Entry #1 Blogging Is A Way of Life- At Least To Some People.

There was once a time where everyone and their mother had a blog. It was thought to be the future of the internet. People could be paid to tell the internet about their lives. Fast forward three years and Blogger has become a virtually dead website. Everyone has moved onto social media, or running micro blogs such as Tumblr. People now document their entire lives using Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Snapchat, voiding the need for real blogs in this day. The few who continue this lost medium have moved onto vlogs, video blogs on Youtube, where they can venture out to a wider audience. But are there still good blogs left out there? I believe so. There are still interesting blogs to find, and still interesting people are devoted to this form of media.

I prefer casual, light hearted, interesting blogs that focus on humor, For example, PostSecret. PostSecret is a blog where people submit their secrets and they're put onto photos with captions. Here are a few examples from the blog for people who have done enough blog reading for today. The blog often gets dark, so for people who have problems with self harm, suicide, and harmful thoughts, please do not read it.

I also love the strange and finding out new things. When I saw Dark Roast, I freaked. Science, sci-fi, fantasy, lists of the strangest things, it's everything I subscribe to on Youtube (minus games and music channels) with a hint of humor. For example, take the world's strangest theme parks, bizarre busses, or Victorian fairy tale art. It's interesting, but at the end of it, you feel more enlightened and feel as if you've learned something.

On my blog, I want people to find out more about things they don't know, to learn about what I find interesting. Then again, interesting is to the viewer. For example, some people may be interested in blogs such as Pink is the New Black. Nothing seems as boring, stupid, vapid or whatever adjective I can add in as this blog. While I hate and couldn't give a shit about celebrity gossip, for some people, it's a way of life. Maybe I shouldn't be so judgmental, because we each have our own tastes. And that's part of what this blog project is, experimenting with our own tastes and learning about each other. In the end, that's what it comes to. It's not about who has the best blog, the most interesting blog, it's about the learning experience that us as classmates will gain from each other.