tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792307050609117515.post6393809504368906109..comments2023-10-21T10:00:25.485-05:00Comments on Union, Trueheart, and Courtesy: Breaking all the rulesdonnadbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09580583133757807126noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792307050609117515.post-62810250363704310362008-08-02T20:57:00.000-05:002008-08-02T20:57:00.000-05:00I think it's fair to say that I keep writing the b...I think it's fair to say that I keep writing the blog because I enjoy doing it and would otherwise not have the discipline to keep a journal. Some of it is purely to keep track of projects (more of the original purpose), and some of it is to have it for, well, not posterity's sake but just to have it. In a weird way, I think it also forces me to be honest with myself.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what others get from it, which may be why I feel guilty when I am going through the motions. At least for now, I have no desire to read what I've written. Is that weird?the secret knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01644338306685648097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792307050609117515.post-62121310112988628782008-07-25T00:08:00.000-05:002008-07-25T00:08:00.000-05:00I blog because I had been sending out mass emails ...I blog because I had been sending out mass emails to people when I felt like communicating more widely, but blogging enables me to communicate with large numbers of people without annoying them. They only read the things I have to say if they want to.Adam Villanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10694072629634740634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2792307050609117515.post-13091786948552764172008-07-24T21:19:00.000-05:002008-07-24T21:19:00.000-05:00I started Theme Park Experience in October 2004 as...I started Theme Park Experience in October 2004 as a way to keep tabs on the progress of my first book, <I>Post</I>. Shortly into blogging, I realized I couldn't talk about the book every single day, and I had a lot of other stuff I wanted to talk about.<BR/><BR/>At the time, almost every blog I read talked about either the presidential debates or the World Series. Since I didn't care about either of those, I decided to write about stuff I wanted to read. Couple that with reading web sites all throughout college that I didn't agree with their views, but kept reading them because they were the only ones covering stuff I was really into (ie, punk rock, post-hardcore, and indie rock). Somehow it developed from reposting links with short comments into a reflection and analysis of why I said those comments. That kind of analysis and reflection remains to this day.<BR/><BR/>Why I keep blogging is because I like doing it. It's like exercising (which I like doing five times a week), but with my fingers and a keyboard. After years of feeling like I couldn't express myself without being yelled at because "nobody cares," I found my outlet.Eric Grubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237140729566147948noreply@blogger.com