Introduction

Forgot my password, got caught up in a number of other things during that period of time known as sixth year and well, I kinda want to take this whole writing thing a bit more seriously now so I've made this page just to publish all the little things floating about my head. Got a lot of built up material, a better internet connection and a bit more motivation. I love music, film, tv, life, human rights, politics, human experience and perspectives on those experiences, hoping this'll help me improve my own writing and expression, that people will actually, y'know, look at this and maybe engage with it somehow. That's basically it really.

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