had a dream once that some scientist invented a pill that would make it so that mankind would never have to eat again. (Those "fruitarian" types who only eat what falls off the tree would be thrilled.) As soon as it came out on the market, food production was banned worldwide, but I grew an illegal vegetable garden anyway. I was approached by a government agent who was about to arrest me just before I woke up.

My most recent addition to the balcony garden has been the two strawberry plants. The great thing about that is I only bought one, but it had a well-established runner on it. Both are doing well. The harvest won't be any time soon because I'm trying to keep the runner attached for as long as possible, but it's worth it to have a second plant. I'm not stopping there, though - I ordered tea plant seeds online last night. I'm excited not to have to buy tea ever again... in two to three years. It will be interesting to see how it goes.

As for my boring rainy day today, I spent the entire day looking up free samples. I ordered a USB fan, laundry detergent, Breathe Right strips, acrylic paint, nail polish, shampoo and calcium supplements. I only paid $5 shipping for the USB fan. A few weeks ago I ordered a voucher for a free hair colour kit, a razor and some skin cream. So far, just the hair colour has come in, and I'll be heading out tomorrow to pick it up. I'm thinking blonde.

So that's it. More when I feel like it. Maybe never! Maybe tomorrow. But not today, that's certain.