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shawn time 15.47.01..10.15.04
anyone read this thing?
Blogging is weird.
Why do I blog? I ask myself that all of the time.
I like creating. That's one reason.
To be able to create something that is immediately on screen in front of me is enjoyable.
And, the possibility that someone else may (or usually, may not) see what I am creating is enjoyable too.
Blogging is a journal-like experience for me. I know that when I post, it is hardly ever writing. I do not write often. I think that if I kept an actual, physical journal, it would not be just writing. But a mixture of pictures, writing, doodles, etc. The benefit here (blog) is that it offers so much more as far a posting digital media. I can not post a flash animation (as cheesy as mine are so far) in a paper journal. I can not download digital pictures into a diary. It is much easier to link to someone else's idea that I think interesting than to write extensively about that idea with pen and paper.
I see the value in a physical journal, but I also know that I have never been motivated to keep one. I am motivated to blog, to update the blog, to post various thoughts and pictures and drawings and other peoples ideas, etc etc. To communicate how I see things happening in my life, and to be able to do that through various media is a huge motivator.
And, again, although I see blogging as a good thing for me in and of itself, I am pretty sure that I also want others to see it too. Somehow I want to be able to create, or participate, in a community that uses and views blogging as important and meaningful. I also want to allow those that do not blog a connection to my world. I want to keep in touch with the larger world (granted it is through a computer).
What is larger than this web world? That this site is accessible to nearly anyone (connected) in the world is a powerful idea. I know that the probability that "anyone" would stumble into my world, and see that world as at all interesting is very very small. Do I desire others (everyone) to see my ground breaking, earth shaking blog? Of course.
Maybe the same way I desire to win the lottery.
So, if you have stumbled onto my little world "schmetzger", make sure you leave a comment somewhere. It will encourage me. I will keep me posting. It will make me feel like I am a lotto winner.
Blogging is weird.
Comments
bob wrote this at 16.26.48..10.15.04
i read it, shawn!
sheena wrote this at 22.30.54..10.15.04
me too. being new to the wide world of blog i'm pretty taken with the concept now as well.
Arlen wrote this at 01.34.02..10.16.04
Be encouraged. :) Peace.
Laura wrote this at 01.03.59..10.17.04
I read it. I am glad it's here.
amber wrote this at 11.21.19..10.18.04
you win!!!!!!!
leah k wrote this at 08.14.54..10.25.04
your blog even gets read in India......
Lil Bro wrote this at 23.54.31..10.26.04
yeah, even your own family reads it. I'll see what I can do about that motorcycle for you
MK up in AK wrote this at 10.42.53..10.28.04
Keep posting stuff, I check in regularly.
renee wrote this at 23.50.53..11.03.04
blogging IS weird. so much for a locked diary. perhaps I will blog one day too :-)
duncan wrote this at 05.49.22..11.06.04
first time caller. keep it coming. i'll be back... : )
melanie wrote this at 08.26.51..11.17.04
Shawn,
I am a new fan of your blog page. It took me a while to figure out how the thing works.
I really look up to you and enjoy watching you hash it out with yourself! keep it up.
