The passing of Salinger

Sadly, J.D Salinger, a great American  author passed away yesterday at the age of 91. This author had an indelible impression on the shaping of my teen years. Holden Caulfield, Franny and Zooey Glass, and the rest of the Glass family helped shape my world view, and to make sense of it, in my own terms.  They put into words the feelings I could not, or would not, dare to express, as well as giving me a new perspective on religion and life. Salinger will be missed, but his charcter will live on to inspire generations to come. And here is one way to do that: follow Holden Caulfield's footsteps around Manhattan.

Today, starting in the new year, I am attempting to make good on a resolution I made back in September: to start blogging. My reasons for starting a blog are not entirely for my personal well-being. I do want to start blogging as a way to log in my experiences living in Boston, and moving to a completely new city, since I know the time will go by far too fast, but I also want to be able to put down "blogging" on my job resume, and be able to pull this up as proof. In the age of new media and social networking, this is becoming an important skill to have. Successfully, though belatedly, here is my first blog post!