Having watched Julie and Julia for the second time, I have decided to start a blog in the hopes that I shall one day get a book/movie deal, assuming the world doesn't end in 2012. My previous attempts at blogging haven't lasted very long, but I hope this one is here to stay.
You may be wondering why this blog is named Chapter 5. If you are, I'm going to explain it, and if you're not, well, I'm going to explain it anyway.
Chapter 5 is just another transitional stage in my and many other people's lives. Chapter 1 was grade school, Chapter 2 was high school, Chapter 3 was the time after high school and before college, Chapter 4 was college, and Chapter 5 is what comes next. For me, it is going to be university; for others, it could be getting a job or having a baby. Chapter 5 is unique to everyone, so make of it what you will.
So, with this record of my life in Chapter 5 and all other subsequent chapters, I will provide you, my soon-to-be loyal reader, with unparalleled insight into my turbulent life. OK, that might be a slight exaggeration, but you know what I mean.
I shall soon be embarking on a summer trip to my home in Africa and that will serve as the kick start to my new life, which will include, but will not be limited to, employment, independence, financial responsibility, higher education and being an all-around better person than I was before.
But before I undertake this seemingly perilous journey, I am to complete the 120 hours of a co-op placement required to graduate from my current program of study - journalism. Yes, I am a trained journalist (I've waited four years to say that). If you think that makes me opinionated, loud-mouthed and inconsiderate, you are correct.
So here, my dear reader, is where our story begins, with a 20-year-old journalist sitting at his computer, excited to finally be done and on the next plane off the North American continent. The coming weeks could be fascinating or absolutely mundane, I can't tell for sure. But however they turn out, and we shall soon see, I want to formally welcome you to my Life's Chapter 5.
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