Merilin

“After all, blogs are personas. We emphasize particular aspects of ourselves, allow things we want to share to be revealed, and try to obscure those we consider private, want to hide, or are not aware of.” - Susan Mernit

Merilin is my blog, and not much more - on the surface. Scratch the surface a little bit, and you might find other “projects” of mine. The blog is more or less an account of my everyday doings. I’m not a great writer, I don’t comment on politics unless I really have to, I don’t write awesome reviews. Hopefully one day I’ll be sufficiently knowledgeable about something to write decent posts about it. For now, all you get is my somewhat regular babble about life, love and furniture covered in cat’s fur, plus the odd review of a book, movie or game I’ve particularly enjoyed.

The current theme is 100% me, with a little help from my friends:

• Adobe Photoshop
• Notepad++
• Several other blogs that gave me inspiration (I borrow code, and I am not ashamed to admit it)
• The lovely Bre, who is always there to give me feedback
• My fiancee Tor, who is always there for me to yell at when things go wrong

The word ‘merilin’ is Sindarin Elvish for ‘nightingale’, hence the bird in the header.

I would also like to thank my mom, who always told me I could do whatever I wanted. Apparently, this also includes successfully making my own Wordpress theme.