Anyway, Sherri has posted an interesting list of questions about blogging, so I thought I'd answer them.
1) Why do you keep your weblog/blog/online writing thingie: for fun, for fame, for money, for popularity, or for another more obscur reason? What about the weblog gives you what you want?
I started it as an alternative to a handwritten journal, but I quickly realized that blogs and handwritten journals aren't that similar at all. And after two and a half years of keeping a blog, I think I'm mainly doing it out of habit.
I like it when people have a positive reaction to things I write. It's always surprising to me what kind of post will spark people's interest and what kind will be completely ignored.
2) Imagine that your weblog becomes wildly popular: your hit counter skyrockets, your comments are overflowing, and everyone is emailing you about everything you post. Name 3 positive things that could come of this, and 3 negative things.
The good:
- Book deal!
- Ego trip!
- The fleeting internet version of fame!
The bad:
- I hate email. Having to answer loads of email would be hell on earth.
- I hate people. Having people bothering me all the time would be hell on earth.
- People I don't know wanting to meet me in meat-space. But I guess that would be connected to the answer above.
3) What's the worst possible result you can imagine (short of being electrocuted or having your computer take over your brain, and who says it hasn't already?) from keeping a weblog?
My parents start reading it, then all my other family members start reading it.
4) What do you do to prevent that worst possible result from happening?
Deny the existence of any web page/blog/etc I may be asked about. Deny! Deny! Deny!
5) List 5 reasons that would make you stop keeping your weblog for a period of 6months to a year.
- Depression.
- No internet access.
- A total disgust with blogs and blogging.
- Work.
- Alien abduction.
6) List 5 reasons that would make you stop forever.
- Death.
- Boredom.
- No internet access ever.
- Someone paying me not to blog. Kinda like those farmers who get paid not to grow crops.
- My parents reading my blog.
7) Describe your definition of a "successful weblog".
A blog that the author clearly enjoys writing and is interesting to read on a regular basis.
8) Is yours successful by your definition?
Ha-ha.
9) What pisses you off most in other weblogs? What pleases you most?
No capitalization and the widespread use of instant messaging slang. Seriously, we're doomed as a civilization if this sort of thing continues.
10) Make a list of 10 weblogs/journal style websites that you wish your weblog/website/writing site was like.
Ten?! Jeez, that'll take forever!
- Diamond Geezer has to be the work of a group of a dozen or more people. I've read this blog on and off for two and half years and it's never gone on hiatus that I know of and there's a fresh, well thought out post virtually every day. It's maddening!
- A Girl Named Bob is probably the blog I've read the longest. It's well written and very funny. Bob doesn't write as much as she used to, but it's still a favorite.
- The Magic Short Bus is almost a companion piece to the above, but it stands on its own as one of the better written and funniest blogs I've ever read.
- J-Walk is pure industriousness. How he comes up with all of these odd and sometimes useful links so regularly never fails to amaze me.
- The Presurfer is the king of oddball links.
- Giornale Nuovo makes me wish I read more and read cooler books.
- The Leptard is literate and funny. Why he hasn't written a novel escapes me.
- For Myself and Strangers isn't on this list because its author wrote these questions, but because she walks it like she talks it. And she writes! Also, it's probably the most thought provoking blog on this list.
(And English really is my first language, even though it doesn't look like it sometimes.)
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