Tuesday, December 20, 2005, 9:41 AM
Before I start on the topic, here's the result of the Asian blog awards.
No, I'm not surprised Miss Cheng won.
And now, back to me.
With blogging being the in-thing of this generation, what does blogging actually mean to a casual blogster (yes, I call people who blog blogsters to prevent the collision of names with Blogger.com) like me?
I'm sure most of you would have taken in this fact by now, that blogging is unlike writing a diary. A diary is something which allows you to keep secret entries... write about people you hate... everything and anything. There is absolutely no limit to what you can write in your diary because you need not fear having your ass busted.
Now, we look at the blog. It's like a new media (in a way) which allows one to rant to their heart's content, with the writer bearing the thought (be it consciously or subconsciously) that someone in the massive cyberspace would be reading it. Although the contents of the blog might seem to be limited only to the writer's mind, there are obvious constraints to look out for. For paranoias like myself, I choose not to touch on topics which might get me in jail/sued/brutally murdered. You obviously wouldn't bitch about a person if you still care to keep a healthy relationship with. Well, not too much anyways.
I remember that I first started out this strange affair in Zorpia just because my friends were doing it. It seemed like fun, but I simply stopped going there after a while. Reason being that my friends have lost interest in it and I know that marked the end of readership for my contents.
Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy writing as much as I enjoy the fact that there are people who would actually read the shit I write. However, the motivation for me to blog is driven by the attention that I could get. I do not deny the fact that I seek attention. And since I'm at it, let me just put the fact that
I am an attention whore in bold.
Which is why I don't keep a diary. Because that won't get me attention.
I rant because I can, because I want to, and purely for the reason that
I know that people on the internet are very bored people. I myself surf for blogs to read just to pass time. Blogging doesn't require much creativity, really. All it needs is the ability to churn out mundane stuffs into shinies. Even breathing can be made exciting... if you know what I mean. Everything has an entertainment value.
On a sidenote, for those of you who have a blog out there, don't be surprised if someone you know finds your blog and read it. Nothing on the net stays hidden forever.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is my two cents on blogging.
