What to do...

..when you finish your book?
..while sick in bed?
..when "Sex and the City" suddenly gets boring (who would have ever thought)?

Well, I am, like the rest of the world, fascinated by the amazing imagined community inside the World Wide Web, and since I'm already a frequent user of other social networks others have come up with, I figured: why not make my own? Everyone else seems to be doing it, and if they can pull it off, then why the heck can't I!

Seems to me like ppl start blogs for numerous reasons. Some have a message they need to get around the world in one way or another, and a blog is probably a better - and less annoying - way than the e-mails labeled "If you don't read this you're cold hearted". The implicit reason? A blog is voluentary to read. For others it starts with a school project or some other mandatory task which forces them to sit in front of the computer writing nonsense, reflections and thoughts that are easier to distribute on the web than on a piece of paper or to say out loud. Again it's as if we're under the illusion that the thoughts that come across as unorthodox for some, disappear in the never-ending noise that the Internet really is. And somehow, this makes it ok.. Although, I believe this is more or less the only commonality there is when it comes to blogging and by some means it links us all in a whole new imagined community (more on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagined_community). Of course there are several other reasons, including mine: "why not?" Maybe - for all I know - I might actually have something meaningful that's trapped inside my head and that may come to some use. This is most likely not the right medium to get a yes/no/maybe answer to whether or not is might be so, but then again: why not?

I haven't quite mapped out what this blog mainly is going to be about, but I have a feeling that I'll be fluctuating around, bouncing from subject to subject, event from event, thought to thought, etc. like I normally do in the world outside the World Wide Web.

In the end thou, no matter what, it's all about making a difference!