Blogging

'So this is how one starts a blog of their own,' I thought, as I pasted and published one old document of random personal thought and one more recent on a subject more accessible.

I have always wondered how people could do this to themselves. The ongoing joke of "that friend you know who blogs" would certainly be enough to deter the average Joe from doing so/being that guy. Unfortunately, as everyday as my days seem, I am not as strong or clever as the average Joe.

Enter my first blog, and with it, my first few entries.

Day one of doing this and already I've racked the number up to three. My third post. Why have I started this? Do I hope someone will read it? I'm not even sure how that would happen. I, for one, have never found myself in the mood to search - local or otherwise - websites for random blog entries. I suppose this is why that friend we know who blogs won't shut up about it. Because they can't! They couldn't afford to. No one would read it if they ceased bringing it up at dinner parties/ coffee dates/ doctor's appointments.

Of course, that's not to say that once mentioned, we will read the damned thing. I know I can't recall the last one I set eyes on. Perhaps this is an ancient form of entertainment already. Have I missed the bus? Am I becoming part of some anonymous time capsule? One that was buried in the backyard and marked only to be forgotten about once the family picks up and moves to North Dakota for that job promotion? I suppose there's only one way to find out. I could ask Google, but I assume all I would find are old opinions on old anonymous blogs by bloggers I would never give a flying hoot about. Let alone be interested enough in said old opinions to sift through the lengthy introductions and forced humor for them.

Or is it my ego? Is everyone I care about doing this and I just haven't been asking the right questions? Instead of "How're you?" I should be asking "How many entries have you published today?" (Ooh, that many, eh? Here, let me log on and read them as you sit in silence so that I can really know what's going on in your life.) Maybe that's it; Just more of technology pushing us away from the people in the same room. People hadn't blogged for the longest time and seemed to do alright, but then again that was back when people spoke face to face and actually listened to each other, I suppose. Ah, a different time, indeed.

At any rate, I am nothing if not an opportunist and nearly always up for a personal experiment. Maybe this will be good for me.