The Defintion of Reluctancy

Cyberspace... The final frontier. These are the bloggings of a Reluctant Blogger. A three year mission to explore an unknown course. To seek out new technology and new experiences, and to boldly blog where no blogger has blogged before!

Having just completed my A level English course, why is it I find myself struggling to find an appropriate sentence opener? Something in my brain has short-circuited perhaps? I am now faced with the ominous task of communicating with the outside world about my new subject of Film Production. Inside my head, is an anamorphic wide screen with ultra high definition, although when I try to communicate my thoughts with others about a subject I am passionate about, it looks more like this:

Today we were asked to start a blog, documenting our learning experiences and one emotion sprung to mind: A 'gut wrenching' RELUCTANCE. The definition of which, follows:

1. The state of being reluctant; unwillingness.

2. A measure of the opposition to magnetic flux, analogous to electric resistance.

Neither of which fit my reaction...

What was I to do? All I could think of were those immortal words of Captain Hector Barbossa to Miss Elizabeth Swan:

"I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request".

But the response to myself was 'Dig deep and suck it up!' (and that's what happens when you mix your movie scripts with The Biggest Looser?)

Therefore, from henceforth I shall endeavour to blog until my little heart's content, after all as I learnt today:

"Failure is the key to success."

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