I know some of you who read it because you've told me or left comments or something, and I'm curious. We all have our own reasons for reading the blogs of our friends. I'd like to know yours. Go ahead. Leave a comment on this post. Why do you do it? What makes you care? It's a hard question, but if I answer first maybe you won't be so quiet.
I figure I better start off with why I do it, eh? I blog because I have a reputation to stick to. I like to think of myself as a bit of a badass I like violence and women and driving fast. I'm emotionally stable and never tell anyone how I feel. I'm also permanently single and don't like to tell this stuff to my friends. While I don't care about being single, I do need to vent from time to time and if I can just be emotionally open somewhere I can get a lot off my mind and not worry about the consequences. I'm reserved everywhere else, but this is my blog and I'll tell it what I fucking want to! I can write like no one is listening and yet know that if I posted plans to do something obscenely stupid I'd know one of you would be there to stop me. With the blog I can ask for help and expose myself without damaging my real-world reputation.
Why do I read? I do it for two primary reasons. I'm bored as shit. Every blog I read is a bit like listening to a friend talk, and that's something I enjoy doing. I've been told I'm good at listening to people's problems and if anything people use blogs for their problems. I read them and can almost be in a one-sided conversation. It kills boredom well enough. I also care about some people. I know some of them don't expect or want anything. They just want to vent, but if I see someone venting about issues and I can't do anything about it I can at least read and hope for a happy post. The third, minor reason depends on the blog. I read Emily Wernet's primarily for entertainment and, yes, in the hope that I've been quoted again. Sometimes a blog is just a list of funny quotes.
So as I sit here, listening to Lionel Richie and sipping vodka because I like the taste, I ask you: What's your excuse?
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Okay well, I write because here I can get out my moodiness. This is where I can let out my depression without talking to anyone about it. Because I hate talking ot people about it. The pity just gets to me like no other.
I read because I like to learn what's going on with other people and see their perception on things. They can also be entertaining like you said.
I write to vent or share my good stories/embarrasing moments with other people.. like you said it's like a one sided convorsation.. people do read it.. but you don't hear their feedback unless they comment.
I read because it's like insight into otherpeople's lives... a lot of which the person won't come out and say in person.
I write because sometimes I can't sort through things until I write them out. And I read them because sometimes I like to learn more about people, ya know.
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