Blog Blog Blah...

Today I felt as I always do around 11 in the morning, bored. Finding myself at work with no appointments until after lunch and with my most productive period of work having passed between 9:30 and 10:15, I turn to the internet to pass the time. You remember those games you used to carry around in your pocket? The ones where you have to get all the loose metallic balls into the corresponding slots around the board. That is sometimes how I think of the internet works. It's a massive time waster, very addictive, and ultimately getting the balls in the holes doesn't really give you any sort of lasting satisfaction. Anyhow, regardless of how much I've become an internet junkie, I wanted to write a little about the life of a blogger.

As a blogger myself I understand how calming it is to simply write about your day without having to think about other people listening. It acts almost like a therapeutic session on a psychologists' couch, plus is doesn't cost anything. This has really taken off, especially with young women who, lonely in their room, and who, I figure have trouble connecting to people outside of their bedroom, can talk without fear of being rejected. I know that sounds a bit harsh, but more and more it seems that communicating over the net is just easier and faster than actual face to face communication. Not only that, but blogging allows you to be your own celebrity, if someone happens to come upon your blog, your life suddenly becomes public. I find there might be a limitation to blogging like this, the most glaring problem is that you have to write it, and consequently someone has to read it. The great thing about these video upload sites is that it skips that tedious step entirely. Anyone with a webcam can just rant into their camera and then upload and hope that somebody will care. Surprisingly this has made a star out of a few people like lonelygirl, who I think has got her own tv show out of it.

Today, I spent the day watching some peoples video blogs and was surprised at how boring some of them are. On the other hand, I was really drawn to few characters like purplepunkage on youtube who's video blog I strangely found myself subscribing too. Some of the enjoyment you get out of watching these peoples blogs is not knowing them beforehand and suddenly being thrown into their world of fears, love, hatred, etc. It is really interesting to watch and learn about someone else's life so voyeuristically. However, its gets kind of strange when the people uploading their personal video blogs are people you actually know. My friend Sam just started uploading her own personal videos which you can find at:

http://bebo.com/watch/4316290587

Now I started to watch her, and I got really uncomfortable. Here is a relatively good friend of mine who I've known since Uni, and who is suddenly disclosing loads of information about her personal life I never knew, and frankly, it makes me severely uneasy. I mean what do I say to her? Oh I've seen your blog, I regularly subscribe, I'm a freak who is obsessed with you... you see! It's almost like you can't bring it up without sounding like a Shady Stu. So I'll just keep it to myself every time I see her, which thankfully is only once or twice a week and hope I can keep my mouth shut and not mention the fact that I know about her sex life and issues with her parents.

It's truly amazing the amount of social dilemmas a little time wasting on the internet can actually lead to. In any case, thanks for reading and hope my blogs don't cause you any strain.
...and remember.... stay true to your car (and your blog)!