blogging & online personal journals [v:ii]

(finally i’m writing something other than incomprehensible fragmented discourse - yup, i’m referring to the few last posts… though i personally believe that they are ART, but people are free to disagree *_* EHEM! back to blogging!)

i’m not new to this blogging stuffs… not new at all…

i first blogged during my undergrad years - yes, thanks to the COMPULSORY assignments given by one of the most popular lecturers at the faculty (this is a tribute to those who fell in love or had crushes on this particular person, though i dont quite understand why). but none was as personal as this one i’m holding on to now. so, in an earlier blog-post, i had to write something on my personal reasons for blogging - it was as if i had to fulfill the unsaid obligation of ALL bloggers alike.

come to think of it, it’s really funny actually… because i’m now unofficially blogging, i HAD to go and read some of the blogs out there right? (oh, well, that’s not exactly true - i have always enjoyed reading AND the blogs out there are really fun to read ) so, that’s exactly what i did - i went online from one blog to the other to the other to the next one to the next one and so on and so forth…. it was never ending, i tell you!

but, what was funnier was the fact that almost ALL (and this is like 99.9999999 % of the population) bloggers somehow or rather must have written at least ONE post on their reasons for blogging - to justify their existence in the blogging world, in the whole scenario. if you dont believe it, try clicking “next blog” button on blogspot.com, go to their earliest posts in the archive and you will see my point. (AND I thought that i was the ONLY one foolish enough, insecure enough to justify MY existence in this world… hoho… )

MOST also share their deepest secrets - but no, not the ones they keep hidden from their family and friends, like if they accidentally slept with someone else’s spouse or accidentally stole some money or whatever… It is actually something more - their DEEPEST FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS - something that most people would not even admit to themselves. it makes me think of my own secrets.

there was something else too. during my course and quest on the reading adventure of the blogs, i found out so many interesting blogs - with such varied styles of writing, use of imagery and pictures, videos, songs, et cetera.

it seems like blogging is SUCH A HUGE UNIVERSAL PHENOMENA - i can find blogs in ALL languages, from ALL parts of the world, with ALL sorts of content (u’ll never believe it!). okay, maybe i’ve exaggerated a bit, but it’s really becoming such a GLOBAL passion.

it’s quite surprising how people can really open up in their blogs -it’s like there’s almost no barriers at all. when i read their blogs, it felt like i’ve known them quite well - almost as if i’m close enough to them to say that I’M THEIR FRIEND or vice versa. to others, the word “friend” may mean nothing - but i dont simply call anyone my friend.

so, when i could actually decide on something like that, i was quite surprised with myself. i could not explain, but i am a most reserved and cold person in nature - so, when i felt so close to the bloggers (the ones whose blogs i read), it was very special, very honest - almost surreal feeling.

hmm… what a unique concept blogging has imposed on me - taking such risks exposing myself and my vulnerability. I really hope it would actually do me good.

December 27th, 2008 at 10:49 am