no sponges here

i've kept a blog at livejournal for ages. first there was the silly high school ranting. then slightly more interesting thoughts. then i made a separate travel blog for the 5 months i lived and studied in finland. well, turns out i really liked keeping that latest blog; after returning to the states, i couldn't see any reason why the lovely public would have any interest in my rambling thoughts and ideas. buuuuut - hooray i changed my mind! (get used to that, it will probably happen frequently)

so here it is, my very own shiny new blog. i have yet to decide what its focus will be. i am hoping that writing here will force me (and you!) to think more about the things i hear about and actively participate in learning despite being officially graduated and all that jazz.

which brings me to the address being www.dontbeasponge.blogspot.com. my high school AP biology teacher mrs. gazaway once told me not to be such a sponge. she said to read and try to learn as much as possible, but without simply absorbing all the material without processing it, asking questions, determine which bits of information clash with other bits of information, yadda, yadda. so here's to me being a filter and not a sponge!

but wait, sponges are filter feeders...

edit: adventures in the (almost) arctic is my old travel blog from finland, just in case anybody was interested :-)