First post!

Okay so this is my very first post on any blog ever. Please don’t mind all the little inconsistencies and other trinkets of idiotic weirdness you’ll find here, I’m trying!

Some clarification about the name of this blog: it comes from the song Landmines and Landslides by ska/punk band Less Than Jake, both of which I adore and which I’m listening to atm, and because in my darkest moments, I feel like it’s me they’re singing about. But hey, I’m not an emo/goth kid, and we all have the blues sometimes, don’t we!

One of the most important pieces of info when I visit a blog is the details about the author. I won’t give out my full name for privacy and security concerns, but you should know I’m a 21-year old Dutch-speaking Belgian male applied languages student at the HUB (that’s Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, a college in Brussels, for all you non-Belgium-savvy peeps), for which one of my assignments this semester is starting an own blog. In my opinion, it’s kind of weird to have to start an own blog for one of your classes, but hey, at least it ups my grades and it’s better than having to study countless pieces of stupefying information which you’ll immediately forget once the holidays kick in! 

Why do I write in English? Because it’s the most important language in the world; I’m a languages student (I speak English, French and Dutch; am currently thinking about Polish; and having experience of Spanish and German); and first and foremost, I absolutely love to read, write, hear and speak English. I hope this blog will improve my English, and that’s always good. So that decision was pretty much a no-brainer.

What might you expect of this blog? Just little quirks, sundries and small things I notice in my life. Some posts might involve college, others parties, still others travels, in short, just about everything and anything I think I should write about.

How often will I update this blog? No idea, stick around and find out for yourself!

Awed? Affected? Disappointed? Worried? Disgusted? Vilified? Petrified? Write your say in the comments!

Aaaaand… that’s it! My very first post. Hope it was all right. And I wonder if I’ll look back on this 5 years from now and ponder on everything that’s happened since, but that’s a task for future me. By the way, hey future me! Remember me, past you? We’re awesome!

Ciao for now!