An introduction

I like to write.

I don't write enough.

I am making an effort to write more.

Hence this blog!

I'm not new to blogging. For years I've kept an anonymous blog for mostly therapeutic reasons. But I wanted to create a new blog that is a bit more open ended. A place where I can write about whatever I want, whatever interests me. Through this blog I hope to write about various topics, from current events to music to movies to work to travel to events in my life. Maybe I'll even get creative, who knows? Of course, since it's less anonymous (I may actually share the link with people I know), I might not be quite as candid about some of the more personal aspects of my life. But you never know what I'll warm up to.

For this first entry, a bit of background. At this point I don't know who I'll share my blog with or whether it will ever even have an audience, but even if this is just a story for my own eyes I still have to introduce the main character! My name is Brian. I live in Southern California. I am in my early thirties, which at this point still feels like an extension of my twenties. I am a total over-thinker, and writing has long helped me sort through the thoughts that are always bombarding me. My other forms of release are listening to music, traveling, watching movies, playing video games, playing guitar, reading, and performing improvisational comedy. I have long had a passion/interest for creativity, it has just been under-utilized at times in the past. I would like to change that.

The name of this blog comes from a song by Soundgarden. Considered one of the big four bands of the Seattle grunge scene of the early 1990's (the other three being Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and of course Nirvana), they are also one of my favorite bands of all time. Chris Cornell's voice is one of my favorite things, and he should sing every song. Okay, maybe not every song, but he's hands down my favorite rock vocalist. The lesser known song "Mind Riot" off of Soundgarden's album Badmotorfinger is one of my favorites. It's a beautiful song, and while I'm not sure exactly what the rather poetic sounding lyrics are about, the term "mind riot" always spoke to me for some reason. Perhaps it's because, as an over-thinker, I often feel like there's a riot going on in my mind.

So hopefully this blog will serve to be a little riot control.