The First Blog

The First Blog

Sitting down to write this, I drew a blank. I had no idea what to write, and honestly, the whole idea of actually doing this still seems pretty intimidating. The idea of blogging, to me, has always belonged to the hipsters and articulate, it belongs to winners like in Ugly Betty who are inspirational or know how to take their average lives and turn it into a comical story that others can relate to. Not to me, a closet writer with run on sentences like the one I just typed. I have read some pretty hilarious and popular blogs and of course, some by my friends, and they all seem so impressive. They just can’t be done any better, at least not by me. So I decided I wouldn’t try to compete with that in my blogs, I won’t even edit them, they will be posted as is. So bear with me. I don’t write like a blogger, but they say you’ll never know until you try. So try I will. My writings have previously consisted of poetry and short stories done for school, messing around with dialogue in different languages, striving for originality. But any serious writings for me never turn out how I want them to; they end in a long rant that strays from my original topic, which will probably happen here. So having just reread what I have already typed, I guess this blog is about writing, and sure, about blogs too and the people who write them. And you can bet that it will be full of run on sentences.

I don’t know how long a blog should be; whenever I read someone else’s, length always seems to vary. So I’ll do this the way I want to until i find my style. Maybe I’m wrong but I feel like bloggers are very similar to poets. Blogs have a flow and relate to how the blogger is feeling. They put it out there for everyone to see and read and they hope people will like it, but at the same time, whether or not it’s a huge hit, doesn’t really matter. It’s a form of communicating. Reading and relating to the blog reminds people that they aren’t alone in anything. Our lives vary, but aren’t we really all the same? I guess that’s why I really wanted to start this, because the idea of unity has always interested me. I like reading in general because it relates me to a person I might not have ever met, but I find in their writings that I’m not so different from this stranger. Even peer editing papers in school gets me excited in the hopes that I may find a common interest or experience with a classmate. Writing a blog is like saying, “Hi, this is who I am, am I like you? Decide for yourself and hopefully you will follow me!” For me, starting this makes me hope that even if only one person ever reads this (other than me), then maybe I can make one person feel a little less alone in the world.