More Then Just a Blog

I found myself dreading the idea of blogging, when I was first told that it was going to be a main focus for the AP Language Arts class. My first fear was that I wouldn’t have anything to blog about. But as I progressed into the year, I realized that I was given a lot of freedom. And the blogging was a chance for me to write about anything, under certain guidelines, that I wanted to write about. I find myself surfing the net often, and thinking, “Hey, I could blog about this”.

Because of my obsession for finding unique things to discuss in my blog, I also feel that this has been an opportunity for me to expand my knowledge. I’ve learned a bunch of different new facts, which are actually interesting. For instance, I’ll sometimes blog about crazy, ugly animals that I’ll find on the web. The other day I was just telling a friend of mine about the strongest, or what looks like to be, the strongest dog in the world. When I explained to them that I knew all the information from blogging. They laughed, because usually when someone says blogging, the image of a nerd who has no life but the computer, comes to mind. But I clarified that there’s more to it then just seeming nerdy. You get to express yourself, and have your own words, your own creation, be read by anybody. You can form a webpage that of your own design, call it whatever you want, and so on. It’s like your own little space on the internet.

With blogging, I’ve also been able to see what other students have come up. Some of my ideas I’ll get were from looking at other blogs. Whether they’re from my high school, or they’re from half way across the country. And let me say, I’m astounded by the creativity and brilliance that people put into blogging. Just the other day I was looking at one from London, and it blew me away. I had clicked on it because it was linked to a store that I was online shopping on, and out of curiosity I clicked it. The settings, the music, and especially the writing were tremendous. I wanted to comment on it, but I’ve never actually commented on anyone’s blog before, so I mentally gave whosever blog it was, a pat on the back.

Anyways, my blogging experience has surprisingly been fun, and inspiring. I was opened up to a new world that I didn’t even know existed. Or, well I knew it existed, I just never really appreciated it until I was exposed to it. And now that I have been, I’ve been spreading the word that other people need to get out there and try it, or read some, or do something. Because there’s more to the internet then just youtube and facebook. There’s the art of showing who you are through writing.