hello world

I've had plans of creating and keeping a journal of some kind ever since I was about 6. I've made a few attempts, but none have lasted more than a few weeks. Lately I've been reading a lot of thought-provoking blogs and realising I have opinions on these issues that I'd like to develop. So I've created this blog to have somewhere to respond to some of the ideas raised by other bloggers and I hope I'll think of topics of my own. I'd also like the opportunity to practise expressing myself (something I have trouble with). Hopefully this attempt will last longer than my paper-based efforts.
So, a bit about me... I'm a molecular biology grad student at Prestigious University in New England. I'm Commonwealthian and I'm still getting used to how much colder and depressing the winters are here, but on the upside spring makes me incredibly happy now - yay for colour! I have social phobia (hence the difficulty with expressing myself) so I'm hoping I can talk about some of my issues from the safety and anonymity of the internet.
My laptop battery is about to die, so I guess that's it for today.