My two cents on...blogging:

Being as this is my first official blog post, I find it only appropriate to discuss my thoughts on blogging as a whole.


I have never subscribed to the idea of being a "blogger".  First off, I think the word sounds too close to the word booger, but that's for another blog entirely.  More to the point, I have always wanted to write a book, a non-fiction book.  I have had dreams and aspirations of being an established, educated and well-respected author for many years.  In my research on the subject of writing a book, which I may very well blog about at a later date, I sadly came to realize that in order to be seen as an established, educated, well-respected author you have to have previous published works.  What is considered to be an excellent source for saying you have "previous published work"?  You guessed it.  Blogs.  


So I posed this question: What exactly is a blog anyway?  Is it the mindless ramblings of a teenage girl who's supposed to be doing her homework, but is instead writing online about her latest find at the mall?  Could it be the nerdy gibberish of some techy geeks trading stories on how to completely take apart and reassemble the newest electronic devices?  Perhaps it's the sad stories of a lonely military wife, waiting for her soldier to come home, with nothing to keep her company but her keyboard?  Or the endless pages of deals compiled by a team of stay at home moms who want nothing more than to help the rest of the world's moms save $5 on a pack of diapers?  The fact is, all of these are blogs, and pretty good ones I'd imagine.  From what I can see, a blog is an expression of one's need for communication with a world of similarly interested people, in order to gain a common understanding or acceptance.  


I'm blogging so that I can tell you what little I know, or don't know, about whatever it is I seem to be drawn to on any given day.  I have intentionally left a vague hole in my description, because as I've figured out above, I want everyone to consider themselves "similarly interested" in what I have to say.  I'll probably sound stupid sometimes, offend someone, stick my foot in my mouth, make a joke no one laughs at, or ramble on and on about something no one even cares enough to read about, but isn't that what this whole world of blogging is all about?  It gives the writer the ability to spill endlessly until their heart's content, receive feedback from all the faithful readers out there, and then hone their craft to appeal to their target audience.


Ok, fine.  I'm sold.  Blogging, here I come!