To Blog an be blogged

The feature that all bloggers have in common is this unique fascination and obsession with themselves. As opposed to a non-blogger, they  take an overly detailed interest and keep record of their lifestyle, the events that happen to them, their passions and loves, their desires and dreams, their  fears, their thoughts and ideas. This fascination is matched up with an equal fascination and curiosity about the thoughts and ideas of other bloggers. This is the fundamental principle  which keeps blogging going.

It is a wonderful experience to relate to people in this way. Personally, I got tired of looking at mainstream media  for a representation how people live their lives.  It presents reality through a very made up, caricatured, exaggerated and distorted lens. Reading other peoples blogs has helped me realize what people are actually like. It has broken a lot of stereotypes that were built in my mind, while strengthening others.

Let me tell you it is such an exhilarating feeling for me when someone comments on my blog. The reassuring factor is that I know in my mind that it is not fake. There is no robot who is replying through  a standardized message. It is a real, actual person, probably thousands of miles away, reading, agreeing or disagreeing and responding,

What would we have done if we couldn’t blog or upload videos on youtube? There would have been so much talent which would have simply been laid to waste. I mean sure, not every article blogged or every video posted is a gem ( just youtube ‘lets get some shoes’ by Kelly ), but there is a lot of clever, funny and  brilliant stuff out there posted by ordinary people which would have never been made available to us, if it weren’t for the provisions of uploading content online. Blogging surely brings the world together, in a way that no one could have thought was possible, just about a few decades ago. Blog on.