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Dearest shadow...

i've always wondered why on earth i blog....i mean, its an obligation right? people will read up on your life. sometimes you want people to know this is your blog...and sometimes, when people say that the colour combi is a bit off, you pretend it's a friend's blog... but i'm pretty proud of it anyway...its handwritten code...i didnt rip it from elsewhere...which explains my laziness to change the basic layout :)

so what's with the whole shadow thing? and who's this radicalblackrose? and how come its called lifeunderthestars when it has nothing to do with my preoccupation? someone asked me those questions. i shalt answer. lucky you didnt ask what's up with shakespeare and me... he's my *ahem* heh.

alrighty. why shadow? i believe that the only companion that will follow you through life with every step without passing a single judgment or a complaint is probably your shadow...apart from god that is...but i guess god judges you once in a while...oh and shadows are formed with the presence of light...and light is that which i seek...

lifeunderthestars has become a bit of a cliche. i agree...maybe i should change it to shakespeareinlove or sth like that...but i guess when i registered it, i was thinking about the blog as a record of my journey under the stars...then it sort of became lifeunderthestars after a while...

and yes, we come to the radicalblackrose thing... :) how shall i explain it? hmmm...rose being my favourite flower and black being my favourite shade. and radical being the word i was always described in my drama club....may sound corny but hey, i like it. my self confessed alter ego.

haha...so why do i blog? to keep sane i suppose. then again, i blog when i'm insane...but i guess the real reason is my need for some sort of catharsis....to let loose and to curse whenever i like...geez. if i hadnt got this blog, then i think i'd have lost touch with many people. and i think many people would have lost touch with me. i've managed to understand people better and vice-versa. and i like that feeling.

imagine someone comes up to you and says that they actually like what you write....i remember how i felt when i first heard that....felt really flattered. when you realise that as a writer of sorts you have an impact on the outlook of people, it feels nice. i know i dont make sense half the time. and i know i'm not a great writer...but hey, i can try right? if my madness for my *ahem* rubs off on another, they start reading sonnets and realise why i even love that man in the first place...

minus my dying grammar and lack of syntax, everything else seems just perfect. so yes, feel free to leave a tag, i cant be bothered about political correctness. and join the fun. bet you might start writing too!

so there it is. my post to answer to a creature's nagging question.