Velkommen

Velkommen

My first post on my newly minted blog (a redundant first sentence I know). The question really is how do I capture the minds and attentions of a new readership, what is the hook, the angle, the point of difference that will have you coming back for more? Is it my unique voice, or my exceptional use of commas that allow me to string together long and convoluted sentences, which my husband tells me should usually be three or more, but I argue have sufficient breath points to enable a person to make it through to the end (see you did it!).

I do not think that it is any of the above; I am doing this for me. I do not naturally share parts of myself with people other than those things that to me are so inconsequential that I do not mind people knowing about them. However, my love (read obsession) with Lego overfloweth and I want to share my thoughts, views, opinions, comments, and news with people (even if no one reads this blog).

As my 'About Me' states I am a new AFOL, comparatively, only joining the fold in 2014. Sure I dabbled in 2011-2012 when my husband and I were in the UK and he decided he wanted to track down some of the Lego from his childhood. This was when I first became aware of this great colourful brick and the joys it held. I am not, like many, returning to Lego from my childhood. I was strictly a Barbie girl, I had a room dedicated to Barbie and that was where my childhood passion lived; making up stories for Barbie and all of her friends. I was oblivious to the world of Lego.

So, why Lego? What grabbed me about it as an adult beyond any normal fascination that an adult may hold? I have three drivers for my Lego obsession:

1. I struggle, existentially, with the pointlessness of the human condition so I take on hobbies that occupy my entire mind; mostly because it is not safe to leave my thoughts and I alone for too long.
2. Picture your favourite Lego build - can you describe to me what you see? That's awesome because I can't. I am one of the 5% of people in the world that has no visual capacity. When I am asked to picture something, anything, I see black. I hear words, like an internal monologue, for example 'What is my favourite Lego build?', 'Can I narrow it down to one?', but there are no accompanying images. Consequently, I have developed a love of Lego, taking a pile of seemingly unrelated bricks and producing a three dimensional model that can be fascinating, fantastic and fun is amazing. 
3. I am a big kid at heart. Life is serious and I take it seriously when required, but when not, I want to have fun - why should that be the domain of children building Lego sets. I say push the kids aside, I want in! This is why I am a shameless AFOL at the Toys'R'Us 'Make and Take' events, who doesn't want free Lego.

That is a little bit about me. Now about the blog. I want to bring Lego news both about products and sales (likely stolen from one of my other much more established bloggers but in case you miss it you can get it here), reviews on builds, random thoughts and comments about brick related topics and generally some fun. Don't expect a lot from me to start - probably one post a week but together let's see how this goes.

I hope to see you back reading up about my take on Lego topics.

Yours in brick
C