I went to see Emily today, pretty random too because I caught her in the hallway (she probably thought I was super weird because I was staring at pictures of the previous OT classes trying to find Allyson).
We went to her office and she started telling me ideas that other students had thought of
-scrapbooks (I'm not much of a hunter-gatherer as far as clippings/photos/articles go)
-power points (um..yea but on what?)
-a study of culture and occupation (I could bet a lot of the class would probably do that because its the easiest, so that's another no)
and then she said something about the internet and technology..and I sort of zoned her out because right then, IT hit me.

BLOGS.

I always wondered why anyone would willingly put up their thoughts, ideas, and emotions on a public forum, freely accessible to random bored people who want to kill time before their class starts or their boss comes back in the room. This was my chance to explore it. Why is blogging such a common occupation? How much time does it actually consume in a person's life?

I've seen plenty of blogs before, in fact, I myself used to have one. I did, until I realized how much I didn't enjoy strangers reading about my life and moreover, commenting on it! But I distinctly remember browsing through blogs and wondering to myself
"Why would she glitter up her xanga like that?"
"What is he getting out of telling the world what he does every single day?"
"Does the world care about his life?"
"What is this infatuation with blogging!?!"

So here marks the beginning of my exploration into the world of Web-logs, commonly known as 'blogs'.