First steps

It’s amazing. After choosing “nidagivesvent.wordpress.com” as my blog link, I have spent the last 5 minutes worrying whether “gives vent” is grammatically correct, or if plain simple “vents” should be sufficient. But really, don’t you think “Nida Gives Vent” sounds better than “Nida Vents?” I must admit my creative attempts at choosing a title for my blog yielded far better results in the 5 minutes I took to create a wordpress account right now, than they did over the last couple of days. Previous results included uninspiring titles like “Nida’s Rant on Energy, Aerospace, Pakistan and other things” and “Nida’s Tirade on Aerospace, Energy, Politics and the World” and “My Tirade on ——.” I am sure you get the point.

I have been toying with the idea of starting a blog for the last many months. My brother started a couple of years ago. My younger sister followed about a year ago ( http://dcdesi.wordpress.com/ ). But I kept putting it off, amid the distractions of daily life. I wrote many articles and many letters to the editor in my mind, as I saw events unfold around the world, but never put them into words.

Finally, yesterday, when I was venting to my brother-in-law, over chat, about recent developments in the renewable energy world, he said, “Maybe you should start your own blog.” And really, when I went over the chat text, I realized I had spent enough time and enough words to have written several blog entries. However, I still did not create my account then.

In the end, it was after reading about the current political developments in Pakistan today, in Dawn, that I finally created my account. I was tempted to send a scathing Letter to the Editor, but was forced to rethink the wisdom of that choice. I may still send in that letter, but for temporary easing of my frustration, this blog is a quick solution.

For those curious about the letter I wanted to write, my next blog entry should be up in a day or two.