I guess it's about time I get started blogging. Not just for Rhetoric, but for myself. I used to maintain a livejournal many many years ago and it was the best thing next to sliced bread. However, that soon simmered and sputtered it's way down the trash-filled lines of the interwebs.
Blogging has a special place in my heart. I like reading some blogs and I like maintaining one--somewhat. I think what has always put me off from blogging is the fact that for some reason I feel like I have to be making a point. What ever happened to blogging my day's activities down? Reflecting on what happened during my day? Writing them down so I'll never forget. I stopped keeping a handwritten journal the summer after high school ended. My livejournal died two semesters after that. What went wrong? Where did that need for blogging go?
I feel, like email and AIM, that my need for blogging just found another outlet. For instance, twitter and Facebook Status updates were the next best thing to blogging! I could quickly update what I was doing maybe even throw in a little caveat of silly "wisdom" while I was at it. Same goes for twitter--microblogging I hear it being called. I must agree. Being confined to 140 characters is tough for someone as verbose as me.
The biggest question I have for myself now is if I'll ever be able to get back to that root of blogging/journaling that I so strongly had in high school. Or if that is completely dead. No. Not dead--crawling, moaning like a zombie 140 characters at a time.
