Daily Archives: August 29, 2006

Why do you blog?

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I sit here tonight, illuminated by a small lamp, and the glow of my laptop screen, thinking to myself, “why do I blog?” Interesting question, don’t you think? Honestly, I’m not quite sure anymore. I guess I’m rather curious to know what other people’s answer to this question is. Call it curiosity. For me, I think we’ll have to take the time machine way back to the beginning…

In the beginning, I remember that I just wanted to have one place where I could put down links and tell people about them. I guess I would have to say that that’s pretty much how weblogs Really started. It was a central place where folks like me could share what we’ve seen around the web and come back to it later because we remembered that we visited a site, but couldn’t remember exactly what the address was.

Then of course, I guess I thought people might be interested in knowing just what I had for dinner that day. Of course, in retrospect, I guess this could have been a way for me to remind myself what I had for dinner that day too.

But Seriously, why do I blog nowadays?

Perhaps it is indeed an egotistical thing, where the universe does indeed revolve around my life, and it’s so tragic, and it’s so happy and it’s so drama. But alas, no, my life is not the focal part of the universe and unfortunately, what I had for lunch does not impact what people are going to do for dinner.

So wait. what was the question again? Oh yeah. Why do I blog?

I guess I blog because it’s an outlet. It’s a place where I can talk about things, or share interesting (or not so interesting!) stories that happened to me, or perhaps just because I want to chronicle my life. But if this is a record of my life, then, there’s quite a bit missing.

I can’t possibly talk about every thought, every emotion, everything that I do, everything I eat, drink, or whatever. If that were true, then this site would be a bunch of nonsense. Which, more often than not, is the case.

So what about you? Why do you blog?

Curious minds want to know. Really.

100 Facts in 100 Days – Day 10

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10. I used to be a World of Warcraft addict. When I got accepted into the beta, it was a fun thing. I played quite a bit. I played so much, that when the game came out, I was already beginning to get bored. Because I already played so much, I think that’s why I was able to make level 60 so fast. After making level 60 for second player, I Really got bored. I know I should’ve just leveled the rest of my players, but WoW was already boring me, and I was looking for newer and greater adventures.

Let’s not forget the amount of aggravation I had with other players in the game. For any EverQuest Prexus players, you’ll understand when one of my friends asked me if it was as bad as LOIO (Lake of Ill Omen) in EQ. I told him that every zone was LOIO in WoW. It’s just insane the amount of immaturity in the game. But what can you expect from a game played predominantly by teenagers. However, that discussion is for a Totally different post.