Blogs are Funny
So, today in SAGES we talked about Blogging, so I decided to dig up this old one that I made last summer and write something on it. I was thinking about just plain making fun of blogging in general - like write a really emo one about how my life as a sophomore stinks and how ever class I take feels like they are trying to kill me and yada yada yada - but I guess maybe I'll think of something worth while to say.
*three minuets later* The problem is, is that I really don't feel like I'm really a good candidate for blogging. I don't really have any startling opinions that I WANT the greater universe to know about. Why I have this hesitation is because I am aware that the internet is a horribly public place, and I'm not comfortable not knowing who in the world is looking at my blog. Every Sunday I send an e-mail out to everyone who I still care about keeping in touch with, and I feel like that is ok because I know who those people are personally. But on the internet... I might not even know who you are who are reading this right now - and that unnerves me.
I guess I'll go do some homework now - continuing with the "I'm a sophomore and my life stinks" run.
Comments
Posted by: Rob
Posted on: October 19, 2006 03:41 PM
Yes, we are watching you. Be afraid, very afraid. ;-)
Actually, I'd be more interested if you summed up what the SAGES conversation was about.
Regards,
A Complete Stranger.
Posted by: Christopher Williams
Posted on: October 19, 2006 03:50 PM
I'd be interested to hear some of the conclusions that your class reached about blogging. I am part of the SAGES Peer Writing Crew and a regular updater of our blog on writing. Go to http://blog.case.edu/orgs/sages and check it out sometime. It updates at least every week with helpful writing hints.
Okay, enough with the shameless self-promotion. But if your class came to any conclusions about blogs that might help us improve ours, do let us know. You might even suggest that your class critique our work.
Yes, I suppose this is one risk of blogging - some total stranger may express an inordinate interest in what you have to say. But I'm such a nice total stranger . . .