Why I Should Blog

To find true inspiration in what blogging really is and why I should do it, I decided to look at a master blogger, someone who is well respected in the world of blogging. When I typed this into Google, a name kept appearing at the top of the list, that name was Andrew Sullivan. Conveniently, Sullivan had an article titled, “This is Why I Blog”. I assumed that if I could find the reason and passion behind why Sullivan blogs, I could finally make sense of why I was blogging. In the beginning of this article something caught my eye, something that may shed some light on why he blogs. Sullivan mentioned that, and I quote, “its borders are extremely porous and its truth inherently transitory”. Now transitory may be a big word for me but what I took away from this that bloggers can lie or insinuate about topics in their articles. They don’t have to wait for concrete facts to come out, bloggers can put their own perspectives into their articles weather it is true or not. This got me thinking about what blogging reminded me of and the only thing that came to mind was 6^th grade schooling, where kids make things up to be “Cooler” than other kids. Still I was not impressed with blogs but I kept reading. Later in the passage, Sullivan touches upon that while yes you can make up facts, there are always people correcting you and commenting on your post why you are wrong. I was starting to realize that people who comment on your posts might actually be more informed on the topic you are posting about, this keeps individuals in line so that are not making up ridiculous facts. Again I got to thinking about what blogging relates to for me and it now seems more like high school, where teachers will actually check your sources and see if you are copy-writing others work. There is no more making up facts like in middle school even though kids still try to. Lastly, towards the end of Sullivan’s article, he explains how blogging is a way to see what people experience in real time. Sullivan gives an example on how during 9/11, he can go back to his posts and see what he felt during the tragedy, which I thought was very cool. It’s a kind of record of your self that you can look back on, like a diary. After reading his entire article I have come to this conclusion, blogging more resembles college. Individuals know that if they lie or make up facts, the professor will check their research and know if they were lying, thus calling them out on in and or failing them. Again not knowing truly what blogging is I leave you with this; @AndrewSullivan #StillConfused #GettingCloser #474words #StillNotTwitter

Creating A Blog

Creating a blog for me was no easy task. Start with the fact that when I tried to set up a blogger account, I accidentally set up a Google Plus account. Stumbling for a solid 20 minutes through this Google Plus account was like getting lost in a corn maze, you have no idea where you are and no idea how to get where you need to be. Then I finally realized that I was on the wrong site and had to completely restart. Now I was finally on the blogger site and ready to set up an account. I put in my Blogger name and address and was ready to go, the only problem being that I didn’t have a clue on how to use it. For inspiration and to learn how to use the site, I decided to look up other people’s blogs to get a feel on what it is and how I am supposed to “Blog”. The more I looked into it, the more I realized that it was just another Twitter with no character limits. Thus immediately I was tempted to post blogs with things like: #FirstBlog #Excited #kindofconfused @Cmerwin24 @IanDU2012. I then assumed that this is not how it is supposed to be used. Now that I had created an account and searched what they were supposed to be like… I still didn’t have a clue what kind of writing it was supposed to be. I figured the only way that I would know is to just start writing; just see what comes naturally. This brings me to right here, knowing nothing more than I did when I started. Instantly I started thinking that blogging might be more like Facebook where you post personal messages about your life. To see if this was true I proceeded to Facebook and the very first thing I saw was a post saying, “I can’t believe that bitch called me fat”. Seeing this, I realized that I wished that blogging were not like Facebook, not as hostile and mean, and that it would be something new, exciting, and well… nice. Still not knowing what blogging is I will leave you with this: #highhopes #dontsuck #notlikefacebook #367words #kindofexcited.