I would like to admit that blogging makes sense to me, but alas like Facebook and reality TV I also find it baffling. People think I'm a technophobe, and while it's true I don't always like change (confession: I essentially went from cassette tapes to iTunes, with nary a CD in my collection), it's a bit more complicated than that. I love logic, so the need for something new has to make sense to me. I give in to peer pressure as much as the next gal, but only if it makes sense.
Point in fact- How I was convinced I should join Facebook (a digression):
I joined Facebook about 9 months ago. Previously anytime someone said, "You should join, you'll really enjoy it," I'd say, "I don't know..." They would respond with, "C'mon it's a good way to find friends you went to high school with/lost track of." That's what Facebook is?? No thanks, not interested. But as soon as someone said to me (as I was getting ready to move for the 10,000th time, and after I'd already said it's not for me), "But then I can keep track of you. Know what you are up to." I had an ah-ha technology moment (especially since I AM notoriously hard to keep track of). Ding. Opening a Facebook account finally made a modicum of sense. Though Facebook itself is still kinda baffling, a sensical usage brought me to it (though admittedly, I am sure I'm not living up to the premise of others being able to keep track of me!).
Though I never had an ah-ha moment, blogs themselves are somewhat sensical. A mess of strung together sentences on a topic someone may find interesting. That makes sense. What I should write about, why the cultural fascination with blogging, why anyone would read mine, exactly why one chooses to blog, is all a bit harder to wrap my brain around. I'll figure it out eventually (or remain a confused participant for the foreseeable future).
I do still find most of this new fangled social media stuff mystifying (can someone please explain twitter to me? Like quantum mechanics it seems like it would be fascinating if I just understood what it was...) but it does seem like I found something to write about for my second blog post, now didn't I?
(disclaimer: modern technology was used in the formation of this entry. It was written using the notes app on my iphone. Fancy and technological, right?)
Thanks for reading!