as i have first mentioned about automated blogging, let me continue the saga of the "Blog Adventure Weekend" i'm (and i'm sure you too :p) currently enjoying. let me now blab about this beautiful blogging phenomenon.

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blogging, i think is one of the most unusual BUT typical things an average, net-connected person like me would employ as a hobby. imagine 40 years ago you wouldn't even want your mommy to see your little lacy diary (which i believe contains hearts and 'i love you ____! marry me'!), and now you're exposing how "your foot got stuck on a puddle of poo on your way to a date" to just about ANYONE in the world! but our main security in doing so is because we're hidden on this comfortable cloak of anonymity, so "i bet no one will really care, much less stumble on this when there are millions of other salacious blogs in the world!". you pour out your heart, mind, soul and profanity to this little pixelated universe, reaching out hopefully... to someone who would read in half-interest, but then he'd skip your blog altogether because it isn't "juicy enough". who in the world bothers about a bum's monotonous life? (ex.: "i ate a box of cereal today. fed the carton to Boogie. slept and drooled on the couch while watching the ubiquitous chess match. heck, it's been a great day!") ... and so, even if we are seemingly sure no one would give a damn about our lives (not until you injected a particularly nasty comment about Bush, Big Brother won't give you 24-hour surveillance), we'd still post on and on and on. i don't normally broadcast my blog to my friends, God knows what crap i might pull at them when they're not watching... and so i remain invisible in this realm. maybe the reason why me (and some others) do this is because of self-gratification. sometimes there are things which we can't rant out loud, there are fantasies we can't admit, and nonsense that we can't rap due to the fear of being called a jerk. we have our reasons. as long as you don't touch us, we'll continue doing whatever the f*ck we want.

so in case you caught this blog, congratulations! comments are very welcome. :-)

in line with the "self-gratification" reason, many do it for vanity. for these people, blog is brag. they'll talk about their escapades, their holiday in fiji, spending a week in a fancy hotel just because the weather's hot... it's useless to us but it's major scoring points for them. it's no problem, really... at least your fortunes are put to good use, being documented. so, have i told you about my $10 makeup kit? cool. =p

some people do it just for the sake of doing (no labels attached!). and it's a good enough reason why the millions-or-so bloggers (or 'blice') out there are devoting their time, money, vocabulary and what have you... it's SELF-EXPRESSION. if there's one good thing keeping an online journal has done, it's this. we are given the inalienable right to express ourselves freely, no holds barred! even if the material is good or bad, blogging has boosted our confidence to communicate... if not with others, then with our inner selves. we foster our creativity and hidden talent to make our world a little more intriguing. we give our best insights, tell the best stories, make the best punch lines we could ever imagine (however peppered with **** and ****). at least we can say we're still as normal and as decent as the next person!

a toast to our ingenuity. :D

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