WHY I BLOG

There was a contest in J-land a little while back asking journalers why they keep a journal.  What a silly question.  Asking me why I keep a journal is like asking me why I breath!  But I shall try to explain.

Why I blog.

I blog to keep my thoughts in order.  I write things down so I know what I thought 10 minutes after I thought it.  With so many minutes in a day, and so many thought in a minute I find it easier to keep track of thoughts this way.  Besides, with so many people exclaiming 'Good God woman, what were you thinking!?', now all I have to do is tell them to read my blog.

I blog so I don't have to write letters.  I just provide family and friends with the link.  If they want to know whats happening with me, I just tell them... look it up!  If they haven't heard from me in ages and didn't know about the graduation or rescue party, hey, its not my fault!  I sent the link!

I blog for humanity.  I have realized that by sharing my everyday experiences with the rest of the World Wide Web, others begin to feel better about their own lives, and thats what its all about, making others feel good about themselves!

I blog to forget.  Keeping my journals updated keeps me from mundane tasks around the house such as dishes and laundry.  Do I really want to do those chores?  Of course not, and by blogging not only do I become too busy procrastinating to do them, my brain also become too occupied in thought to even feel guilty about it.

So there you have it, in a nutshell... why I blog.  Perhaps a few members of Bloggers Anonymous share the same reasons.  Perhaps others do as well but are still in denial.  Whether you share similar motivation or not is irrelevant.  The important thing is... no dirty dishes were washed during the composition and posting of this essay, and thats what its REALLY all about!

NEW JOURNAL FEATURES

2004 Archives

1. December (25)
2. November (30)
3. October (34)
4. September (47)
5. August (52)
6. July (32)
7. June (37)
8. May (24)
9. April (13)
10. March (4)
11. February (0)
12. January (0)

Well good golly, would you look at that... in the month of September of last year I made 47 entries in my Dust Bunny Journal, and in August there were 52!  Jiminy Crickets, there's only 30/31 days in the month!  I'm loving the new archeive feature, there is now a direct link to the first entry of the journal, how cool is that!

SPELL CHECK, or 'the beauty of poor grammar'.

I've begun the tedious task of archiving my journals in light of the resent TOS epidemic that is sweeping through J-land.  I'm cutting and pasting my entries onto Word, which unlike AOL Journals has a built in spell check.  Oh buddy!  My entries are lit up like a Christmas tree!  There are red and green squiggly lines all over the pages!  I can't possibly be that bad!  Heck, it looks that the spell check just gave up and underlined everything, changing color for a little variety.  It would almost be pretty if it wasn't so embarassing!

SYMPTOMS OF A BLOGGING ADDICTION (repost from June 10, 2004)

* You check your journal more than 10 times a day, or even 10 times an hour

* You have more Journal Comment Alerts in your mailbox than spam

*  Your best friends have screen names and URLs instead of real names and street addresses.

*  You log down the number on your hit counter before you sign off at night and check it first thing in the morning.  You record these numbers for future reference.

*  You have actually been late for work because you were reading your favorite journals.

*  You family has to leave a comment on your journal to get your attention.

*  You turn the volume up when you walk away from the computer so you can hear when the alert alarm sounds.

*  You beg strangers to read yours if you'll read theirs!

*  Being the #1 Editor's Pick is more important to you then winning a Pulitzer Prize.

These are just a few of the many symptoms of Blogaholism.  It is an incurable disease and can only be treated by steady doses of blogging.  So Blog on my friends!

YOU'VE GOT PROBLEMS!

How many bloggers can relate to this:

   You're sitting at the computer and your spouse comes up behind you, requesting your attention.  Without looking up you mumble 'in a second' as you continue to pound the keys or navigate the search engine.  A huff, the unmistakable sound of impatience, but you are too close to your goal and you repeat...'in a second, this is really important'.

"Oh, are you doing the taxes?" comes a surprised query or some equally inane comment.  By this time you are agitated and you turn in your swivel seat.

"No, I am updating my journal!" and with a roll of your eyes and a toss of your head you turn dramatically and return to your mission at hand.  There is a disgusted grunt behind you but you pay no attention to it.  You have journals to read, comments to make.  The life of a blogger is relentless.

If this senerio sounds familiar to you, then you have a problem.  And denial is an even bigger problem.  My advice to take action immediately.  Time is of the essence.  To delay will merely compound the problem.  The solution... move your computer to a private room and lock yourself in!  No more inconvenient interruptions!  It is about time the rest of the world took blogging seriously!

DUST BUNNY CLUB 1ST ANNIVERSARY.

My first journal, Dust Bunny Club Of North America  turned 1 year old yesterday.  There are 365 days in the year... so imagine my surprise when I saw this...

DUST BUNNY CLUB OF NORTH AMERICA       Description: Quite by accident I discovered a new hobby, raising dust bunnies, while diligently pursuing my old hobby of procrastination! Feel free to view my older entries, they go back as far as March.       Updated: 7 minutes, 53 seconds ago (377 entries)

377 entries... in 365 days?  Oh boy, I've got it worse than I thought!

WALKING MAN

I'm just posting this little guy here for a friend of mine (hi Sonny!)... Isn't it just too cool?