English Final

The heart and soul of blogging is the individual and/or the group of individuals opining on the fly and responding post-haste to one and all.
- Michael Conniff

(questions not in order)
7. During the first few weeks of school, I’m always excited to write in my blog. I never thought about if I have stuff to write about or not. But around the second quarter, I started struggling on what to write about. I always say “oh my gosh, what should I write about?” I don’t know why I tend to get stuck but I feel like there is just nothing to write about! The first few blog posts I blogged about piano, movie review, and stuff that have been happening lately. After that I feel like there is nothing to write about. It’s kind of like how every morning, some girls always say “I know I have a closet full of clothes, but there is just nothing to wear!” or “I don’t know what to wear!” How I get unstuck is when I write about my day. I have to do a blog post every week for English class, so since there are no good topics for me to choose, I think I should just write about my day. I mean, there are millions of topics that I can write about, but when I blog, I don’t want to just type about random stuff; I need to have knowledge about that certain topic so I can make my blog post sound amazing.

10. Since this is my first blog account ever, I only update Blogger once a week for class. I also made an account on Tumblr. Tumblr is another website for blogging but it’s more popular these days. I have a lot of friends who have a Tumblr account and I really like this website a lot. I feel like Tumblr is more fun too because Tumblr is a place where people can post random stuff like post pictures, quotes, music, chats, and more. Also we can repost people's posts; that is, if we're following them, but Blogger is amazing too. When I blog on both Blogger and Tumblr, I mostly blog about how was my day, especially on Blogger. Why did I make an account on Tumblr if I have a Blogger? Well, I guess it’s because it’s popular and stuff and I don’t know, I made it just for the heck of it. I also want to be better at blogging. There are a lot of people who blogs about interesting stuff. What kind of stuff? I don’t even know. The people I follow inspire me about what to write. I follow friends and people who share the same interests as me, and I decide to blog about stuff like them. What they blog about is mostly about love, hatred, special occasions, etc... But most of the time, they only post pictures. I post about everything now, especially feelings and inside thoughts that I want out of my head.

8. I really like having a blog. I've never had a blog before. Blogging is a place where you can talk about anything. And you can vent about stuff. It's kind of like an online journal or diary. And it's really organized too. It changed the way I write and the way I think because usually we don't speak the same way when we blog. Most of the time when I blog, I blog about my day or our feelings. And stuff I really need to say. I don't speak the same way when I blog online because it's weird. It's like reading books or poems or songs. When I blog, sometimes I can blog all formally like an essay, but when I speak, it's casual; I’m having a friendly conversation with someone in real life. I don’t speak all formally or an essay-type of conversation with someone. People will think I’m like memorizing what I’m saying from a script of something. I like how when I’m blogging, I can talk about whatever I want. It’s really easy, even though there isn’t that much to talk about. I try to think about random stuff to talk about, but I always end up talking about my day. I can talk about my day to my parents during dinner time, but then through blogging, I talk about my feelings. I can also make my blog posts private if I don’t want any of my followers to read it. I don’t blog for my fellow followers to read, I blog for myself. But sometimes, I guess it’s nice if my followers do read my blog posts, because I might post something funny or post something I want to share with them.

Before I made a Blogger, I saw commercials about blogging, like for example this guy and a lady was at a party and he asked if she wanted to go to his house and she though he was like those freaky men who wants sex or whatever, but then he took a bite of a candy bar and he said “Oh I thought you were a blogger.” And then she said “Oh I love blogging!” (It was a commercial about that candy that he took a bite of…). I always thought to myself what is the point of blogging? Because I never actually know what does blogging even mean. But now I really like it. I really enjoy blogging. It’s like a daily habit for me to blog now (on Tumblr). Whenever I go back home after school, I turn on the computer, and I open up so many windows; AIM, MSN, iTunes, Facebook, Youtube, Schoolloop, and Tumblr.

I hope I can continue blogging for a long time. There are certain habits that I want to get rid of, but I keep procrastinating to get rid of them, but I continue doing them anyways. But right now, blogging is a habit for me. Every day on Tumblr, I always have to post something up; I blog about everything. There are a few blog posts that I have written that are not redundant at all and it makes sense a lot and it’s over 1000 words. I felt pretty proud of myself after that. Sometimes when I get bored I reread all my blog posts and I to reminisce the moments. For a few times, I’ve found some redundancy my posts. After that, I read the recent blog post and I feel like I’ve improved a lot. I want to blog every day for years to come and someday I will reread my first blog post that I’ve ever done to the most recent one.

Your blog is what you say when there is nobody standing over your shoulder telling you what to do.
- Lorelle