Not an Orphan Blog
Reading an article about people who sign up for Twitter, post once, and never return made me think about my blog because there was a link to a blog site about blogs that were one post wonders. Then I realized that I had abandoned my blog. That got me to reading my previous posts, and that got me to thinking about why I hadn't posted in a long time. Because back in the day, oh did I ever enjoy writing a good blog post. It was like creative writing class in high school all over again, except I could use profanity.
I started my blog during my Junior year of college, something like Spring 2004. At first it was a the new fad. I didn't actually think anybody read it, and I still don't think anybody actually reads it. It was a fun way to document, for myself, fun things that happened in my life. Kind of like a journal. Posts were relatively short and not really thought out or anything. Then I discovered the long narrative. It's like I got to tell a story to people, but I got to go back and edit to make sure I wasn't sounding like an idiot. And that's where I think I really started to enjoy blogging. And for the better part of 2.5 years, I posted relatively frequently. And then in the fall of 2006, I stopped. There was one orphan post in the summer of 2008 which was really just a ctrl+c ctrl+v job.
I know now why I stopped. It was in the fall of 2006 that I stumbled my way into a something magical, a relationship that will produce a sweet party on August 28, 2010. But why is that significant? I was in a long term relationship in 2004 when I started this blog. You see, it is significant because that was when I started dating the person that would become my best friend. She is the best listener ever, and exactly the person I was searching for. My blog always listened when I needed to talk. My blog was amazing that way. But now I don't need my blog anymore. Sorries. Because I've found somebody else that will always listen when I need to talk, and with her, I don't feel the need to edit.
I started my blog during my Junior year of college, something like Spring 2004. At first it was a the new fad. I didn't actually think anybody read it, and I still don't think anybody actually reads it. It was a fun way to document, for myself, fun things that happened in my life. Kind of like a journal. Posts were relatively short and not really thought out or anything. Then I discovered the long narrative. It's like I got to tell a story to people, but I got to go back and edit to make sure I wasn't sounding like an idiot. And that's where I think I really started to enjoy blogging. And for the better part of 2.5 years, I posted relatively frequently. And then in the fall of 2006, I stopped. There was one orphan post in the summer of 2008 which was really just a ctrl+c ctrl+v job.
I know now why I stopped. It was in the fall of 2006 that I stumbled my way into a something magical, a relationship that will produce a sweet party on August 28, 2010. But why is that significant? I was in a long term relationship in 2004 when I started this blog. You see, it is significant because that was when I started dating the person that would become my best friend. She is the best listener ever, and exactly the person I was searching for. My blog always listened when I needed to talk. My blog was amazing that way. But now I don't need my blog anymore. Sorries. Because I've found somebody else that will always listen when I need to talk, and with her, I don't feel the need to edit.
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