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It’s always so sad for me to see some blogs die off slowly. I think I feel this way because I’m no longer allowed to peer into the head of another person behind the safety of the internet. It’s great to first see someone get into blogging. There’s a usually a flurry of posts, and you can read the passion that they have for it. But then, like everything else, there’s a loss of utility that one gets from blogging. So the blog posts become less frequent, and eventually the blog is forgotten by its master and becomes another dead site among the billions of other websites out there on the net.

It makes me sad that I can’t peer into their brain like a voyeur anymore. I think a lot of us are voyeurs to some degree. I’ll be the first to admit that I get a kick out of reading the thoughts and rants of someone else over the internet. It’s almost like you’re able to connect with someone, and in the least, you’re able to examine their character to some degree.

The way you write, and how you act, on the internet is not who you really are. We aren’t all a bunch of whiny 12 year olds in real life. A/S/L? 16/F/Wherever-you-are? Of course not. But to some extent I really think what we write in our blogs and the way we express things in them does have some resemblance of who you are.

Someone who writes with a ton of grammatical errors, ‘net slang, and misspelled words often isn’t so analytical, or careful in expressing their thoughts. They probably say or write things straight from their brain or with little filter. Or maybe they’re just 12 years old… and no, I’m not 12. I get it, I probably do write with a bunch of errors. And then again, I’m often not so careful in expressing my thoughts (a friend once told me that sometimes I need to wear a muzzle).

A blog that feels pretentious is probably written from someone who is just that.

A blog that is simple and mundane probably comes from someone with a simple and mundane view on life.

A blog written in one large hulking paragraph with no breaks in between is probably written by someone who can talk hours on end without really stopping to think to structure where they’re going.

I’m probably just making a bunch of educated guess, but you get the picture. Regardless, I think blogging is a really good way to connect and express the voice that you have in your head so that others can listen and see just how bat-shit insane you are. Seriously though, I think it’s a great outlet for all our brains to connect when we feel so lonely in a “connected” world.

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On a related note, I would love to blog more often except my mind has been a clobbered by school.  I don’t think writing about programming languages, techniques, and practices is all that interesting or relevant to most readers (and most importantly myself).  Hopefully I’ll have more to say as I can get a better balance on being a student.

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