Friday, February 14, 2003

And now... I'm bored enough to answer the Friday Five!

1. Explain why you started to journal/blog.
As I started browsing through the world of the internet, I noticed a lot more personal journals out there. I liked them a lot more than personal webpages, for the most part. They were updated fairly often, revealed quirky facts about the subject, and showed a different online aspect of people. It was cool - and I wanted to join in.

2. Do people you interact with day to day or family members know about your journal/blog? Why or why not?
Yes, anyone who checks my instant messenger profile knows about my blog. However, I haven't told my parents about it... not because I'm ashamed, but it just hasn't come up in conversation. This is an ancillary pasttime of mine, and I feel it dosen't deserve my primary attention.

3. Do you have a theme for your journal/blog?
No, I don't. I have a title that seems a bit overblown and theatrical, but not a theme.

4. What direction would you like to have your journal/blog go in over the next year?
I'm actually thinking of making this into more of a travel journal this summer. A couple of friends of mine hope to travel to Europe this summer - hopefully, these plans will be finalized. If not, it'll be a place where I can post a lot of my pictures - that's definitely something that's been lacking as of late. I have a TON of photographs, but I just rarely upload them to the internet.

5. Pimp five of your favorite journals/blogs.
In no particular order:
1. I like laurgasm.com quite a bit - it's a great combination blogger/website/photo album. This girl's very cool. I wish I knew her a little bit better, but she was in my CORE 101 class and I loved hanging out with her.
2.My favorite journal was taken down by its owner during the summer - it was jeremiahpeterson.com. It was sad. I loved hearing about his romps with his boys in the beautiful city of Chicago.
3.I really enjoy Rena's Livejournal when she updates it. I used to chat with her a lot - now we're both busy with college and such, so it's nice to see what she's up to.
4. The first live journal that I read often was collapsing.blogspot.com. I don't read it much any more, but I still sometimes browse and see what he's up to. He's a nice guy.
5. I had a fifth one, but I'm deleting it. There ya go - this is where you go and find your own fun place.