I Don't Like Blogs

Then why have I just started one? Good question.

It's not so much that I don't like blogs. I just have mixed feelings about them.

Communication in general is has becoming more and impersonal (don't get me going on this...I'd talk your ear off for hours).  Facebook, texting, gchat, skype chat, AIM -- sure, it makes communication a lot quicker and more convenient, but in the end, it's just words on a page. Sure, I use it all plenty. It was great for keeping in contact with people back home when I was at school and in Ireland, chatting with friends during the all too frequent boring lecture, etc. But now, I'm sitting at home, spending most of my day sitting at/near the computer, or stealing the occasional(frequent) glance while doing other things...and I feel an incredible emotional(and physical) disconnect from people, because the number of internet conversations has far outnumbered the number of face-to-face conversations/interactions I've had since returning home.  I see a computer screen instead of a face, and read words on a page instead of hearing a voice.  Words on a page...that's all it seems sometimes.

I kept a blog when I was in Italy, but it was a rather boring, unskillfully written account of what I did day to day that I kept more for myself (and a few family members) than anyone else, so I could look back however many years later and not forget what I did. I've never done the 'real' blog thing, I guess. But I've been reading a few friends' blogs recently, which is what made me consider starting up one (again?). Its cool to see what kind of wild adventures people(friends) are up to, read what they're pondering, and especially realize that a lot of whats on their minds is on mine as well. And I guess blogging really isn't replacing real interactions and communication...unless that's the only thing you do. Which is certainly not my intention.

So, I'll give this blog thing another shot.  It will be a good chance for me to share the random(exciting, mundane, perplexing) happenings in my life with whoever(if anyone) reads, or at the very least, take some of the thoughts that are bouncing around in my head and get them out by putting them into writing.