my classes are cooler than your classes.

good news. i now HAVE to blog as part of my grade for two classes. i'm not complaining.
my blog is no rockstair diaries .. but i kinda like it.
in one class i have to blog about the class, but in the other i just have to blog. needless to say, i'm pretty excited to be blogging and have it actually be something i should be doing.
i have put way too much thought into my first "assignment blog post".
i got to thinking about why i blog.
sometimes i feel like blogging is always an assignment. since i have one i feel like i need to keep it current, even though it's not like there's anyone anxiously awaiting my next blog post.
in reality, my blog is mostly for me. it's a second journal but you can actually learn a lot about my life and who i am if you read my blog.
i do know that sometimes it's a way of communication. i have friends who, unfortunately, know more about my life because of my blog, not me keeping in touch.
it's a way of expression in multiple ways. sometimes it's nice to be able to "let it all out" in a way and not know who is going to be listening. what i need most the time when i'm annoyed or having a bad day or whatever it might be is just to talk about it. to be honest i don't care too much if someone is listening, or if they care, or if they respond.. so in that sense a blog is great. ..it's kinda like talking to yourself. :) weird.
and, for those few readers i actually do have, it's a way to share ideas. most the time it's a favorite song or a favorite quote. every now and then it's a craft or what i'm buying because of the occasional online shopping addiction phases i go through.
i wish i could say i blog because i have a super exciting life and everyone wants to read about it and drool over my awesomeness, but we all know that's not true. but sometimes i pretend that when i see all my "page views" that i'm pretty cool and other people think so too. but then i do something embarrassing and i'm brought back down to earth. (like how i just typed that and re-read it and it didn't make any sense, and i had like four type-o's)
so.. there you have it. that's why i blog. take it or leave it. love it or hate it. read it or.. don't.

hopefully you have some class this semester with an assignment you can be excited about. if not, go sign up for mcomm 320 i guess!