Blogging about blogs.

I have been racking my brain all weekend and all week about what to write my sourced blog about. So I decided to blog about blogs.

A blog is a contraction of the term “web log” which is a type of website that is usually maintained by an individual with regular entries. The entries can be anything, such as, commentary, descriptions of events, or any other material like graphics or video. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning “to maintain or add content to a blog.” It is basically like a diary that can be viewed publicly and people can comment on. So on any blog you would want to be careful what you blog about and who you mention in those blogs.

I know why I am blogging. It is required for school, otherwise I wouldn’t be blogging. It is believed that people blog to have a voice no matter how small; to be heard. It is a way to share your thoughts, vent, and complain to the public at large. There are even people who blog about politics and sports that would not be otherwise heard if they did not blog. If I did keep a blog every day, and not for school, most of mine, if not all of them, would be rants; like a diary. I used to keep a diary when I was a kid and it helped a lot with what was going on in my life. It made me feel like I was getting it out in the open even if no one heard it.

Before blogging for school, I had only heard of a “blog” on Myspace.com. I read other peoples blogs on there but never kept up with my own. The blogs on MySpace are the way I found out my grandmother was in a terrible car accident a few years ago, because my step family didn’t have my new number. That is how I got all the updates on her health, as well as, my grandfather’s health through it all.

Since starting my blog on Blogger.com I have given some of my family members that live out of town my web address so they can read them and possibly stay caught up on what is going on. Blogging is now my way of ranting to try to relieve stress. I am glad that we are allowed to have one blog a week that is a rant.