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Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Why do I blog?
Ever since I started this thing a couple months ago, a fair percentage of the people I've mentioned my blog to, if they don't have their own blog already, have asked my why I do it?
The answer is simple: for the hell of it.
I've heard all kinds of questions regarding my blog:
"At what point does it start to produce revenue?"
"So it's just basically an online popularity contest?"
"Don't you have anything better to do?"
If I wanted it to produce revenue, I would have invented a product, started to sell it, developed a WEBSITE for the product and so on. I have no delusions of grandeur regarding how popular I would be stacked up against the rest of the internet so it ain't that (who can compete with a blog called Confessions of a London Call Girl) and NO, I don't have anything better to do, except maybe play poker online...something I've become quite enamored with (and I'm slightly better than average at it I might at.)
Some blogs have themes. I'm not sure what mine is, or if there will ever be one. I have noticed that I frequently find myself telling a funny story from my past, so I guess humor could be a theme. But I don't think a blog has to have a theme.
While I wonder how many people have visited my blog, I haven't put a counter on it. I'm not sure if it's because I'm trying to keep my ego in check, or because I'm afraid I will see 0000016 as the total number of visitors for weeks on end, thereby shattering any notions I might have that people actually read this thing.
So, while there are plenty of things I'm not sure about, there are a bunch of things I am sure about with regard to this thing called blogging. Since I've noticed that LISTS seem to be awfully popular amongst bloggers, I though I would make my own list of things that this blog will never be about. I'm calling the list ...drumroll please..."My own list of things this blog will never be about".
Here it is:
MY OWN LIST OF THINGS THIS BLOG WILL NEVER BE ABOUT, part one
This blog will never be about politics. This blog will never be about religion. This blog will never be about war, ongoing, past or upcoming. This blog will never be about the sexual orientation of others. This blog will never belittle anyone who has a different skin color than me.
I'm oh so very tired of intolerance on all of the above issues. I have my opinions, you have yours. Acknowledge. Move on.
This blog will never be about my sex life, past or present. Past because it's in the past and present because it's none of your business.
This blog will never be a sounding board for all the depressing things that have happened, are happening, or might happen to me in the future. The name of the blog is "A splash of lime" not "I'm going to go lock myself in a dark room and listen to The Cure all day"
This blog will never be 100% serious. A little brevity goes a long way. This blog will never be about Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, or 90% of the people you see on the cover of People magazine.
This blog will never be about scrapbooking, needlepoint, or knitting
This blog will never be about NASCAR This blog will never be about hunting This blog will never be about the World Wrestling Federation This blog will never be about how much I miss The Dukes of Hazzard
O.K. I think I've got the hang of this whole listing thing now, and I hope I haven't narrowed the subject matter down so much that I never have anything to write about.
As I sit here and type, it's becoming more clear to me what the purpose of this blog is. It's a way to experience a new kind of community. It's a way to share. It's a way to keep a bit of a journal and find folks who like the way you think, or don't like the way you think but are willing to have a logical dialogue about it. It's a new thing (for me at least) and a fun thing (for now at least) and it's just....because.
Dude, you're gonna so be sorry you wrote this when Justin Timberlake hooks up with that girl playing Daisy Duke on the new Dukes of Hazzard movie. I heard she needlepoints a mean NASCAR scrapbook. Robert Smith even bought one to archive the sexual orientations of his fellow Cure bandmates.
And of course, Justin just won't shut up about your sex life...
Name: Jonathan Home: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States About Me: Just a guy who trying to eek out a living as a graphic designer in SW Michigan. See my complete profile
Name: Jonathan
Dude, you're gonna so be sorry you wrote this when Justin Timberlake hooks up with that girl playing Daisy Duke on the new Dukes of Hazzard movie. I heard she needlepoints a mean NASCAR scrapbook. Robert Smith even bought one to archive the sexual orientations of his fellow Cure bandmates.
And of course, Justin just won't shut up about your sex life...