Inaugural Post

Welcome to Tativille! In this, the inaugural post, I hope to give you a better sense of what I wish to accomplish with this new weblog. Once I have succeeded in this, you will undoubtedly never read Tativille again... which is especially deflating given that if you are a reader at this point, you probably know me anyways. Having said that, my purpose in authoring this weblog is to express my never-to-be-humbled opinions on a range of topics, which I have neatly divided into three categories: cinema, culture, and current events. The first, cinema, is the subject of which I believe I have the widest knowledge: not only have I spent the better part of the past seven or so years watching hundreds and hundreds of films from every corner of the globe, but I have also recently completed a M.A. in Cinema Studies at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. If this means (as I hope) that I am no dilettante when it comes to the topic of film, then I proudly wear the title when it comes to the other subject matter which will be discussed on Tativille. First, there is the purposefully ambiguous 'culture,' which is intended to cover not only my interests in the fine arts -- and especially painting -- but also a range of topics from theology to television to pop music. And then there is current events, which is more or less self-explanatory with the following caveat: my political views are right-of-center, which will undoubtedly influence the issues to which I will devote my attention in the days and weeks ahead. In my opinion, transparency is of the utmost importance, hence this ugly revelation. It's my guess that this will keep many a reader away, no more how insightful my commentary is on Taiwanese cinema or the sculpture of Donald Judd, though I hope in this case to be proved wrong.

So there you have it, a right-wing blog that treats film as a serious art form, when it is not dabbling in urban planning or extolling the many virtues of TV's Blind Date. In other words, Tativille is a site committed to whatever catches my interest, which I assure you will be compelling given that I am certainly the most interesting person I know. Oh, there is one other thing you should probably know about me: I am incorrigibly narcissistic. That's why it kills me that I have yet to figure out how to post a picture of myself... and for those of you who don't know me, it would kill you too if only you knew the man-beauty that you were missing out on because of my technological ineptitude. See, I told you that you would never want to read me again.