Sunday, April 27, 2008

just incidentally, because the idea of blogging irks me for some reason...

Why am I here?  What am I doing?  Would I be doing this if I didn't HAVE to?

A part of me thinks it's quite egotistical to blog.  What is so important about MY words, that I need to showcase it on a public platform for others to read?  I don't feel quite right, here in the blogosphere, just because I don't feel as if I have anything interesting or useful or different or amazingly insightful to add.  I will be addressing issues relating to my university unit, Virtual Cultures, and all that I'll have to offer are my paltry opinions.  Inconsequential opinions.

As far as I can see, a blogger would have to be supremely confident in their opinions and their online identity to start a blog in the first place, much less with the the expectation and desire for it to be read.  Either that, or lonely; wanting to leave their footprint in the virtual world, however much it will be stamped over.

I'm interested to see whether I get "hooked" on the blogging thing, or if I do it just for the sake of achieving a passing grade.  I think I'll enjoy reading about what interests me, in relation to Virtual Cultures... electronic literature, etc.  Actually writing the blog and seeing my words on the screen, I think, will be a different matter.

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