Why blog weblog...

Why do I, buyankasha, blog? Why have I taken on this new hobby? Initially, a blog was something that I began to hear about less than a year ago (though blogs have been around for at least five years) and seemed like nothing more than random message boards, which I guess is still technically what they are. Then I realized that there is a blog for just about every subject that one can think of, many like diaries; "I went to the store today", "I don't think that so and so should happen". Just hundreds of thousands of people randomly clicking away at their keyboards for what I assume is the hope that someone out there will read it and hear what they have to say.

Since then I have realized that some blogs are much more than diaries. I started about a month ago and have subsequently ran into articles in both TIME and The New Yorker about the blogging phenomenon. So apparently I have hopped on the bandwagon and now am not sure exactly what I want this blog to do. Considering the very low amounts of traffic that this site gets, I have to decide whether I want to take it further to get people reading this by e-mailing other bloggers to link up to, or not take it seriously and be fine with the few people that are reading. After all, if I am writing about something that I think is interesting, and constantly updating,(which is only a burden in the sense that no one is reading it anyway)I have to wonder what the point is if there is no one to discuss all this poop with.

And then I wonder, well what exactly is my motivation for this if not to dig up tidbits for myself and others to think about and enjoy? It's also a place where I can gain different perspectives and open discussion on many different issues that matter to me. Something that bothers me a little bit though is that if I do direct traffic to this blog, I will begin to feel obligated to keep up the pace, which I may not always be able to do because of the fact that there are only so many hours in a day and I have to sleep at least five of them.

One other thing that I ponder as of late is the political nature of this site; do I want to be so heavy on the politics? Am I automatically in the category of "political blog"? More than likely I will continue with whatever comes up in the world of politico, but I will also be posting whatever might be on my mind that I feel is worth posting... could be anything, but mostly politics for a while. In any case, I have been learning a lot from having to lightly research issues before I post about them. So, onward to blogdom it is.

And thanx to those that have been reading and hopefully continue to read this blah... ciao