Your weekly entertainment from the BTQ gents:
1. Why did you start blogging?
I had nothing better to do with my time. I wanted to find a way to keep my family and friends informed of my trials and tribulations fun adventures in law school, when I probably won't have oodles of time to write emails or make calls. I don't do either of those things enough now, but I feel guilty about it. Blogging helps alleviate the guilt. (Catholic upbringing: we do guilt very well.)
It's also, of course, an interesting way to keep a journal. I'd like to have a record of what I noticed and thought important or interesting enough to talk about, although there are certain issues I won't discuss much if at all no matter how important they are.
2. Are the reasons you blog now the same as when you started? If not, what's changed?
Frequent Citations has now become a tool in my plan for world domination. The main reasons I blog are still the same. One thing I really didn't expect was getting regular readers who are strangers to me. Note to said readers: I love you. However, I write the same stuff whether I think anybody's going to read it or not. Mostly.
3. What would make blogging better for you?
World-wide fame and glory. A super fast internet connection at home. More comments. Chocolate every time I post.
4. Do you have comments on your blog? Why or why not? Do you comment on other blogs? What motivates you to post a comment?
I do have comments on my blog -- please don't be shy! I enabled comments at the beginning because I wanted the aforementioned friends and family to be able to leave me messages such as "Good luck with your exams," or "Boy got an A on his Physics test," or "Who are you again, and why do we care?"
Not only do I comment on other blogs, I expound, pontificate, and rant on other blogs. My victims know who they are, and I apologize. Sometimes I comment because someone brings up an interesting topic, or one I happen to know a little something about (not always the same thing). Other times I'll comment because a post made me laugh and I want to let the author know that. I try not to comment if all I'm going to say is some variation of "me too," but sometimes I'll even do that.
I think comments are one of the truly great aspects of blogging because they allow conversations to develop and connections to be made. I've learned a lot from the comments left on my own blog and those I've read on other blogs.
5. What is your philosophy of the blogroll?
I should be at the top of everyone's blogroll. I try to reciprocate when someone lists me on their blog roll. On the other hand, I tend to put blogs on there that I actually take the time to read on a fairly regular basis, so I won't list every random law/law student/what-have-you blog I come across. Also, as you can see, I like to have a little section for the random and intriguing blogs I sometimes find. This selection changes a bit from time to time.
lol Citations, you crack me up.
BTW, Vodka??? Is this something you would suggest to GirlChild to bring to college (or only after she turned 21?)
Posted by: shell | July 23, 2005 at 11:49 PM
Okay, no, I wouldn't recommend vodka to the GirlChild. Until she's in grad school. She's not a big fan of liquor anyway. On the other hand, having a bottle around with which to conk guys over the head is always handy. ;)
Posted by: Citations | July 25, 2005 at 07:18 AM