why blog?

ok, so maybe this should have been the first post...

a little reasoning behind why i started this blog - 

well here ya go.

i have actually had a blog before, but i never shared it with anyone - i believe i had the privacy setting set to "private", because at that time, i didn't know anyone really blogged.

but just recently, blogging has seemed to be more... popular.

i've even became a dedicated "follower" of a few blogs myself, especially of emily's, which you can find here. 

it's actually because of her that i finally decided to get back in the blogging world. 

i thank emily for this new hobby i have taken on, but facebook and twitter need some mentioning as well.

so, i know i'm not the only one thinking both social networking sites are too much and not enough at the same time.

 what i mean is this:

some people post/tweet just way too much information, too often, and i've even found myself reading more negative than i do anything positive - that is just sad.

while at the same time, twitter allows only 140 characters, and that hardly ever seems to be enough "so ur tweets start 2 look sumthin lik dis so u have enough room 4 it all," and for me, whether it is a tweet, a text, or a college paper, i cannot stand reading something like that. 

basically, i love to keep up on the lives of those in my life. i like to think being positive is the only way you'll ever be happy in life. and i enjoy writing - ok i do, but when i get to talk about my own life and use my choice of writing style, i enjoy it even more. 

and well, i don't find that in twitter or facebook anymore, so here i am. 

there will be plenty more to come:)