Let's See How This Goes...

When first approached with the idea of starting a blog, I immediately laughed it off. The thought of exposing the inner workings of my very soul where quite literally anybody could see has always been rather strange to me. That sort of stuff is for artists and hardcore emo kids...basically people with really sweet hair.

Although I maintained these sentiments for a considerable time, I have recently found that my understanding of blogging has matured significantly, prompting me to develop (what my friend Clay so aptly labels) my "online presence." While the blogosphere is still the haven of aforementioned emos and artsy types, it also harbors many other types of people, which I shall attempt to enumerate. In general, your average blogger falls into one of these categories: those that need an outlet for their abundant emotions (aka emos), those that wish to keep their friends updated on day-to-day happenings in their lives, those that take extended trips to foreign countries and want to keep all their peeps back home in the loop (a new college phenomenon), and finally those that know something (or lots of somethings) and are obligated to share.

As a general disclaimer, I would like to note that none of these categories are concrete; many bloggers could fall into a number of these categories. Additionally, I don't want to sound like I hate emo kids since I was once somewhat of an emo kid myself.

(I'm still proud of those jorts)

Ok, this has gotten much longer than I intended it to, so I'm gonna stop here. I'll finish up with the types of bloggers another time. Also, I'll continue with the story of the beginnings of my foray into blogging. Until then....

Ben