Why do I blog?

I ask myself this because I don’t really know. Part of blogging is getting attention for your words and thoughts – for getting a response. Usually its in the form of an email or a comment from my brother or Dary. I sometimes look at popular blogs and feel jealous. Today I looked at a blog of a rubber stamp salesman. She outlined various crafting examples and projects. Even though I subtly despise crafting, it was a good blog. It made me smile and smirk and I read some posts all the way through. I guess that is what I am jealous of. That .. wierd ability to keep people’s attention. To write things worth reading. I shy away from writing, I’m not confident enough usually to write fiction.

Another interesting part of keeping this blog is that I connect it to my facebook account. My facebook is full of friends and non-friends, people who used to be my friend and people who I think are my friends. They are also very varied (my tongue just died). Some have tattoos, some are missionaries, some are annoying, some post drunk pictures every weekend. And since all of these people have access to the blog, It’s kind of my way of relating myself to them, and by extension to the world. I could keep a private blog or diary (Ok, I probably couldn’t) but this being public is important. What I say is important because it defines the way I feel about myself relating to other people.

Moving on, I want to take the blog in a New Direction (glee reference). I have a bad habit of saying what I think people want to hear instead of saying what I think. So from now on, I’ll be saying what I think, the good the bad and the ugly. And when Lost Season 6 begins, you can expect back-to-back Lost theory posts. (No spoilers!)

So here we go at this little experiment. Now I must go to bed because I’m actually still trying to stick to that waking up early resolution. Right now I’m doing well waking up at 8:30. I’m trying to get down to 7 or 6 but I am proud of myself for 8:30.