This Online Stuff

Joel Stein, Frank Bruni, Ross Douthat, and Nicholas Kristof--the Men of Opinion.

Their verdict? All the same, essentially. We're all fools.

I know that is a largely overused theme of these blogs, but it's nevertheless true. Stein and Bruni in particular adored criticizing how we, Americans, and our leaders chose to act. Kristof gave a valiant effort to call idiocy "progress" (high five), but found little support from the others, particularly Douthat, who focused on the Monetary God of the Modern World.

Douthat's argument is what tied it all together between the lines: personal gods. Some of them are our cars, our livelihood, maybe even our family--things that we value over society in general that makes us utter fools. The German exchange kids had every right to be shocked--America is culture of its own.

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This blog was...interesting, to say the least. I mean, I'm more of a paper/pen girl myself (ex: JOURNALING), and sitting down and typing a blog was a whole different world.

First off, I had to get used to the idea that someone could randomly stumble on it and read it. The likelihood, as SMALL as it was, made me squirm in my computer seat at first. But the easy solution was just to WRITE. Write exactly how I talked.

Which I did. With added mind ramblings.

Being able to type rather than hand write entries allowed my thoughts to transition quicker and smoother to the page. Screen. Whatever. And I didn't allow editing, as you can often tell. But I really think that made the writing more REAL, more tangible. Something I would like reading more than a poured over, paragraphs long entry edited and re-edited dozens of times.

So, once I got used to the idea, I got more interested in reading other blogs. I also discovered many people I knew already had blogs (CRAZY) and started following theirs. Blogs are interesting--they let you see into someone's life because they WANT you to. It's like TV--only less a waste.

So....this online stuff.

It was fun writing about idiots. It was fun reading about idiots. It was fun laughing at idiots.

But I'll have to stick with a hard back journal for now. It's been ingrained in me for a while, now. But don't worry--this technology stuff may soon bring this idiot into its fold!!