Another one of my frequently-read-blogs, AlanDistro, has listed three basic different types of blogs and asked readers to tell him what kind of blogs they write. The three types are as follows and I quote:
"The Cat Blog: this is a blog about your cat, your boyfriend, your plant cactus. This is a blog you write for yourself, a diary. Cat blogs (unless preceded by 'lol') are typically only interesting to the blog's author and the blog author's pets.
The Boss Blog: this is a blog written for a pre-defined circle of readers. Not necessarily your employees, but a pre-defined social circle or ethnicity, or community. Boss blogs are rarely interesting to readers outside of this social circle.
The Viral Blog: this is a blog that exists to get retweeted, linked, dugg, bookmarked, etc. Most blog authors begin thinking they are writing a viral blog before settling into either cat blogging or boss blogging."
Okay, I'm definitely not a viral blog. I have no intention of becoming famous or having a bunch of people read this, and I think it would be arrogant to assume that I'll get recognition for anything I do on this blog site. I just like to participate in online communities, and I like to talk. This blogging thing fulfills both desires.
On some level, this could be thought of as a cat blog, because it's sort of about my daily life and what's on my mind at any given time, but I'm not really writing it for myself, and I think it could be interesting to some people.
I think I'm probably a boss blog, because of how it started, which I will tell you about here. So I was watching a video that Hayley made in which she mentioned the "Blog Every Day in April" project, aka BEDA. I started out by reading Hayley's blog, read a few others, and thought it might be fun to do one of my own, though I didn't really think anything I would have to talk about would be interesting. Then I thought of my family, who rarely get the chance to hear from me anymore because I go to college 5 hours away. I figured that daily blogs would be a good way for my family to get updates on how I'm doing and what's on my mind, so I started there. By the time I made my actual blog, I had already commented a few times on Hayley's blog, and so I pretty much use this blog in two ways: to participate in the blogging community, and to let my family and however many of my friends are interested know how I'm doing on a day-to-day basis. Given that intention of writing for a particular group of people, I'm going to say I'm a boss blog.
Thanks, Alan, for the awesome blog topic; I enjoyed writing about this a lot.
Thing I like about the past 24 hours: The massive Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal marathon in which I watched my friend and future housemate Alex play the game practically all the way through.
Thing I dislike about the past 24 hours: Having to pack up so much stuff in preparation to move back home. It's so very boring.
Song addiction of the day:"A Song About An Anglerfish" by Hank Green. It's just...great. Watch it. Yes, you.
Number of caffeinated beverages in the past 24 hours: 0. Hey, that's good!
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