Well, hello there!

Hello there, and welcome to the Dragon's Breath! My name is DragonFang, but you can call me Toby if you like. No, that's not my real name but who cares. So, this is my very first entry on this site, so please: be gentle.
What to write on a first entry? Well, I could tell you something about me, what I do, what my hobbies and interests are, which political views I have, or what I intend to blog about. Yes, that seems like a good idea, doesn't it? Well, there we go:
I am a student of Clinical Psychology in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Now, please don't ask me if I've ever done drugs; I haven't. I know Amsterdam is famous among foreign people for its tolerance towards the use of soft drugs, but that doesn't mean everybody here's smoking weed and listening to Bob Marley songs. Well, I occasionally do listen to Bob Marley, but I prefer rock. None of my friends use drugs as far as I know, and there's nothing cool about smoking weed, at least no more than just drinking beer, which is something I do do sometimes.
My age? What is my age, you ask? Well, does that matter? Well alright then, I'm 23 years old. Happy now? Any more daring questions you'd like me to answer? (*lots of shouting and screaming*) Yes, you? What food I like best? Is that the best question you could come up with? A bit lame, if you ask me! Well, let's see, I like Greek food... and Chinese, obviously. And I love Canard - yes that means "duck" in French. No, I'm not very good at French but I go to France on holidays sometimes. It's really a nice country, just a shame about all those French guys. Any more questions? ...my favourite pastime? Well, it's hard to pick favourites, but I'd have to go for... spending time with my lovely girlfriend. No, I'm not telling her name. Yet.
Well, enough with the questions from the crowd, let's tell you some things I'd like to tell you. Actually, those people shouting questions at me were me, as well - surprise! - but instead of letting my split personalities ask me all kinds of irrelevant things, I will tell you... stuff. So just sit back and enjoy the ride.
I enjoy British humour. Now I know not everyone does, so I'll blend in some mild sarcasm and good ol' Dutch jokes, but if you still don't like it, you can, well, leave. It's that simple. Nobody is forcing you to read this - unless you're some poor soul I'm enthousiastically showing this blog to on my home computer, but you'll be used to things like that when you're a pal of mine, right?
So what do I enjoy, humour-wise? Monty Python, obviously. Rowan Atkinson, Keeping Up Appearances... but also Terry Pratchett, Finding Nemo, several Dutch comedians or Eminem lyrics. I like wittiness. I love witty critique on society, the world and politicians. Needless to say I love satire and cartoons. Cartoons in general, yes, but also cartoons that show the world, or parts of it, a mirror that is frightening, terrifying, yet hilarious. I'm all for freedom of speech, freedom of expressing oneself. I'm not for merely insulting people, though.
Well, enough of that. It'll soon become a blog of its own - but not right now. Soon. For now I'm introducing myself to the audience. To my readers.
I like reading, and I like writing. I'd like to write the way the books I've read are written. That means I could start writing some fan fiction, though not of Robin Hobb's world. She has made it really clear on her website she does not want any fan fiction of her stories, characters or world, so I will not. She is one of my favourite writers, also including Terry Pratchett, Holly Lisle and Anne Rice. I love the Lord of the Rings trilogy, both in writing and on screen. I'm dreaming of writing my own book, which I occasionally sit down and work on. I'm also thinking about doing a book with a close friend of mine. Both projects have barely even started, so I might keep you updated on that here. I'm also a fan of Star Wars, but not one of those nerdy geeks that the cliche tells you they are. I do have a social life. Really. I "know" some people at the starwars.com blogs who seem to be quite normal, non-geeky people, too. Of course I could be mistaken. I might blog about Star Wars, or even write fan fiction about it. Or about celebrities. I have this short spoof about some celebrity girl I will post here soon, when I've checked if it isn't in conflict with the site rules.
I love movies. I love going out, even if I don't do that very often anymore because I'm financially challenged these days - donations are always welcome. I love discussions, as long as they're civilized. I love video games. I love psychology and I love giving people electrical stimuli in the name of science - that's the research I'm doing right now. Call me sadistic, but I'm really not. You'll see. Or not.
I love dreaming about what a wonderful blog this is going to be, and how it will improve my writing skills. Maybe I'll get tired of it in a week, maybe it turns out to be my redemption. I don't know. Let's just see where it will take me.
Writing a blog like this requires attention, which I have aplenty at times, and very little at other times. That means my entries will most probably be infrequent. Please try to bear in mind that I do have a life outside of this online blog.
Thanks for reading and hopefully you'll read more!

DragonFang